TEAC POCKETSTUDIO 5
Owner's Manual

4 � Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5
Song section
Verse 3 (VerseA)

Bar
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

Chord
E (E) (E) (E) A (A) E (E) B A E E / B7 Bm7 E7

The bar number should be 001 (if it�s not, use the wheel to change it). Right now, we won�t bother with the bar change divisions. 1 Move the cursor to the second line and make sure that the first dot (�) is selected. It should be inverted (k). to allow for a chord change at this point. Beat divisions are shown by (8). Use the wheel to change between these two symbols. Turning the wheel clockwise sets the chord change point, and counterclockwise disables it. Use the cursor pad to move the cursor to the third line, to the root chord field:
B001 d k ��� 8 ��� 8 ��� 8 ��� �D -/( 4/ 4 Intro )

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Ending

a. Following the convention on the Pocketstudio 5 itself, any chords which carry on from the previous bar are enclosed in parentheses.

As we said, this is not great art, but it will explain how to set up the song chord changes!
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Use the wheel to change the root chord to E. The default chord type is E major, so you don�t need to do anything else.

When you write your own songs, or if you are making your own arrangement of an existing song, you may find it helpful to draw up a chart like this as a guideline when you are programming the chords into the Pocketstudio 5.

NOTE

In this screen, the scale starts at C and moves upwards to B in semitone steps. There are no sharps represented, so: Display shows:
Db Eb Gb Ab Bb

From the Pattern menu, move to the Chord menu item, and press �.
B001 c

Alternative:
C# D# F# G# A#

k ��� 8 ��� 8 ��� 8 ��� �D-/( 4/ 4 Intro )

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The first line of this screen shows the current bar, followed by the musical representation of the way that the bar is divided for chord changes (see below). The next line shows the selected change points (points where the chord changes) within the bar. The third line shows the chord that will be played at the selected change point. The last line of the display is for information only. It shows the time signature of the current bar, as well as the current song section.
NOTE

Move the cursor up to the top row, and scroll through to bar 004. If you see any inverted dots (k) in the second line of any bar on the way, use the cursor and wheel (counterclockwise) to change them to the normal setting (�). Note that when a chord is carried over from a previous change, the chord name is shown in parentheses

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In this screen, the cursor is always marked by the field being underlined.

In bar 004, we�ll make the change from E to B7 halfway through the bar. For this, we�ll need to set the change points to occur every half-note (minim). Move the cursor to the musical note symbol on the top line of the screen. Turn the wheel clockwise to change the symbol to s (strictly speaking, you don�t need to do this, but it makes your life easier

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