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The bank names tell you something about the kind of
situations for which the phrases were originally
intended. The Melodic phrases can be used for playing
solo lines, while the Rhythmic and Background phrases
are probably more convincing for spicing up your
music with the odd vocal accent. But there is no need
to use the phrases in this way. A Rhythmic phrase
might work equally well as solo line.

• Use the number buttons ([1]~[8]) to select a memory

of the active bank.
As always, the buttons you press light. In the case of
the [GROUP] button, however, the “A” or “B” indica-
tor lights.

Note: You can switch off the VariPhrase part by pressing the
bank button that lights. This will once again switch on the
UP1 (or LW1) part. You could use this for alternating
between instrumental and vocal parts.

Below please find a list of all internal VariPhrases. It
also contains the MIDI addresses of these phrases
(Program Change and CC00/CC32 Bank Select) that
you may not need here, but they may come in handy
at a later stage. The VariPhrase part receives on MIDI
channel 13. See page 197 for details about MIDI.

One last thing: you can ignore the first number (“1–”,
for example) as this corresponds to the bank button
you pressed (1= Background, 2= Melodic, 3= Rhyth-
mic).

The VariPhrases in Bold-Italic do not start on the first
beat. You thus have to play them with a different tim-
ing, such as on the second beat of a bar, etc.

Note: Though they sound just fine by themselves, using the
VariPhrases in combination with the Arranger is an even
more rewarding experience. See page 29 for how to do that.

Combining/splitting a VariPhrase with
another Keyboard part

It is also possible to add either or both Upper parts
(UP1 and UP2) to your VariPhrase playing, which
allows you to double the vocals with a piano, trumpet,
organ, etc. part, or to add a chord backing to your left-
hand VariPhrase part.

The important thing to remember is that you need to
switch on UP1 or LW1 after activating the VariPhrase
part, for the VariPhrase part at first cancels the UP1 or
LW1 part. You can however, write your VariPhrase lay-
ers to a User Program. See page 127.

“Playing” with the VariPhrases

There is a lot more you can do with the on-board (and
your own User) phrases than we have seen so far. Let
us have a look at a few examples.

Key Assign

The Key Assign parameter allows you specify whether
or not you can play chords with the VariPhrase part
(

). Why would you want to do that?

Selecting Mono means that the VariPhrase part only
sounds one note you play with your right hand, even
though you may be playing two-voice lines or even
chords. In a layer combination, the VariPhrase part
would thus allow you to combine a chordal part
(Upper1 or Lower1) with a solo vocal line. Here’s an
example: Suppose you switch on the VariPhrase and
Upper1 parts. Here’s what happens when you play
chords in the right half (in SPLIT mode):

Note: The exact notes sounded by the VariPhrase part
depend on which chord note you strike last. The above
result may require some practice.

Mono can be used very effectively: if you press one key
to start the selected VariPhrase and then add a second
key, the phrase is transposed up or down – but contin-
ues. With the “Honey, I need you” phrase, for instance,
you could press a C for playing “Honey”, then add the
E to the right of the C just before “I”. This would trans-
pose the pitch of the “I” to E. If you then release the C
(but not the E), while playing a G, the rest of the
phrase (“need you”) will be played in G. In other
words: the phrase runs from start to finish but changes
its pitch whenever you press another key. (If you select
Poly, the “I” and “need you” would be played using two
voices. Poly allows you to play chords.)

GBN PC

CC00 CC32 Phrase Name


BACKGROUND
A1-1 001

096

096

Uaah uaah M

A1-2 002

096

096

Uaah uaah F

A1-3 003

096

096

Uaah uuh M

A1-4 004

096

096

Uaah uuh F

A1-5 005

096

096

Uah Uah U M

A1-6 006

096

096

Uah Uah U F

A1-7 007

096

096

Uahua Uah F

A1-8 008

096

096

Na,nanana F


MELODIC
A2-1 009

096

096

Baby,Baby M

A2-2 010

096

096

Your Love M

A2-3 011

096

096

Ooh, Baby M

A2-4 012

096

096

Com'on M

A2-5 013

096

096

SetMeFree M

A2-6 014

096

096

OohDarlin M

A2-7 015

096

096

HoneyINed M

A2-8 016

096

096

HoneyINed F


RHYTHMIC
A3-1 017

096

096

Dot,do,do M

A3-2 018

096

096

Tururu,Tu M

A3-3 019

096

096

DoidiDatt M

A3-4 020

096

096

DoYeahDat M

A3-5 021

096

096

Dabut,Dab M

A3-6 022

096

096

Dabada,Da M

A3-7 023

096

096

Taratta,T M

A3-8 024

096

096

ShuShuDo F

GBN PC

CC00 CC32 Phrase Name


BACKGROUND 2
B1-1 025

096

096

Hah,ha,ha M

B1-2 026

096

096

Hah,ha,ha M

B1-3 027

096

096

Ahi,ai,ai M

B1-4 028

096

096

Ahi,ai,ai F

B1-5 029

096

096

Yeah,ah M

B1-6 030

096

096

Yeah,ah F

B1-7 031

096

096

Eh,eh,eeh F

B1-8 032

096

096

Sha la la F


BACKGROUND 3
B2-1 033

096

096

Humaah,hu M

B2-2 034

096

096

Humaah,hu F

B2-3 035

096

096

TuruTuruh M

B2-4 036

096

096

TuruTuruh F

B2-5 037

096

096

Wow,wow M

B2-6 038

096

096

Wow,wow F

B2-7 039

096

096

BlaimBlai M

B2-8 040

096

096

BlaimBlai F


RHYTHMIC 2
B3-1 041

096

096

Tutu tah M

B3-2 042

096

096

Tutu tah F

B3-3 043

096

096

Lero,lero M

B3-4 044

096

096

Lero,lero F

B3-5 045

096 096

Eih!Olele M

B3-6 046 096 096 Eih!Olele

F

B3-7 047

096

096

Ma,ma,mma F

B3-8 048 096

096

Keep on F

If you play this with
your right hand…

VariPhrase part (Mono mode)

Upper1 part

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