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Using Auto Accompaniment

Accompaniment Track Control

The PSR-320/420 has five accompaniment tracks — RHYTHM, BASS,

CHORD, PAD, and PHRASE — that you can control to modify the “orchestra-

tion” and therefore the overall sound of the accompaniment.

ACCOMP TRACK

RHYTHM BASS CHORD PAD PHRASE

39 28 19 301

ON /

OFF

VOICE

VOL

111

● What’s in the Tracks

RHYTHM BASS CHORD PAD PHRASE

ON /

OFF

MAIN

ENDING

ACCOMP

LARGE/SMALL

AUTO FILL

111

■ Large/Small Accompaniment.............................................................................................

The simplest form of accompaniment track control is provided by the

[ACCOMP LARGE/SMALL] button. This button alternately turns the

PAD and PHRASE tracks on and off, thereby changing the number of parts

in the accompaniment. When the LARGE accompaniment is selected and

the PAD and PHRASE tracks are ON, their respective icons (violins for the

PAD track and a trumpet for the PHRASE track) will appear in the appropri-

ate positions in the display. The PAD and PHRASE 1 icons will not show

when the SMALL accompaniment is selected. Please note that some styles

do not use the PAD track, so the PAD icon may not appear even if the

LARGE accompaniment is selected.

• The LARGE accompaniment is

always selected whenever a new

style is selected.

• When SMALL accompaniment is

selected for a cartridge style

(page 45), the appropriate track

for that style will be turned off.

RHYTHM This is the main rhythm track. The RHYTHM track usually

plays one of the keyboard percussion kits.

BASS The BASS track always plays a bass line, but the voice will

change to fit the selected style … acoustic bass, synth bass,

tuba, etc.

CHORD This track provides the rhythmic chordal accompaniment re-

quired by each style. You’ll find guitar, piano, and other chordal

instruments here.

PAD This track plays long chords where necessary, using sustained

instruments such as strings, organ, choir.

PHRASE This is where the musical embellishments reside. The

PHRASE track is used for punchy brass stabs, arpeggiated

chords, and other extras that make the accompaniment more

interesting.

• Some INTRO and ENDING

sections have 2 PHRASE tracks

(PHRASE 1 and PHRASE 2).

The melody of the INTRO and

ENDING sections is played using

the PHRASE 2 track.

• The icons for all tracks that con-

tain data in any section will ap-

pear whenever an accompani-

ment style is selected.

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