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PSR-A3000 Owner’s Manual

Each Style features four different Main sections, four Fill-in sections and a Break section. By using these sections
effectively, you can easily make your performance sound more dynamic and professional. The section can be freely
changed while the Style is playing back.

• MAIN VARIATION [A] – [D] buttons

Press one of the MAIN VARIATION [A] – [D] buttons to select the desired Main
section (the button lights in red). Each is an accompaniment pattern of a few
measures and it plays indefinitely. Pressing the selected MAIN VARIATION button
again maintains the same section, but plays an appropriate fill-in pattern to spice up
the rhythm and break the repetition.

• [BREAK] button

This lets you add dynamic breaks in the rhythm of the accompaniment. Press the
[BREAK] button during Style playback. When the one-measure Break pattern
finishes playing, the Style playback automatically shifts to the Main section.

The TEMPO [-] and [+] buttons let you change the playback tempo of Style, Song and Metronome. The tempo of
the Style and Song can also be adjusted via the [TAP TEMPO] button.

• TEMPO [-]/[+] buttons

Press the TEMPO [-] or [+] button to call up the Tempo pop-up display. Use the
TEMPO [-]/[+] buttons to decrease or increase the tempo over a range of 5 – 500
beats per minute. Holding down either button can change the value continuously.
Pressing both TEMPO [-] and [+] buttons simultaneously lets you call up the default
tempo of the last selected Style or Song.

• [TAP TEMPO] button

During playback of a Style or Song, you can change the tempo by tapping the [TAP
TEMPO] button twice at the desired tempo.
When Style and Song are stopped, tapping the [TAP TEMPO] button (four times for
a 4/4 time signature) starts Style playback at the tempo you tapped.

Changing Pattern Variation (Sections) During Style Playback

Press the selected Main
section (lit in red) again.

The fill-in of the selected
Main section plays
(flashes in red).

AUTO FILL function

When the [AUTO FILL IN] button is turned on, pressing any of the
MAIN VARIATION [A] – [D] buttons as you play automatically plays
a fill-in section for a smooth, dynamic transition into the next (or same)
section.

NOTE

You can turn the “Half bar fill-in” function on/off by using the pedal. When it is on, changing sec-
tions at the first beat of the current section starts the next section from the middle of it with auto-
matic fill-in. For details, refer to the Advanced Features section (page 193).

About the lamp status of the section buttons (INTRO/MAIN VARIATION/BREAK/ENDING)

• Red:

The section is currently selected.

• Red (flashing):

The section will be played next, following the currently selected section.

* The MAIN VARIATION [A] – [D] buttons also flash red during fill-in playback.

• Green:

The section contains data but is not currently selected.

• Off:

The section contains no data and cannot be played.

Adjusting the Tempo

NOTE