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Quick Guide
TYROS Owner’s Manual
Reference on page 108
Selecting and Playing a Style
— Auto Accompaniment (ACMP)
Playing a melody with your right hand and playing chords with your left hand
1
Press one of the [STYLE] buttons to call up the Style selection
display.
2
Select a Style.
3
Turn Auto Accompaniment on.
Press the [ACMP] so that its indicator lights. The specified left-hand section of the
keyboard becomes the Chord section, and chords played in this section are automati-
cally detected and used as a basis for fully automatic accompaniment with the selected
style.
Press the [ACMP] button again to turn Auto Accompaniment off.
4
Turn Sync Start on.
Press the [SYNC START] button to enable synchronized start (standby). (The indicator
lights.) Press the [SYNC START] button again to turn Sync Start off.
The auto accompaniment (style playback) feature puts a full
backing band at your fingertips. To use it, all you have to do
is play the chords with your left hand as you perform and
the selected accompaniment style matching your music
will automatically play along, instantly following the chords
you play. With the auto accompaniment (style playback)
function, even a solo performer can enjoy playing with the
backing of an entire band or orchestra.
The TYROS features a variety of accompaniment styles
(rhythm patterns) in a variety of different musical genres.
Try out the different styles on your own — checking the
style name printed above each STYLE button on the panel,
or referring to the style list in the separate Data List booklet.
POP & ROCK
BALLAD
R & B
LATIN
SWING & JAZZ
WORLD
BALLROOM
PARTY
STYLE
PRESET
For this example, BALLROOM
PARTY is selected.
• The style selection display shown
here is called the “Open/Save”
display for the style. The Open/
Save display actually has two dif-
ferent display modes: 1) a direct
selection display (shown at left),
and 2) a numeric input display that
lets you select the style by input-
ting the style number (file number
in the folder). For details, see
page 71.
F
G
H
I
J
For this example,
Swingfox is selected.
AUTO
FILL IN
OTS
LINK
ACMP
Split Point ... The default setting is F
#
2/G2.
Chord section
• ACMP is an abbreviation for
ACCOMPANIMENT.
• For details about the Split Point,
SYNC
STOP
SYNC
START
START /
STOP
• The [START/STOP] button flashes
in sync with the current tempo
(page 109) while Sync Start is on.
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