KORG SP-500 - Manual (Page 43)

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Automatic
accompaniment
Open1: Two notes will normally be added
below the melody to create three voices
(sometimes three notes will be added to create
four voices).
Open2:
Two notes will normally be added
above the melody to create three voices (some-
times three notes will be added to create four
voices).
Octave:
Two notes will be added an octave
above and below the melody.
Power Ens.:
Notes will be added a fourth
below and an octave below the melody to cre-
ate three voices.
Fourths:
Notes will be added a fourth above
and a minor seventh above the melody to cre-
ate three voices.
Block:
Three notes will be added below the
melody plus an octave below it, creating five
voices.
Brass Ens.:
Three notes will be added below
the melody, creating four voices.
Reed Ens.:
A three-note chord with a different
inversion than added by “Block” will be
added below the melody, plus an octave
below the melody, creating five voices.
2 Select the type of ensemble
Press one of the radio buttons to select the
desired type of ensemble.
Different harmony will be added accord-
ing to the type of ensemble you select.
To turn off the Ensemble function
Press the [ENSEMBLE] button once again.
To change the variation
Each rhythm style allows you to choose four differ-
ent variations.
1 While automatic accompaniment
is playing, select the “Variation”
Cell
Press the “Variation” Cell, and use the
dial or the [VALUE] switches to specify
the variation. The accompaniment will
switch to the selected variation at the next
beat or measure.
If you specify “After Fill” in the “Accompani-
ment” page (☞p.44), playback will automati-
cally switch to the specified variation after a
fill is played. This lets you add variety to the
way in which your song develops.
The content of the variations, intros, and end-
ings will differ according to the rhythm style.
Adding an intro
You can add an intro to the beginning of the auto-
matic accompaniment. After the intro has been
played, the variation will begin playing.
Each rhythm style has two intros and two endings.
• When you press the [INTRO/ENDING 1] switch,
an intro or ending with a chord progression will
be played.
• When you press the [INTRO/ENDING 2] switch,
a simple intro or ending without a chord progres-
sion will be played.
1 Press the [INTRO/ENDING 1]
switch or the [INTRO/ENDING 2]
switch
2 Press the [START/STOP] switch
The automatic accompaniment intro will
play.
When the intro ends, the accompaniment
will switch to the variation you selected
in the main page.
The indicator of the [INTRO/ENDING 1,
2] switch you selected will be lit while the
intro is playing, and dark when the varia-
tion begins playing.
To repeat the intro
If you press the same [INTRO/ENDING]
switch while the intro is playing, that
intro will continue playing repeatedly.
The repeated playback will be cancelled if
you press the other [INTRO/ENDING]
switch or the [FILL 1, 2] switch, or if you
re-select the “Variation” Cell.
To cancel the intro
Before starting automatic accompani-
ment, you can press a [FILL 1, 2] switch to
cancel the intro.
After starting automatic accompaniment,
you can press the [START/STOP] switch
to stop playback and cancel the intro
selection.
Once the intro has started, it cannot be can-
celled by pressing a [FILL 1, 2] switch.
It is also possible to select either fill to be used
an intro.
“Variation” cell