Using the built-in drummer, Choose a rhythm, Start the rhythm – Yamaha PSR-41 User Manual

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Using the built-in drummer

PCM/Stereo rhythm section

Now it’s time to add a dynamic rhythm accompaniment to your melody.

1. Choose a rhythm
Pick the rhythm that best suits the music

you’re going to play and press the
corresponding Rhythm selector ®.

• When you turn the keyboard ON,

the DISCO rhythm is automatically
selected.

D SCO

»OPS

BEAT SALSA

I-------1 I---------1

POCK N POLL ^•-UWBA

PEGGA

SAMBA

CO'JK:"P'^ ^CSSAkOVA

B'G.B

SvVNG

2. Start the rhythm
After selecting a rhythm, press the START selector ©.

• Synchro Start

Use the SYNCHRO START button ® if you want the rhythm to begin from

the moment you first press a key. Any of the 19 keys (up to F^s) beginning
at the left of the keyboard (Auto Bass Chord key section @) will activate
the rhythm.

• Intro./Ending

Instead of using START, you can have the rhythm begin by using the
INTRO./ENDING button ®. When this selector is pressed, the rhythm

will start after a two-bar intro-phrase.

Adjustments

Volume

The Rhythm VOLUME control ®

lets you adjust the rhythm volume in
relation to the melody volume.

Tempo

Use the TEMPO controls ® to adjust
the speed of the rhythm.

Variation

The Rhythm VARIATION selector @
gives a choice of five patterns for
each rhythm.

4. Making use of the Tempo Light
The Tempo Light functions as a visual metronome, making it simple for you
to confirm the rhythm tempo. It flashes indicating tempo when the rhythm
is running and also when the SYNCHRO START button ® has been pressed
but you have not yet started the rhythm by pressing a key.

5. Adding fill-ins
If you tap the FILL-IN button the
rhythm being played will be replaced
with a 1-bar drum solo.

• If you press the FILL-IN button ®

before starting to play, the rhythm will
start after a 1-bar drum solo.

6. Using the INTRO./ENDING button for your musical finale

If you press the INTRO./ENDING button dÿ when the rhythm is on, the rhythm

will stop automatically after playing a two-bar ending phrase. If you wish
to stop the rhythm immediately, press the STOP button @.

Keyboard Percussion
Press the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION
button and you can enjoy playing
like a drummer by tapping the Custom
Drummer keys ® with your fingers.

Twenty-five PCM digital percussion
sounds are assigned to the keys. The
different kinds of percussion instrument
sounds are indicated by symbols next
to the relevant keys. (When the Keyboard

Percussion feature is engaged, the

Tempo Light will come on). If you turn

KEYBOARD PERCUSSION ON while a
rhythm pattern is playing, the rhythm
pattern will stop (leaving bass and/or

chord backing when using the Auto Bass
Chord function described in item 7) so
you can play your own rhythm on the
Custom Drummer keys. Press the

KEYBOARD PERCUSSION button ® a
second time to exit the Keyboard
percussion mode.

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Creating original rhythm patterns

Custom Drummer
The PSR-41 has 80 preset rhythm patterns (including variations). Apart from
the preset pattern^you can also create original ones of your own using
Custom Drummer ®.

Programming a rhythm pattern

Create your own version of the 8 Beat

rhythm.

First of all, choose a basic rhythm

pattern from among the preset
rhythms. As an example, select POPS.

Press the PROGRAM selector. You

are now ready to input.

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