P-255 Owner’s Man
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Playing Rhythm Tracks
Your digital piano’s Rhythm function provides ten different rhythm tracks for you to play along with. The follow-
ing describes how to use this function.
1
Turn on a rhythm track.
Press the [RHYTHM] button and verify that a
rhythm track starts to play. If intro playback has
been turned on using the corresponding Function
parameter (page 40), the rhythm track’s intro sec-
tion will be played first.
Adjusting the tempo
You can adjust the rhythm track tempo using the
[-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons with the [TEMPO]
button held down. Settings between 5 and 500
beats per minute (BPM) are supported. To restore
the default setting of 120 BPM, press the [-/NO]
and [+/YES] buttons together with the [TEMPO]
button held down.
2
Turn off the rhythm track.
You can stop a rhythm track by pressing the
[RHYTHM] button once again. If ending play-
back has been turned on using the corresponding
Function parameter (page 40), the rhythm track’s
ending section will be played first.
Selecting a rhythm track
Whenever the [RHYTHM] button is being held down,
the display will show the number of the current
rhythm track. Refer to the Rhythm Track list for the
corresponding names.
You can select rhythm tracks 1 to 10 using the [-/NO]
and [+/YES] buttons with the [RHYTHM] button held
down.
To restore the default setting of 1, press the [-/NO]
and [+/YES] buttons together with the [RHYTHM]
button held down.
Rhythm Track list
• A rhythm track cannot be played together with the metronome.
• The rhythm track volume can be set using the corresponding Function
parameter (page 40).
120.
The
b
eat indicator
flashes in time as a
rhythm track plays.
NOTE
NOTE
Number
Track name
1
8 Beat 1
2
8 Beat 2
3
16 Beat 1
4
16 Beat 2
5
Shake
6
12/8
7
Sh
u
ffle
8
Swing
9
Bossano
v
a
10
Jazz Waltz
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