Operation Manual

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Selecting and Playing Styles
The PSR-170 provides dynamic rhythm/accompaniment patterns — as well as voice settings
appropriate for each pattern — for various popular music styles.
A total of 100 different styles are available, in several different categories. Each style is made up of separate
“sections” — Intro, Main A and B (with 2 Fill-ins), and Ending — letting you call up different accompaniment
patterns as you perform.
The auto accompaniment features that are built into the rhythms add the excitement of instrumental backing to
your performance, letting you control the accompaniment by the chords you play. Auto accompaniment effec-
tively splits the keyboard into two sections: The upper is used for playing a melody line, and the lower (labeled
“ACMP” above the keyboard, at F#2) is for the auto accompaniment function.
The PSR-170 also features the convenient Dictionary function. Dictionary provides you with a built-in “chord
encyclopedia” that teaches you how to play any chord you specify by showing you the appropriate notes in the
display.
Selecting and Playing a Style
1 Press the [STYLE] button.
2 Select the desired style number.
Use the numeric keypad. Available styles are listed at the center of the panel.
Style numbers can be selected in the same way as with the voices (see page
23). You can use the numeric keypad to directly enter the style number, or
use the [+]/[-] buttons to step up and down through the style numbers.
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Style name and number