Yamaha V50 - CHAPTER 4. USING THE RHYTHM MACHINE; Rhythm Machine Overview and Patterns

CHAPTER
4.
USING
THE
RHYTHM
MACHINE
This chapter will explain how to use the V50 rhythm machine.
er ABOUT THE RHYTHM MACHINE
The rhythm machine tone generator
The tone generator of the rhythm machine uses the
folowing 61 rhythm instruments.
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BD 1 GateSD F. Tom4 Crash Timbl il Ago HI
BD 2 B SD E. Tom] | FMpred TimblL Ago LO
BD 3 Rim 1 E. Tom? FMprc2 hstIS Tambrn
IL, BD Rim 2 E, Tom3 FMprc3 WhstIL “| Claves
GateBD Tom 1 E. Tom4 = GisCsh CgalMT Cstnt
| E. BD Tom 2 __| Helos ~~ | Belltr CgaHOP VbrSlp
SD 1 Tom 3 ilopen | Timp Cga LO
sD 2 Tom 4 HHI /40. TimpnL Bgo H
PiclSD TR. Ton] pal Claps Bgo LO
HSD 1 F. Tom2 Ride Shaker CuicaH
ISD 2 F, Tom3 Edge | Cowbel Cuical,
The rhythm machine tone generator is completely in-
dependent of the synthesizer tone generator, and is not
affected by the number of notes being played by the
A NN synthesizer. Up to 8 notes can be produced simul-
taneously by the rhythm machine tone generator.
Rhythm
patterns
and
rhythm
songs
For
our
example,
we
will
create
three
rhythm
pat-
terns
as
follows.
When learning to use the V50 rhythm machine, it is | [boom tap tap tap}... eee (i measure)
important
to
understand
what
we
mean
by
“rhythm
2
[ding
ding
chacha
ding]...........000
(1
measure)
pattern” and “rhythm song”. A rhythm song is a song 3 f
consisting of many rhythm patterns, as in the following
example.
dum ta dum ta dum dum tata tata]... (2 measures)
We can connect these three rhythm patterns in the order
of “1,2, 1,2, 1,2, 3” to create a rhythm song as follows.
Measure
1
(rhythm
pattern
1)
Measure
2
(rhythm
pattern
2)
Measure
3
(rhythm
pattern
1)
Measure
4
(rhythm
pattern
2)
boom
tap
tap
tap
tick tick
chacha
tick
la
tap
tap tap
tick
tick
chacha
tick
Measure 5 (rhythm pattern 1) Measure 6 (rhythm pattern 2) Measures 7 and 8 (rhythm pattern 3)
|
boom tap tap tap tick tick chacha tick | dum ta dum ta dum dum tata tata
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