Specifications

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4. Rhythm, Accompaniment and Percussion
4. Rhythm, Accompaniment and Percussion
The Rhythm features of the Electone use actual drum and percussion sampled sounds to automatically
play various rhythm patterns. Automatic Accompaniment functions are used with the rhythm patterns,
providing appropriate and completely automatic accompaniment to match the style of the rhythm
pattern selected. Moreover, the Electone has a Keyboard Percussion feature that allows you to play
drum and percussion sounds from the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard.
Rhythm Patterns
Ten different rhythm categories in various styles can be instantly selected from the front panel. The Electone has
many more "hidden" rhythm patterns, however. A total of 38 rhythm patterns are available, and can be selected
by using the LCD display.
To select and play a rhythm pattern:
1. Choose a rhythm pattern by pressing one of the
Rhythm buttons in the Rhythm section on the panel.
To select a rhythm pattern from each category in the display, press the Data
Control button corresponding to the rhythm you wish to play, as you do with
the voices. The first character of the selected rhythm pattern’s name flashes.
(Refer to the Rhythm Menu list on page 35 for a list of available rhythms.)
2. Turn the rhythm on. You can use one of three
buttons to turn on the rhythm:
! START
This button does as its name indicates; the rhythm begins as soon as the
button is pressed. To stop the rhythm, press this button again.
SYNCHRO
START
INTRO.
ENDING
START
FILL IN
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Country Broadway
March Polka
MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW
ROCK
TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT
USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 A B
USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C
VOLUME
D
RHYTHM
MAX
MIN
SEQ. SEQ.
SEQ. SEQ.
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