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Technics KN7000 · Rhythms and stylesUse variations, intros, count-in, fills and endings

From the manual Not yet tested on a KN7000.Also called: variation, intro, ending, fill, fill-in, count-in, count in, click count, sections, main pattern.

Variations and sections

A style is the keyboard’s backing band: drums, bass and accompaniment. The manual calls a style a rhythm. Source: Manual, p. 49

Each style has four variations: four versions of its main pattern, each with a different feel. Source: Manual, p. 50

Each style also has its own intros, fill-ins and endings, two of each. An intro opens a song. A fill-in is a short change to the pattern, such as a drum fill, that lasts to the end of the bar. An ending closes the song and stops the style. Source: Manual, pp. 52–53

A count-in is one bar of counting, spoken or clicked, before the style starts. Source: Manual, p. 52

The KN7000 panel, above the keysVOLUMEAUTOPLAYCHORDRHYTHM GROUPPERFORMANCEPADSVARIATIONONE TOUCHPLAYFILL ININTRO & ENDINGSTART/STOPSOUND GROUPPART &GLOBALEFFECTSEQDISKSDTEMPO/PROGRAMTRANSPOSEPARTSELECTPANELMEMORYCUSTOMPANELPOWERSD CARD SLOT AND PLAYERDISPLAY
Where the FILL IN, INTRO & ENDING and START/STOP buttons are. Drawn from a KN7000.
The buttons for variations, fills, intros, endings and START/STOPMUSIC STYLEARRANGERONE TOUCHPLAYSPLITPOINTVARIATION1234FADEINOUTTAPTEMPOSYNCHRO& BREAKFILL IN12SEQUENCERRESETCOUNTINTROINTRO & ENDING12START/STOPBEAT
MUSIC STYLE ARRANGER, the VARIATION buttons, FILL IN, INTRO & ENDING and START/STOP, in yellow. Drawn from a KN7000.

Choosing a variation

  1. Check that MUSIC STYLE ARRANGER is off. If its light is on, press it once.
  2. Press a VARIATION button, 1 to 4.
    • The variation can be changed while the style plays.

Source: Manual, p. 50

With MUSIC STYLE ARRANGER on, the VARIATION buttons choose a whole set-up instead: the pattern plus its sounds and effects. Choosing one sets its tempo too, and turns on Auto Play Chord, MEMORY and SYNCHRO & BREAK. Changing set-up during a performance leaves the tempo as it is. Source: Manual, pp. 50, 64

Starting with an intro

  1. Choose the style and the variation.
  2. Press INTRO & ENDING 1 or INTRO & ENDING 2. Its light comes on.
  3. Press START/STOP. The intro plays, then the main pattern.

Source: Manual, p. 52

  • With Auto Play Chord on, the intro plays in the chord held with the left hand. So do fills and endings. Source: Manual, p. 55
  • The intro follows the chord the song starts on. A different starting chord can make the intro seem missing. Source: Community report

Starting with a count-in

  1. Press FILL IN 2, which has COUNT INTRO printed under it. Its light comes on.
  2. Press START/STOP. One bar of count plays, then the main pattern.

Source: Manual, p. 52

FILL IN 2 works as COUNT INTRO before the style starts, and as a fill while it plays. Source: Inferred

The count’s sound

  1. In the AUTO PLAY CHORD section, press MODE. The screen shows the Auto Play Chord settings.
  2. Press COUNT INTRO on the screen to choose VOICE, a spoken count, or CLICK, a click.

Source: Manual, p. 52

VOICE is the factory setting. Source: Manual, p. 52

Adding a fill

  1. While the style plays, press FILL IN 1 or FILL IN 2.
  2. The fill starts at once and plays to the end of the bar.

Source: Manual, p. 52

Pressed on the last beat of a bar, the fill runs on to the end of the next bar. Source: Manual, p. 52

With MUSIC STYLE ARRANGER on, each fill also changes the set-up when it ends. FILL IN 1 steps down, from 4 to 3 to 2 to 1. FILL IN 2 steps up, from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4. Source: Manual, p. 64

Finishing with an ending

  1. While the style plays, press INTRO & ENDING 1 or INTRO & ENDING 2.
  2. The ending plays, then the style stops.

Source: Manual, p. 53

  • To cancel an ending started by mistake, press FILL IN 1 or FILL IN 2 while it plays. The ending stops, a fill plays, and the style carries on. Source: Manual, p. 53
  • START/STOP stops the style at once, with no ending. Source: Manual, p. 21
  • A shorter close: play a fill, then press START/STOP straight after the first beat of the next bar. Source: Community report

Manual pages

KN7000 owner's manual, pp. 50, 52–53.

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Guide R3 · last checked 13 Nov 2026