Playing Backing Parts With The Performance Assistant Technology - Yamaha 503 Reference Manual

Playing Backing Parts with the Performance Assistant Technology

This feature makes it exceptionally easy to play the backing parts along with Song playback.
To use the performance assistant technology, the Song must contain chord data. If the Song contains this data, the current chord name will be displayed in
NOTE
the Main display during Song playback, letting you easily check whether the Song contains chord data or not.
1
Select a Song.
In these example instructions, we recommend that you use the Songs in the "Sing-a-long" folder.
2
Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] → [B] SONG SETTING
3
Press the [8 ▲] button to turn the [P.A.T.] (performance assistant technology) on.
4
Press the SONG [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start playback.
5
Play the keyboard.
The instrument automatically matches your performance on the keyboard to the Song playback and
chords, no matter what keys you play. It even changes the sound according to the way you play. Try
playing in the three different ways below.
4
Playing the left and right
hand together (method 1).
Play three notes at
the same time with
your right hand.
6
Press the SONG [STOP] button to stop playback.
7
Press the [8 ▼] button to turn the [P.A.T.] off.
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Playing the left and right
hand together (method 2).
Play several notes one after
the other with different fin-
gers of your right hand.
Playing the left hand and
right hand alternately.
Play three notes at
the same time with
your right hand.