Playing Along With The Auto-Accompaniment; Playing With A Style You Choose; Chord With Your Left Hand - Korg EK-50 Blitzstart

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Playing along with the auto-accompaniment

Playing along with the auto-accompaniment
You can play the keyboard along with the auto-accompaniment function.
KEYBOARD SET/[STS] button
STYLE/[MUSIC STYLE]
button

Playing with a style you choose

The sounds used in a style (auto-accompaniment) are assigned
to four parts (drums, percussion, bass and other parts).
Together, these four parts are called an accompaniment part.
1.
Press the STYLE/[MUSIC STYLE] button to enter style
mode.
will blink on the display, and the style name will
be shown.
2.
Select the style using the dial.
Use the CATEGORY buttons to switch the style between
different musical genres.
3.
Press the KEYBOARD SET/[STS] button while holding
down the [SHIFT] button.
A keyboard set appropriate for the style will be recalled,
and " " will be shown in front of the keyboard set name.
4.
Press the SPLIT button to activate the keyboard split
feature (the button will light).
When you turn the split on, all keys to the left of the split
point (the lower part) will become the "chord recognition
range."
Turn the split off to make the entire keyboard become the
chord recognition range.
Chord recognition range
Lower part
Left side
Split point
Tip: To change the split point, press a key while holding
down the SPLIT button. See page 11 "Setting a split" for
details on the split feature.
[SHIFT] button
Keyboard part Style name
Accompaniment
part
Start/stop button
Upper parts 1–3
Right side
Chord name
CATEGORY buttons
Dial
5.
Play a chord within the chord recognition range.
The chord name that you played is recognized and shown
on the display.
6.
Press the start/stop button.
The auto-accompaniment will begin, and the start/stop
button will light up green.
7.
Play a melody on the right side of the split point on the
keyboard, while playing a chord in the chord recognition
range.
When you change the chord, the accompaniment will
automatically follow along.
Tip: See the "List of chords recognized" (page 75) to see
which chords are recognized by this instrument.
Tip: To change or lock the tempo, see "Adjusting the
tempo" (page 7). When you lock the tempo, the tempo
will not change when you select a different style.
8.
To stop the auto‐accompaniment, press the start/stop
button.
SPLIT button
Split point