User manual YAMAHA PSR-E233

[. . . ] DIGITAL KEYBOARD Owner's Manual Thank you for purchasing this Yamaha Digital Keyboard!We recommend that you read this manual carefully so that you can fully take advantage of the advanced and convenient functions of the instrument. We also recommend that you keep this manual in a safe and handy place for future reference. Before using the instrument, be sure to read "PRECAUTIONS" on pages 4­5. EN (US only) LIMITED 1-YEAR WARRANTY ON PORTABLE KEYBOARDS (NP, NPV, PSRE, YPG AND YPT SERIES) Thank you for selecting a Yamaha product. [. . . ] To look up the fingering for a major chord press the root key and then the M chord type key. · These chords are not shown in the Chord Dictionary function: 6(9), M7(9), M7(#11), b5, M7b5, M7aug, m7(11), mM7(9), mM7b5, 7b5, sus2 Dict. 001 Notation of chord Individual notes of chord (keyboard) To call up possible inversions of the chord, press the [+]/[-] buttons. 4 Try playing a chord in the auto accompaniment range (refer on page 17) of the keyboard, checking the indications in the display. When you've played the chord properly, a bell sound signals your success and the chord name in the display flashes. PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner's Manual 20 Play with a Style Try Playing a Song with a Style! Let's try out the Song "Aura Lee. " For information on how to play Styles using chords, see pages 17 and 18. Try playing chords with your left hand and play a melody with your right hand. Practice Aura Lee Recommended Style: 018 LoveSong Recommended Voice: 034 Strings 1 Composer: G. Poulton Standard Chords C D G F A G7 Easy Chords C D G F A G7 PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner's Manual 21 Playing Songs This instrument has 102 built-in Songs. For this instrument, the term "Song" refers to the data that makes up a piece of music. Try selecting and listening to the various Songs. Start/Stop Song DEMO/BGM 001 GrandPno 001 Press the [SONG] button to access the SONG functions (printed above the buttons). Select and Listen to a Specific Song Press the [SONG] button and then select the desired Song, referring to the section "Basic Operation" on page 12 for instructions. Refer to the Song List on page 39. Song number Song name NOTE · Song number "004" is automatically selected whenever the power is turned ON. When you want to select one of the Song numbers 001­003, use the number buttons [0]­[9], [+], [-]. · To adjust the tempo of song playback, see page 27. · You can adjust the balance between Song playback and the notes you play on the keyboard by setting the volume of the playback sound (page 29 Function 002). SHORTCUT You can jump directly to the Function settings by pressing and holding the [SONG] button for longer than a second. 004 Mirliton 005 Press the [START/STOP] button to play back the Song. You can stop playback at any time by pressing the [START/STOP] button. Rewind/Fast-forward/Pause [REW] button. . . . . . . . . . . . Fast-reverses the Song if pressed during playback (no sound is heard during fast reverse). Decreases the measure number if pressed while playback is stopped. [FF] button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fast-forwards the Song if pressed during playback. Increases the measure number if pressed while playback is stopped. [PAUSE] button. . . . . . . . . Temporarily stops playback. Press this button a second time to resume playback from the point at which it was stopped. 22 PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner's Manual Playing Songs Changing the Melody Voice You can change a Song's melody Voice to any other desired Voice. Select the desired Voice by using the number buttons [0]­[9], [+], [-]. After selecting the Song and playing it, press and hold the [VOICE] button for longer than a second. "SONG MELODY VOICE" appears in the display for a few seconds, the selected Voice replaces the Song's original melody Voice. Listening to the Demo Songs Press the [DEMO] button. Songs 001, 002, 003 play in sequence, and playback will continue repeatedly starting again from the first Song 001. You can stop playback at any time by pressing the [DEMO] or [START/STOP] button. BGM Playback With the default setting only a few of the internal songs are played back and repeated when the [DEMO/BGM] button is pressed. This setting can be changed so that all internal songs are played. [. . . ] 5F Ambience Corporate Tower Ambience Mall Complex Ambience Island, NH-8, Gurgaon-122001, Haryana, India Tel: 0124-466-5551 CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA MEXICO Yamaha de México S. A. 09300, México, D. F. , México Tel: 55-5804-0600 SPAIN/PORTUGAL Yamaha Música Ibérica, S. A. 17, 200, 28230 Las Rozas (Madrid), Spain Tel: 91-639-8888 INDONESIA PT. Yamaha Musik Indonesia (Distributor) PT. [. . . ]