User manual YAMAHA ME300

[. . . ] Yamaha products are designed and manufactured to provide a high level of defect-free performance. Yamaha Corporation of America ("Yamaha") is proud of the experience and craftsmanship that goes into each and every Yamaha product. Yamaha sells its products through a network of reputable, specially authorized dealers and is pleased to offer you, the Original Owner, the following Limited Warranty, which applies only to products that have been (1) directly purchased from Yamaha's authorized dealers in the fifty states of the USA and District of Columbia (the "Warranted Area") and (2) used exclusively in the Warranted Area. Yamaha suggests that you read the Limited Warranty thoroughly, and invites you to contact your authorized Yamaha dealer or Yamaha Customer Service if you have any questions. [. . . ] As soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the Intro of the selected Style starts. (Switching Main Sections/Adding a Fill-in) Ending 8. (Adding an Ending) An appropriate ending Sections will play and then Style playback will stop. You can have the ending gradually slow down (ritardando) by pressing the [INTRO/ENDING/rit. ] button again while the ending is playing back. 18 ME300/YPT-230 Owner's Manual Play with a Style Chords For users who are new to chords, this chart conveniently shows common chords for your reference. Since there are many useful chords and many different ways to use them musically, refer to commercially available chord books for further details. You can also look up chords using the Chord Dictionary function in this instrument (page 20). Indicates the root note. Major Minor Seventh Minor Seventh Major Seventh C Cm C7 Cm7 CM 7 D Dm D7 Dm7 DM 7 E Em E7 Em7 EM7 C F Fm F7 Fm7 FM7 G Gm G7 Gm7 GM7 A Am A7 Am7 AM 7 B Bm B7 Bm 7 BM 7 · · · · Inversions can be used as well as in "root" position--with the following exceptions: m7 m7b5, 6, m6, sus4, aug, dim7 7b5, 6(9), sus2 , , Inversion of the 7sus4 and m7(11) chords are not recognized if the notes are omitted. Sus2 chords are indicated by the root name only. If you play a chord which does not exist, the name of chord is not shown in the display, and the Style plays back only rhythm and bass. Easy Chords This method lets you easily play chords in the accompaniment range of the keyboard using only one, two, or three fingers. For root "C" C Cm C7 Cm 7 To play a major chord Press the root note () of the chord. To play a minor chord Press the root note together with the nearest black key to the left of it. To play a seventh chord Press the root note together with the nearest white key to the left of it. To play a minor seventh chord Press the root note together with the nearest white and black keys to the left of it (three keys altogether). ME300/YPT-230 Owner's Manual 19 Play with a Style Looking up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in "chord dictionary" that shows you the individual notes of chords. This is convenient when you know the name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn how to play it. 1 Press and hold the [3 WAITING] button for longer than a second. "Dict. " will appear in the display. Hold for longer than a second. 2 As an example, we'll learn how to play a GM7 (G major seventh) chord. 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. Four playback group settings are provided. Simply select the one that suits your needs. 1 Press and hold the [DEMO/BGM] button for longer than a second. "DemoGrp" will appear in the display for a few seconds, then the currently selected repeat playback target will be displayed. NOTE · You can also set the demo group in the Function settings (page 30 Function 021). Hold for longer than a second. 2 Use the [+] or [-] button to select a repeat playback group from the table below. Demo Preset Preset songs (001­003) All preset songs (001­102) NOTE 3 Press the [DEMO/BGM] button. The songs in the group selected play in sequence. You can stop playback at any time by pressing the [DEMO] or [START/STOP] button. · You can select a song by using the [+] button after pressing the [DEMO/BGM] button. The [-] button can be used to go back to the beginning of the selected song. Random Song Playback The Random Play mode causes the songs in the group selected for BGM playback to be played back in random order. (Demo group Songs [Preset Songs 001­003] cannot be played at random. ) The setting of the Random Play mode can be set in the Function settings (page 30 Function 022). ME300/YPT-230 Owner's Manual 23 Using the Lesson Feature Song Lesson You can select any Song you like and use it for a left-hand, right-hand, or both-hands lesson. Song Lesson lets you learn how to play Songs in three easy steps. The Lesson modes: Lesson 1 (Listen & Learn) There's no need to play the keyboard in this mode. The model melody/chords (in other words, the musical material you should learn) of the part you selected will sound. [. . . ] 2F, Yunhedasha, 1818 Xinzha-lu, Jingan-qu, Shanghai, China Tel: 021-6247-2211 FRANCE Yamaha Musique France BP 70-77312 Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 2, France Tel: 01-64-61-4000 U. S. A. Yamaha Corporation of America 6600 Orangethorpe Ave. , Buena Park, Calif. 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