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Technics KN7000 · Rhythms and stylesStart and stop, set the tempo, tap the tempo, start on the first chord

From the manual Not yet tested on a KN7000.Also called: start the rhythm, stop the rhythm, tempo, speed, BPM, tap tempo, synchro start, sync start, synchronised start.

Starting, stopping and the tempo

A style is the keyboard’s backing band: a drum pattern, plus bass and accompaniment parts that play in the chord given by the left hand when Auto Play Chord is on. The manual calls a style a rhythm. Source: Manual, pp. 49, 53

START/STOP starts and stops the style. The tempo, the style’s speed, is set with the TEMPO/PROGRAM dial or by tapping TAP TEMPO. With SYNCHRO & BREAK on, the style waits and starts on the first key or chord played with the left hand. Source: Manual, p. 51

The KN7000 panel, above the keysVOLUMEAUTOPLAYCHORDRHYTHM GROUPPERFORMANCEPADSVARIATIONONE TOUCHPLAYFILL ININTRO & ENDINGSTART/STOPSOUND GROUPPART &GLOBALEFFECTSEQDISKSDTEMPO/PROGRAMTRANSPOSEPARTSELECTPANELMEMORYCUSTOMPANELPOWERSD CARD SLOT AND PLAYERDISPLAY
Where START/STOP, TAP TEMPO and SYNCHRO & BREAK are. Drawn from a KN7000.
The buttons for variations, fills, intros, endings and START/STOPMUSIC STYLEARRANGERONE TOUCHPLAYSPLITPOINTVARIATION1234FADEINOUTTAPTEMPOSYNCHRO& BREAKFILL IN12SEQUENCERRESETCOUNTINTROINTRO & ENDING12START/STOPBEAT
START/STOP, TAP TEMPO and SYNCHRO & BREAK, in yellow. Drawn from a KN7000.

Starting and stopping

  1. Choose a style: press one of the RHYTHM GROUP buttons, such as 8 & 16 BEAT, then choose the style from the list on the screen.
  2. Press START/STOP. The style starts at once.
    • The four BEAT lights above START/STOP show the beat.
  3. Press START/STOP again. The style stops.

Source: Manual, pp. 50–51

START/STOP stops the style at once, with no ending. Source: Manual, p. 21

To finish with an ending instead, press INTRO & ENDING 1 or INTRO & ENDING 2 while the style plays. The ending plays, then the style stops. Source: Manual, p. 53

Setting the tempo

Turn the TEMPO/PROGRAM dial. The tempo shows on the home page, the screen shown while playing, as a number of beats a minute from 40 to 300. Source: Manual, pp. 29, 51

The dial also changes values on setting screens. While its light is lit, it changes the highlighted setting on the screen, not the tempo. Source: Manual, pp. 31, 51

EXIT goes back from a setting screen, and the dial then sets the tempo again. Source: Inferred

With MUSIC STYLE ARRANGER off, choosing another style keeps the tempo already set. Source: Tested on a KN7000 Holding ONE TOUCH PLAY sets the style’s own tempo, with sounds to suit it. Source: Manual, p. 61

Tapping the tempo

  1. Tap TAP TEMPO a few times at the speed wanted.
  2. The keyboard measures the taps and sets the tempo to match.

Source: Manual, p. 51

Starting on the first chord

This is a synchronised start: the style waits, then starts when a key is played left of the split point. The split point is the key where the keyboard divides into a left-hand and a right-hand section. Source: Manual, pp. 40, 51

  1. Choose a style.
  2. Press SYNCHRO & BREAK to turn it on.
  3. Play a key or a chord left of the split point. The style starts.

Source: Manual, p. 51

  • With Auto Play Chord on, the first chord starts the style and the band plays in that chord. Source: Manual, pp. 55, 58
  • It also works when the keyboard isn’t split. Any key left of the split point starts the style. Source: Manual, p. 51
  • SPLIT POINT moves the split point: G2, C3, G3, then a key of the player’s choice. The key at the split point is the lowest key of the right-hand section. Source: Manual, p. 40

Stopping when the chord is let go

SYNCHRO & BREAK also gives a break. With Auto Play Chord on and MEMORY off, letting go of the chord stops the band. The next chord starts it again from the first beat. Source: Manual, p. 58

MEMORY is on the screen that MODE opens in the AUTO PLAY CHORD section. With it on, the band keeps playing the last chord after the keys are let go. Source: Manual, p. 55

Manual pages

KN7000 owner's manual, pp. 51, 58.

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Guide R2 · last checked 13 Nov 2026