Yamaha PortaTone PSR-1700, Owner'S Manual

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Style List
# Name Rhythm Comments
World Music
80 Polka 8-Beat Traditional Polka style with acoustic instruments. Try altering the arrangement by bringing the accordion
and the horn parts in and out.
81 Traditional Waltz Three-Four European waltz with guitar, accordion, clarinet, bass, drums and a string pad. Use CHORD 1 & 2 and
PHRASE 1 for guitar/accordion arrangement.
82 Sevillianas Three-Four Fast waltz time — almost flamenco style.
83 Bolero Lento 8-Beat Guitar-based style, quite romantic. Bolero Lento is related to Rumba and can be used as a slower varia-
tion.
84 Rumba Espagnole 16-Beat Spanish guitar style, with relatively full orchestration.
85 Dangdut 8-Beat Contemporary Indonesian pop sound.
March
86 Military March 8-Beat Traditional march style. Trombones at CHORD 1, trumpets at CHORD 2, french horn at PHRASE 1,
piccolo at PHRASE 2, xylophone at PAD.
87 6/8 March Six-Eight Marching brass band. Brass is added to the drum sound when you change chords during Intro B. Enjoy
different drum fills with breaks A and B.
88 Tarantella Six-Eight Named after the Tarantula spider, whose bite might cause one to dance in this style, this rhythm is used
in the popular song “Funiculi Funicula.”
Ballroom Standard
89 Slow Waltz Three-Four This slow waltz (or English waltz) style has been arranged in the style of a small band.
90 Tango Argentina 8-Beat Traditional ballroom style Tango.
91 Tango Habanera 8-Beat Latin rhythm best known from the opera “Carmen.”
92 Slowfox 12-Beat A standard ballroom dance. This style is suitable for many ballads and slow mellow jazz or swing tunes.
93 Viennese Waltz Three-Four Relaxed, ballroom waltz. Guitar is at CHORD 1, accordion at CHORD 2, pizzicato strings at PHRASE 1,
clarinets at PHRASE 2 and mid-register strings at PAD.
94 Foxtrot 12-Beat Strict tempo Foxtrot for ballroom dancing.
95 Jive 12-Beat Jive (or Boogie) is a fast ballroom dance.
Ballroom Latin
96 Rumba 8-Beat Rumba played in the style of a ballroom orchestra. Related to Beguine and Bolero Lento.
97 Samba 16-Beat Standard ballroom Samba. Guitar is at CHORD 1 & 2, with 2 playing the lower strings. Turning
RHYTHM 2 on/off provides additional variation.
98 Cha Cha 8-Beat Strict tempo ChaCha style for ballroom dancing. Try starting only with RHYTHM 2, BASS and CHORD ,
then bring in other instruments one by one.
99 Pasodoble 8-Beat Flamenco-style rhythm, featuring Spanish guitar. Turning RHYTHM 2 on/off provides additional variation.
Custom
00 Enka 8-Beat Modern arrangement of old Japanese pop style.
Disk Style
FILE # Rap 16-Beat Modern rap/hip-hop rhythm with turntable scratching and other effects. RHYTHM 1 & 2 can
05 stand on their own as basic rhythm tracks.
FILE # Rave 16-Beat Hard-driving synth bass and “space bleep” synth percussion.
06
FILE # Enka 8-Beat Modern arrangement of old Japanese pop style.
07
FILE # Zouk 16-Beat Upbeat Afro-Caribbean dance rhythm with kalimba at PHRASE 1 and xylophone at PHRASE 2.
08
FILE # Charleston 12-Beat ’20s dance music.
09
FILE # Modern Jazz 12-Beat Contemporary jazz style. Rhythm 2 adds drum comping.
10
FILE # Batucada 16-Beat Also known as a Carnival or Street Samba.
11
FILE # Rock Cha Cha 8-Beat An exciting rock style embellished with Latin percussion instruments.
12
* Disk Style (FILE# 05 … 12) are the styles provided on the supplied PSR-1700/2700 demonstration disk.