Yamaha Portatone Entertainment Station Kitchen Entertainment Center User Manual


 
Playing Voices — Related Functions
44 PSR-K1 Owner’s Manual
Adding harmony sounds (Harmony)
This function automatically adds appropriate harmony sounds to the voices you play on
the keyboard (Main Voice). It also features special performance embellishments such as
trill, tremolo and echo.
The particular effects and use of Harmony differs depending on the selected Harmony
type. For details, see the Effect Type List on page 46.
Turning Harmony on/off
Turn the Harmony effect on or off by pressing the [HARMONY] button.
When the Harmony is on, the Harmony icon in the display lights up. When Harmony
is off, the icon goes out.
Selecting the Harmony type
Call up the Harmony Type page by holding down the [HARMONY] button.
Select the desired Harmony type (01 – 26).
Adjusting the Harmony level
The Harmony Level can be adjusted for the Harmony types 01 (Duet) – 05 (Octave).
Enter the FUNCTION display by pressing the [FUNCTION] button and call up the
Harmony Volume page by using the CATEGORY buttons [ ]/[ ].
Set the Harmony level (000 – 127).
When you change the Main Voice,
the Harmony type automatically
changes to best suit the selected
voice.
NOTE
Harmony cannot be turned on or
off while the Song Lesson features
are used.
Harmony types 01 – 05 function
only in conjunction with the auto
accompaniment.
For these types, appropriate har-
mony notes are automatically
added to the sound of the keys you
play with your right hand, accord-
ing to the chords you play with
your left in the accompaniment
section of the keyboard.
NOTE
The method at left is a shortcut.
You can also select the Harmony
Type page from the FUNCTION
display after pressing the [FUNC-
TION] button. (See page 77.)
NOTE
Press and hold
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