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AUTO HARMONY

THE CHORD MEMORY

This sophisticated feature automatically adds appropriate

harmony notes to a melody you play on the keyboard. You can

choose from 5 different types of harmony.

Only a single note can be played at a time on the keyboard (or the

right-hand section of the keyboard when in the SPLIT mode) when

the AUTO HARMONY feature is used.

Use the [AUTO HARMONY] buttons to select a harmony

type between “01” and “05.”

HARMONY

The first time the AUTO HARMONY

ton is pressed the current harmony type number will

appear on the MULTI DISPLAY. While the current har-

mony type is still showing on the display, press the AUTO

button briefly to increment (increase by

one) the harmony type number, or the

rement (decrease by one) the harmony type number. Hold-

ing either button causes continuous incrementing or

decrementing. The selected harmony type number will be

shown on the MULTI DISPLAY while the [AUTO HAR-

button is pressed (the letter “H” will

appear before the harmony type number).

but-

button to dec-

MONY]

PSR-200/PSR-300 Harmony Types

OFF

DUET

TRIO

BLOCK

COUNTRY

OCTAVE

The OFF setting can be selected at any time by pressing both

the [AUTO HARMONY] buttons simultaneously.

Play.

In the SINGLE FINGER or FINGERED mode, the left-hand

chords determine the harmony notes that will be applied to the

right-hand melody.

In the NORMAL mode, all harmony is based on a C major

chord.

If AUTO HARMONY is used at the same time as the SPLIT

feature (see page 6) harmony will be not be applied to the left-

hand voice. Left-hand chord fingerings are used to determine

the harmony applied to the right-hand voice. Usable fingerings

are the same as for the FINGERED mode.

If AUTO HARMONY is used at the same time as the DUAL

feature (see page 5) harmony will be not be applied to the

second “dual” voice.

If the synchro start mode is turned off by pressing the

[SYNCHRO START/ENDING] button prior to playing, right-hand

melody and harmony without accompaniment can be produced

— but the left-hand chords will still have to be fingered to pro-

duce the appropriate harmony.

The PSR-200/PSR-300 CHORD MEMORY allows you to

“record” and play back chord sequences created using the

Auto Accompaniment feature. You can record a complete

accompaniment part, for example, and then play along with it

using both hands — you’re free to use the entire keyboard for

your performance rather than being limited to only the upper

keyboard area.

The CHORD MEMORY also has three separate “banks”

that can be used to record different accompaniments. The

banks can be “chained” — i.e. they will play back in any

specified order. This allows you to record a verse and chorus

in different banks, for example, then “chain” them in the de-

sired order for playback.

Chord sequences containing a maximum of 60 different chords can

be recorded in each bank.

Material recorded using the CHORD MEMORY is retained in

memory even when the POWER switch is turned OFF (if batteries

are present).

Recording

Pick out an accompaniment style that is appropriate for

the type of music you want to record.

Press the [BANK 1], [BANK 2], or [BANK 3] button

while holding the CHORD MEMORY [REC] button. This

engages the “record ready” mode for the selected bank.

The bank indicator will flash, the metronome will sound,

and the three dots along the bottom of the MULTI DIS-

PLAY will flash at the currently selected tempo. Press the

[REC] button again if you want to disengage the record

ready mode and perform some other function.

If the NORMAL or SPLIT mode is selected, the FIN-

GERED mode is automatically selected when the record

ready mode is engaged. If the FINGERED or SINGLE

FINGER mode is selected, no change occurs.

Before actually beginning to record, you should set a

tempo that will be easy to record at using the [TEMPO]

buttons.

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