Korg EK-50 - Adjusting the Volume; Using the Sheet Music Stand; Using Headphones; Using a Pedal

Playing along with the auto-accompaniment
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Playing along with the auto-accompaniment
You can play the keyboard along with the auto-accompaniment function.
KEYBOARD SET/[STS] button [SHIFT] button Chord name
SPLIT buttonCATEGORY buttonsStyle nameKeyboard part
Accompaniment
part
Dial
STYLE/[MUSIC STYLE]
button
Start/stop 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] buon 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buonstoswitchthestylebetween
dierentmusicalgenres.
3.
Press the KEYBOARD SET/[STS] buon while holding
down the [SHIFT] buon.
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 buon to activate the keyboard split
feature (the buon 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otomaketheentirekeyboardbecomethe
chord recognition range.
Chord recognition range
Split point
Right sideLeft side
Lower part Upper parts 1–3
Tip:
To change the split point, press a key while holding
downtheSPLITbuon.Seepage11“Seingasplit”for
details on the split feature.
5.
Play a chord within the chord recognition range.
The chord name that you played is recognized and shown
on the display.
Split point
6.
Press the start/stop buon.
The auto-accompaniment will begin, and the start/stop
buon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dierentstyle.
8.
To stop the auto‐accompaniment, press the start/stop
buon.