CREATING YOUR OWN STYLES
The Concert Performer has 128 
built-in Styles selected from 
various musical genres. There 
are two powerful features that 
allow you to change any of these 
Styles to better suit your 
musical tastes, or even create 
your own Style entirely from 
scratch!  These are the 
Conductor and the Style Maker.

The Conductor allows you to 
influence the way a Style plays 
much in the same manner that 
conductor of an orchestra or a 
band leader might direct their 
musicians.  The Conductor offers 
two approaches: Easy Edit and 
Advanced Edit.

The Style Maker allows you to 
actually create Styles of your 
own.  Here, too, there are two 
ways of using this feature: 
Phrase Combination, and Get 
Phrase From Recorder.

The CP can store up to 20 User 
Styles onboard at one time.  
However you can save more of 
your original Styles onto a 
floppy disk.  Your library of 
Styles can truly be infinite!

Thanks to the Style Convert 
Software developed by EMC 
Software, you can convert other 
manufacturer's Style data over 
for use on the CP.  That way you 
can take advantage of the 
hundreds of Style disks that are 
available on the market!

CONDUCTOR
The Conductor is used to modify 
a Style's existing data.
There are two editing methods 
offered by the Conductor.


EASY EDIT	
This is an easy way to modify 
the Style data.  A Style 
consists of six parts called 
Sections.  These are the Drums, 
Bass, and Acc 1-4.  When you 
play a Style, each of these 
sections plays a Phrase 
specifically composed for that 
type of instrument.  When all 
six Sections are playing their 
independent Phrases along with 
each other, the overall effect 
is a complete musical ensemble.  
However, a Section is not stuck 
with playing just one specific 
Phrase; for a given Style there 
are actually four Phrases to 
choose from per Section.  Easy 
Edit lets you assign which of 
these four Phrases you'd like 
the Section to play as its 
contribution to the whole Style.  

ADVANCED CONDUCTOR	
This allows you to edit the 
finer details within a Style. 
You have control over each 
Section's volume level, panning, 
chorus and reverb settings, 
sound assignment, and Groove 
type and amount.  Once you are 
satisfied with your adjustments, 
you can save the edited Style as 
a User Style.

To use Easy Edit:

1) Select the Style and the 
Variation (1-4) that you would 
like to edit.

2) Press the EASY EDIT button.  
The Easy Style Edit menu will be 
displayed.

3) Use the F2-F7 buttons to 
select a Section to edit.

4) Use the L buttons to instruct 
the Section as to which of its 
four Phrases to use.  You can 
make your edits while the Style 
is running to hear your changes.

5) To mute the Section, press 
the corresponding F button.  
Pressing the F button again will 
turn it back on.

6) If you would like to save 
your changes, press the SAVE 
button.  Keep in mind that if 
you don't save them, they will 
be discarded when you turn off 
the Concert Performer.

7) Press the EXIT button to 
leave the Easy Style Edit menu.

Pressing the SAVE button will 
save all Styles at one time.  
You cannot save individually.

Resetting the Style
The CP remembers what all the 
settings were for the Style 
before you entered the Style 
Edit menu and made changes.  If 
you wish to restore them, simply 
press the RESET button.

If you would like to revert all 
Styles back to their original 
factory settings, use the Soft 
Reset function. 

Note
Easy Edit doesn't allow you to 
edit the Intro, Ending and Fill-
ins.  However, muting a Section 
in the Style will result in 
automatic muting of the same 
Section in the Intro, Ending and 
Fill-ins.  If you mute a certain 
Section, you need to consider 
what effect it will have on the 
overall Style. 

To use Advanced Edit:

1) Select the Style and the 
Variation (1-4) that you would 
like to edit.

2) Press the ADVANCED EDIT 
button.  The Advanced Style Edit 
menu will be displayed.

3) Use the F2-F7 buttons to 
select a Section to edit.

4) Use the L buttons to select a 
setting and use the Dial to 
change its value.  You can make 
your edits while the Style is 
playing to hear your changes.

5) Press the MORE (F1 button) 
for a screen of other settings.

6) If you would like to save 
your changes, press the WRITE 
button.  Keep in mind that if 
you don't save them, they will 
be discarded the moment you exit 
the Advanced Style Edit menu.

7) Press the EXIT button to exit 
the Advanced Style Edit menu.

Groove is a function that adds a 
"swing-like" feel to your 
music by altering the note 
timing.
There are ten types of Groove:

8th Note Triplet (1-8)	
For 8-beat rhythms.  There are 
eight different rhythmic 
variations of 8th-note triplets.

16th Note Triplet	
For 16-beat rhythms.  
Rhythm of 16th-note triplet.

Swing	
This creates the typical swing 
feeling.

Important Note:  
If you are using a User Style as 
the Source Style of your User 
Conductor, that User Style must 
always be kept at the same 
location in the CP, or else the 
User Conductor will not be able 
to locate it.

Resetting the Style
You can restore the original 
Style settings by pressing the 
RESET button.
This will completely clear the 
changes made to the Styles 
except any data already saved as 
a User Conductor Style.  You can 
also instantly discard the 
current changes by pressing the 
EXIT button to leave the 
Advanced Edit.

To use a saved Style:

1) Press the USER CONDUCTOR 
button.  If there are any Styles 
available, they will be 
displayed.

2) Use the F4-F7 buttons to 
select the page that contains 
your desired Style.

3) Use the L or R button to 
select the desired Style.
PHRASE COMBINATION
The basic idea behind Phrase 
Combination is similar to that 
of the Conductor.  Phrase 
Combination, however, lets you 
edit Fill-ins, basic patterns 
(Variations) and allows you to 
copy a Phrase from a different 
Style.

You cannot change the Intro and 
Ending Phrase.  You can only 
select them from the existing 
Styles.

To use Phrase Combination:

1) In the Advanced Recorder 
menu, press the Style Maker 
button (R5).  The first Style 
Maker menu will be displayed.

2) Use the Dial to select the 
initial Style that will be used 
to supply the Intro and Ending 
Phrases to your new Style.  
Press NEW (F3) if you don't wish 
to have these Phrases copied 
from an existing Style.

3) Press the CONTINUE button 
(F6, F7).  The Edit Mode Select 
menu will be displayed.
If you select no initial Style 
to begin with by pressing the 
NEW button (F3), you will start 
with a completely empty Style.    
However, your new Style will not 
have an Intro or Ending. 

4) Use the L2 or L3 button to 
select Phrase Combination.  The 
Phrase Combination menu will be 
displayed.


5) Use the L1 button to select 
the pattern you wish to modify 
out of  four Variations and four 
Fill-ins.

6) Use the L3 and L4 buttons to 
select the Section to modify.

7) Use the F3 and F5 buttons to 
move the cursor between the 
Style and Phrase column.

8) Use the Dial to change the 
current Style or Phrase.  You 
can jump to the desired Style 
category by pressing the Style 
select buttons directly.

9) Press the LISTEN button (F7) 
to hear the new Style. 

10) Press the SAVE button (F6) 
to store as a new User Style.
GET PHRASE FROM RECORDER
This is the most flexible way to 
create a new Style.
You can take music that you have 
recorded using the CP's own 
Recorder and convert it into 
Style data. Or, you can use an 
external MIDI device or a 
personal computer to create the 
musical phrases, then load the 
data into the CP's Recorder and 
convert those.

Configuration of a Style
A complete Style consists of the 
following patterns:

Basic pattern	
4 patterns (Variation 1-4)	
Max 16 measures

Fill-in	
4 patterns (Fill-In 1-4)
1 or 2 measures

Intro Major	
1 pattern 
Max 16 measures

Intro Minor	
1 pattern	
Max 16 measures

Ending Major	
1 pattern	
Max 16 measures

Ending Minor	
1 pattern	
Max 16 measures

Each of these are made of six 
Sections-Drum, Bass, ACC1, 
ACC2, ACC3 and ACC4.  However 
you don't necessarily have to 
have all of them to create a 
Style.  For example, you may not 
need to use some Variations or 
Sections to accomplish your 
musical idea.  These unused 
sections may be left blank, or 
filled with Section data copied 
from the initial source Style 
that you were asked to choose at 
the beginning of the Style Maker 
process.

The different Sections can be of 
varying bar lengths as long as 
they stay within the limit.  
Having them all the same length 
may make the Style easier to use 
in a song, but you may find that 
having uneven bar lengths among 
the Sections can create 
interesting musical results.

Before you can generate a Style 
from these phrases, you have to 
have them loaded into the  
Recorder, keeping in mind which 
tracks in the Recorder are going 
hold data for which Sections in 
the new Style.

The source recording in the CP's 
Recorder can be in any key.  
However, you need to know what 
key that is, because you will 
have to specify that as part of 
generating a new Style.  For 
simplicity's sake it is 
advisable to record in C if you 
are planing on using the 
recording with the Style Maker.

To create a Style:

1) In the Advanced Recorder 
menu, press the Style Maker 
button (R5).  The first Style 
Maker menu is displayed.

2) Use the Dial to select an 
initial Style.  All of the 
currently blank Sections in the 
new Style will be automatically 
filled with data from the 
initial Style.
If you want your new Style to 
start off completely empty, 
instead of having data copied 
from the initial Style, press 
the NEW button (F3).

3) Press the CONTINUE button 
(F6, F7).  The Edit Mode Select 
menu will come up.

4) Use the L3 button to select 
Get Phrase From Recorder.  The 
Get Phrase From Recorder screen 
will be displayed.

5) Use the F2-F7 buttons to 
select which track from the 
Recorder has the data that you 
want used for each Section of 
the Style.  You can switch off a 
Section by pressing its F button 
twice, and the Section will not 
be created in your Style.

6) Use the L and R buttons to 
set up the options and select 
the proper data from the 
Recorder.  You may have 
different options for each 
track.

7) Press the MORE button (F1) 
for advanced settings.

8) Press the R4 button to 
generate the Style.  You can 
listen to it by pressing the 
START/STOP button.

9) If you would like to save it, 
press SAVE (R2).

AUTO-ACCOMPANIMENT
The Concert Performer is able to 
move the parts of the Style 
around according to your live 
playing.  The Auto-accompaniment 
instruments are shifted about to 
keep the notes playing within 
their musically useful ranges. 
On other manufacturers' 
products, this can sometimes 
result in notes being sounded an 
octave higher or lower than you 
would have preferred, or chord 
inversions that do not quite fit 
the musical feel that you are 
after.

Kawai's Auto-accompaniment 
system is programmed to avoid 
such unexpected shifts.  
However, to get the most out of 
this system, a new Style can 
benefit from some fine tuning.  
When you press the MORE button 
(F1) in the Get Phrase From 
Recorder menu, you will be 
presented with another menu with 
some fine tuning settings for 
your new Style.

Accompaniment Type (ACC Type)
This setting instructs the 
Concert Performer as to how you 
want the different Sections of 
the Style to be handled when 
being transposed across the 
keyboard.  Most of the time, the 
Sections are playing Phrases 
that fill a harmony role in 
relationship to the melody that 
you plan on playing live.  They 
may be playing counter-melodies 
or obbligato lines, and would be 
called Scalic parts.  Or they 
may consist of block chords 
only, in which case they would 
be referred to as Chord parts.

In addition, the terms Open and 
Close apply to these parts, and 
refer to how strictly the CP 
will regulate the voicing of a 
Phrase.  Setting a part to Open 
will allow for open-voiced 
chords, and sounds particularly 
well with guitar, string, or 
brass parts.  Setting a part to 
Close maintains closed-voiced 
chords, which are better suited 
to piano parts.  

Range
This dictates the chord 
inversions made in Sections  
ACC1-4 if they are set to Open 
Chord or Close Chord.
The term "range" here has 
nothing to do with the span of 
actual chord notes.  It selects 
which note in the chord will 
serve as the basis of the chord 
inversion.
HI is the initial setting.  MID 
plays an inversion based on the 
next lower note in relation to 
HI, while LO plays an inversion 
based two-notes lower.

Crossover
This is an option used with 
Scalic Chord and Scalic Phrase 
and lets you set the note range 
for the phrase without breaking 
its pattern.  Select the highest 
note (C-B) for the root of the 
chord.  When the root note goes 
beyond the limit, the entire 
phrase will be transposed down.

Bass Limit
This is an option for the Bass 
part and limits what the lowest 
note is that you want it to 
play.  If a note in the pattern 
tries to fall below the limit, 
it will automatically be 
transposed up an octave.


To adjust the auto-accompaniment 
system:

1) Use the L2-L4 buttons to 
select the setting you wish to 
change.

2) Use the F3-F7 buttons to 
select the Section.

3) Use the Dial to select or 
change a value.

4) When done, press the BACK 
button (F1) to go back the 
previous menu.  Then save the 
Style if necessary.

Note:  
Do not press EXEC again after 
you change the Auto-
accompaniment options.  Doing so 
will generate the new Phrase 
over again and erases these 
settings.
