User manual YAMAHA PSR-150-PSR-75

[. . . ] This product may also use "household" type batteries. Make sure that the battery being charged is a rechargeable type and that the charger is intended for the battery being charged. When installing batteries, do not mix batteries with new, or with batteries of a different type. Mismatches or incorrect installation may result in overheating and battery case rupture. Warning: Do not attempt to disassemble, or incinerate any battery. [. . . ] · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · The simple answer: Three or more notes played simultaneously is a chord. (Two notes played together is an "interval" -- an interval being the distance between two different notes. This is also referred to as a "harmony. ") Depending on the intervals between the three or more notes, a chord can sound beautiful or muddy and dissonant. The organization of notes in the example at left -- a triad chord -- produces a pleasant, harmonious sound. Triads are made up of three notes and are the most basic and common chords in most music. In this triad, the lowest note is the "root. " The root is the most important note in the chord, because it anchors the sound harmonically by determining its "key" and forms the basis for how we hear the other notes of the chord. The second note of this chord is four semitones higher than the first, and the third is three semitones higher than the second. Keeping our root note fixed and changing these notes by a semitone up or down (sharp or flat), we can create four different chords. Major chord (ex. Cdim) Minor 3rd Major 3rd Major 3rd Minor 3rd Major 3rd Major 3rd Minor 3rd Minor 3rd Keep in mind that we can also change the "voicing" of a chord -- for example, change the order of the notes (called "inversions"), or play the same notes in different octaves -- without changing the basic nature of the chord itself. Inversion examples for the key of C C G E E C G G E C 47 Auto Accompaniment Beautiful sounding harmonies can be built in this manner. The use of intervals and chords is one of the most important elements in music. A wide variety of emotions and feelings can be created depending on the types of chords used and the order in which they are arranged. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Writing Chord Names · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Knowing how to read and write chord names is an easy yet invaluable skill. Chords are often written in a kind of shorthand that makes them instantly recognizable (and gives you the freedom to play them with the voicing or inversion that you prefer). page 35 · Accompaniment Split Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 45 · Main A/Main B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 41 · Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 41 · Accompaniment Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 42 * Set only when the accompaniment is not playing. 50 Registration Memory Registration Memory is a flexible and convenient function that lets you instantly reconfigure virtually all settings of the PSR-150-PSR-75 with the touch of a single button. Simply save your favorite custom panel settings to one of the Registration Memory presets (up to sixteen are available) for future recall. Registration Memory Presets The PSR-150-PSR-75 has eight Registration Memory banks, each with two different presets (a total of sixteen) for your custom panel settings. Each of the sixteen Registration Memory can have different settings for the following parameters: · Voice number · Tempo · Transpose · Reverb Type · DSP Type · Harmony On/Off setting and Type · Split Point · Style number, and style-related settings: Accompaniment On/Off and Split Point Recording a Registration Memory Preset 1 2 Make all desired settings for the PSR-150-PSR-75. Virtually all of the PSR-150-PSR-75's settings can be saved to a Registration Memory button. Select the desired bank. Press the [BANK] button, then press the desired bank number (1 - 8). Selected bank number 1 BANK 3 Record the settings to the desired preset, 1 or 2. While holding down the [MEMORY] button, press the appropriate REGISTRATION MEMORY button, [1] or [2]. Selected memory number 1 MEMORY1 51 Registration Memory Recalling a Registration Memory Preset 1 Select the appropriate Registration Memory bank. 1 BANK 2 Press the desired Registration Memory preset button ([1] or [2]). 1 REGIST1 52 Selecting and Playing Songs The PSR-150-PSR-75 features a total of 105 songs. These include 100 songs that showcase the rich and dynamic sounds of the instrument, and 80 of these songs can be used with the educational Lesson feature (page 63), a powerful tool that makes learning songs fun and easy. Three of the songs are special Demonstration songs that can be played automatically by pressing the [DEMO] button. Moreover, there are five special User songs to which you can record your own performance. The User songs are "empty" and cannot be played until something has been recorded to them. [. . . ] Navarinou Street 13, P. 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