Personal Digital Piano Owner's Manual

17
Accompaniment
The PDP-400 has 24 “styles” that can be used as a basis for rhythm accompaniment, or fully
orchestrated rhythm, bass, and chord accompaniment (see “Auto Bass Chord” on page 20).
■ Tempo Control
Whenever you select a different style, the “suggested” tempo for that style is
also selected, and the tempo is displayed on the TEMPO display in quarter-note
beats per minute (unless the accompaniment is playing, in which case the same
tempo is maintained).
You can change the tempo to any value between 32 and 280 beats per minute,
however, by using the TEMPO [▲] and [▼] buttons. This can be done either be-
fore the accompaniment is started or while it is playing. Press either button briefly
to decrement or increment the tempo value by one, or hold the button for continu-
ous decrementing or incrementing. Press lightly for slow, or harder for fast
decrementing or incrementing.
NOTES
• The suggested tempo for the selected style can be recalled at any time by press-
ing both the [ ▲ ] and [ ▼ ] buttons simultaneously.
Suggested Tempos
Style Suggested Tempo
POP 72
JAZZ ROCK 116
DANCE POP 132
POWER HOUSE 126
16BEAT BALLAD 72
16BEAT POP 108
ROCK’N’ROLL 160
16BEAT SHUFFLE 90
SLOW ROCK 72
ROCK SHUFFLE 192
BLUEGRASS 120
COUNTRY SHUFFLE 116
Style Suggested Tempo
SWING 208
JAZZ BALLAD 69
BIG BAND 176
BOOGIE 176
BOSSA 160
SAMBA 106
CHA-CHA 144
RHUMBA 120
MARCH 120
POLKA 120
WALTZ 100
JAZZ WALTZ 160
■ Style Selection
The 24 styles are selected using 12 STYLE selectors. Note that each style se-
lector has two indicators and style names above it. These two styles are selected
alternately each time the selector is pressed.
The POP style is automatically selected when the power is initially turned on.
NOTES
• There are also two [DISK STYLE] buttons that can be used to select styles
loaded from floppy disk (the supplied Style Disk). See the “Disk Styles” section on
page 23 for details.
• Use the RHYTHM volume control to adjust the volume of the rhythm sound.
NOTES
• The Accompaniment Style data is not transmitted via the MIDI OUT connector.
TAP TEMPO
METRONOME
SONG NUMBER
MAX
MIN
MAX
MIN
MAX
MIN
MIN MAX
VARIATION NORMAL
INTRO/ENDING
START/STOP
AUTO BASS CHORD
SOLO
STYLEPLAY
SYNCHRO
START
SINGLE FINGERFULL KEYBOARD FINGERED
JAZZ
ROCK
POP
DANCE
POP
16BEAT
BALLAD
ROCK’N’
ROLL
ROCK
SHUFFLE
SWING
BOOGIE
BIG BAND
SAMBA
BOSSA
RHUMBA
CHA-CHA
POLKA
MARCH
JAZZ
WALTZ
WALTZ
BLUE-
GRASS
STYLE
POWER
HOUSE
16BEAT
POP
16BEAT
SHUFFLE
SLOW
ROCK
COUNTRY
SHUFFLE
DISK
STYLE 1
DISK
STYLE 2
JAZZ
BALLAD
PIANO E.PIANO HARPSI VIBES GUITAR STRINGS SPLIT
ORGAN CHOIR
UPRIGHT
BASS
ELEC
BASS
DRUMS VOICE 13-60
CLAVINOVA
TONE
VOICE
8
1
2
3
4567
90
DISK ORCHESTRA / PERFORMANCE MEMORY
PHRASE
REPEAT
CHORD
SEQUENCE
REC
FORMAT
COPY
PAUSE
F F
REW
START/STOP
SONG
SELECT
RIGHT/1TR
LEFT/2TR ORCH/3-10TR RHYTHM
/
DISK CONTROL
GUIDE
COSMIC
HALL 2
HALL 1
ROOM
SOLO STYLEPLAY
START/STOP
SOSTENUTO
REVERB
DEMO
SOFT
MIDI/
TRANSPOSE
MASTER VOLUME
RHYTHM
CHORD 1
CHORD 2
BASS
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT
BEAT
FOOT SWITCH
JAZZ
ROCK
POP
DANCE
POP
16BEAT
BALLAD
ROCK’N’
ROLL
ROCK
SHUFFLE
SWING
BOOGIE
BIG BAND
SAMBA
BOSSA
RHUMBA
CHA-CHA
POLKA
MARCH
JAZZ
WALTZ
WALTZ
BLUE-
GRASS
STYLE
POWER
HOUSE
16BEAT
POP
16BEAT
SHUFFLE
SLOW
ROCK
COUNTRY
SHUFFLE
DISK
STYLE 1
DISK
STYLE 2
JAZZ
BALLAD
TAP TEMPO
METRONOME
BEAT
VARIATIONNORMAL
FILL TO VARIATION
INTRO/ENDING
START/STOP
SYNCHRO
START
FILL TO NORMAL
JAZZ
ROCK
POP
DANCE
POP
16BEAT
BALLAD
ROCK’N’
ROLL
ROC
K
SHU
F
SWING
BOOGIE
BIG BAND
SAMBA
BOSSA
RHUMBA
CHA-CHA
POL
K
MAR
C
POWER
HOUSE
16BEAT
POP
16BEAT
SHUFFLE
SLO
W
ROC
K
JAZZ
BALLAD
86
TEMPO