Yamaha Electone EL-87 Owner's Manual - page 63
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Keyboard Percussion
The various drum and percussion sounds (a total of 43 are available)
have been assigned to the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard for
you to play.
To play the Keyboard Percussion sounds:
1
Turn off all the lower and Pedal voices by setting each voice's
volume to minimum.
2
Turn on the Keyboard Percussion function by pressing either
or both the LOWER and PEDAL buttons in the KEYBOARD
PERCUSSION section.
3
Set the rhythm volume.
The volume of the percussion sounds is set together with that of
the rhythm by using the VOLUME controls in the Rhythm
section. Set the volume to the desired level.
4
Play some notes on the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard. The
various percussion sounds (a total of 43 are available) have been
assigned to the keyboards as shown in the charts below.
NOTE
:
When the Electone is turned on, the Rhythm
Volume is automatically set to 0.
NOTE:
Additional percussion sounds are available on
the Upper keyboard when using the Rhythm
Pattern Programmer function (see page 109).