User manual YAMAHA PSR-225GM

[. . . ] SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). DO NOT connect this product to any power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recommended by Yamaha. Battery Notice: This product MAY contain a small non-rechargeable battery which (if applicable) is soldered in place. The average life span of this type of battery is approximately five years. When replacement becomes necessary, contact a qualified service representative to perform the replacement. [. . . ] (See pages 49, 51. ) Pressing this button selects the Main B section, or adds a Fill-in B section. (See page 54. ) USING THE AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT FEATURES 1 Turn on the auto accompaniment. Press the ACMP ON/OFF button to turn on (enable) the auto accompaniment. Indicates that auto accompaniment is on. ACMP ON 2 52 Select a style and play the accompaniment. Select one of the styles and start playback, as described in steps 1 - 3 on page 47. AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT -- THE STYLE MODE 3 Change chords using the auto accompaniment feature. Try playing a few successive single notes with your left hand, and notice how the bass and chord accompaniment change with each key you play. (Refer to page 56 for more information on how to use auto accompaniment. ) · The ACMP ON/OFF button can also be used to turn off and on the bass/chord accompaniment while playing -- allowing you to create dynamic rhythmic breaks in your performance. · You can use the Sync-Start function to create a similar, yet even more dramatic break. While the accompaniment is playing, pressing the SYNC-START button immediately stops the accompaniment and enables Sync-Start. This lets you play unaccompanied until you press a key in the auto accompaniment section to start the accompaniment again. This is especially effective when you press the SYNC-START button at the end of a musical phrase. Chords played in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard are also detected and played when the accompaniment is stopped. In effect, this gives you a "split keyboard, " with bass and chords in the left hand and the normally selected voice in the right. CHANGING THE TEMPO The Tempo of song (and accompaniment) playback can be adjusted over a range of 32 - 280 bpm (beats per minute). For instructions on changing the Tempo, see page 76. Each style has been given a default or standard tempo. (For instructions on restoring the default tempo, see page 77. ) When accompaniment playback is stopped and a different style is selected, the tempo returns to the default setting of the new style. When switching styles during playback, the last tempo setting is maintained. (This allows you to keep the same tempo, even when changing styles. ) 53 AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT -- THE STYLE MODE ACCOMPANIMENT SECTIONS (MAIN A, MAIN B AND FILL-INS) While the accompaniment is playing, you can add variation in the rhythm/ accompaniment by pressing the MAIN/AUTO FILL A or B button. This automatically plays one of four Fill-in sections, and smoothly leads into the next section -- even if it is the same section. · This function can also be controlled by using a connected footswitch. (See page 91. ) · If you press the MAIN A or B button, the Fill-in will begin immediately, and the newly selected section (A or B) will actually begin playing from the top of the next measure, unless the MAIN A or B button is pressed during the last beat of the measure -- in which case the Fill-in will begin from the first beat of the next measure. · Rhythm sounds and Fill-in sections are not available when one of the Pianist styles (#91 - #100) are selected. MEASURE 001 116 TEMPO This appears while the Fill-in section is playing. Each style has four different Fill-in sections that play in the following conditions: · Main A Main A · Main A Main B · Main B Main A · Main B Main B (Fill-in "AA") (Fill-in "AB") (Fill-in "BA") (Fill-in "BB") 54 AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT -- THE STYLE MODE ADJUSTING THE ACCOMPANIMENT VOLUME The playback volume of the accompaniment can be adjusted. The volume range is 000 - 127. 1 Select the Accompaniment Volume function in the Overall menu. Press one of the OVERALL L/M buttons, repeatedly if necessary, until "AcmpVol" appears in the display. Current Accompaniment Volume value STYLE 100AcmpVol ACMP/SONG VOLUME Indicates Accompaniment Volume is selected 2 Change the value. Use the OVERALL +/- buttons to increase or decrease the Accompaniment Volume value. Holding down either button continuously increases or decreases the value. Increases Accompaniment Volume value Restoring the Default Value To restore the default Accompaniment Volume value (100), press both OVERALL +/- buttons simultaneously (when Accompaniment Volume is selected in the Overall menu). Decreases Accompaniment Volume value Accompaniment Volume cannot be changed unless the Style mode is active. 55 AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT -- THE STYLE MODE USING AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT -- MULTI FINGERING When it is set to on (page 52), the auto accompaniment function automatically generates bass and chord accompaniment for you to play along with, by using Multi Fingering operation. You can change the chords of the accompaniment by playing keys in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard using either the "Single Finger" or "Fingered" method. With Single Finger you can simply play a one-, two- or three-finger chord indication (see Single Finger Chords below). The Fingered technique is that of conventionally playing all the notes of the chord. Whichever method you use, the PortaTone "understands" what chord you indicate and then automatically generates the accompaniment. Single Finger Chords Chords that can be produced in Single Finger operation are major, minor, seventh and minor seventh. (The key of C is used here as an example; other keys follow the same rules. [. . . ] Pour plus de détails sur les produits, veuillez-vous adresser à Yamaha ou au distributeur le plus proche de vous figurant dans la liste suivante. Die Einzelheiten zu Produkten sind bei Ihrer unten aufgeführten Niederlassung und bei Yamaha Vertragshändlern in den jeweiligen Bestimmungsländern erhältlich. Para detalles sobre productos, contacte su tienda Yamaha más cercana o el distribuidor autorizado que se lista debajo. NORTH AMERICA CANADA Yamaha Canada Music Ltd. 135 Milner Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario, M1S 3R1, Canada Tel: 416-298-1311 ITALY Yamaha Musica Italia S. P. A. , Home Keyboard Division Viale Italia 88, 20020 Lainate (Milano), Italy Tel: 02-935-771 ASIA HONG KONG Tom Lee Music Co. , Ltd. 11/F. , Silvercord Tower 1, 30 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: 2737-7688 SPAIN/PORTUGAL Yamaha-Hazen Electronica Musical, S. A. [. . . ]