User manual YAMAHA PSR-28

[. . . ] SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE: The information contained in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of printing. However, Yamaha reserves the right to change or modify any of the specifications without notice or obligation to update existing units. This product, either alone or in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speaker/s, may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. DO NOT operate for long periods of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable. [. . . ] After setting this, make sure to select a different parameter or exit the Function mode before playing the keyboard. Function Parameter -- Accompaniment Split Point Function Parameters No. F51 Parameter Name Accompaniment Split Point Display Name AcmpSPnt Range/Settings 000 -- 127 Description This determines the highest key for the accompaniment section and sets the accompaniment split "point" -- in other words, the key that separates the accompaniment section and the Main voice. (When accompaniment is turned on, the accompaniment section sounds up to and including the Accompaniment Split Point key. ) This cannot be set higher than the Split Point in the Split mode (page 37). While this is being set, the keyboard does not produce any sound. After setting this, make sure to select a different parameter or exit the Function mode before playing the keyboard. 59 AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT -- THE STYLE MODE WHAT IS A CHORD? 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 (also called the "tonic") 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. The Smart type is not only a convenient feature for easily playing various chord progressions in a specified key, it's also an excellent learning tool to find out how chords relate to each other harmonically in a given key. 1 2 Select a style. Select the Smart Chord Guide. Select one of the styles, as described in steps 1 - 2 on page 47. Press the CHORD GUIDE button so that "Smart" appears briefly in the display. STYLE CHORD GUIDE DICTIONARY SMART EZ OFF Smart ACMP ON 3 Set the desired key. Use the +/- buttons on the numeric keypad to step through the available keys, or use the numeric keypad to directly enter the number corresponding to the desired key (see chart below). 1 2 3 Indicates selected key signature (shows number of sharps or flats in key). STYLE 4 5 6 7 8 rest 9 3 01#/b=0 ACMP ON 0 BWD NO velocity FWD YES Number 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Key (display indication, actual key) #/b=0 (C, or Am) #=1 (G, or Em) #=2 (D, or Bm) #=3 (A, or F#m) #=4 (E, or C#m) #=5 (B, or G#m) #=6 (F#, or D#m) #=7 (C#, or A#m) Number 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Key (display indication, actual key) b=7 (Cb, or Abm) b=6 (Gb, or Ebm) b=5 (Db, or Bbm) b=4 (Ab, or Fm) b=3 (Eb, or Cm) b=2 (Bb, or Gm) b=1 (F, or Dm) 64 AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT -- THE STYLE MODE For example, to play the following music score, select number 15 so that the key is set to b=1 (F, or Dm). Key of F STYLE 15b=1 Play the accompaniment, and play single note chords (root notes) in the auto accompaniment section. Start accompaniment playback in the desired way. (For specific instructions on starting the accompaniment, see page 48. ) For example, when the key has been set to F major, you can play the following chords by pressing the single root notes indicated below: To play these chords. . . 4 F Dm Gm Dm . . . press these root notes. Notice that the minor chords appropriate to the key of F major are automatically converted. Smart Chord List No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Display indication #/b=0 #=1 #=2 #=3 #=4 #=5 #=6 #=7 b=7 b=6 b=5 b=4 b=3 b=2 b=1 Root note C C# (Db) C C#dim C C#dim C C#m C C#m C C#m Cdim C#m Cdim C# Cm C# Cdim C#m Cdim C# Cm C# Cm C# Cm C# Cm C# C C# D Dm D D D D D D Ddim D D Ddim Ddim Dm Dm Dm Eb (D#) Eb Eb Ebdim Ebdim Ebm Ebm Ebm Ebm Ebm Ebm Ebm Eb Eb Eb Eb E Em Em Em E E E E E E E E E Edim Edim Em F F F F F Fdim Fdim Fm Fm Fdim Fm Fm Fm Fm F F F# (Gb) F#dim F#m F#m F#m F#m F# F# F# F# F# F# F# F# F# F#dim G G G G G G G Gdim Gdim G Gdim Gdim Gm Gm Gm Gm Ab (G#) Ab Abdim Abdim Abm Abm Abm Abm Ab Abm Abm Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab A Am Am A A A A A A A A A Adim Adim Am Am Bb (A#) Bb Bb Bb Bbdim Bbdim Bbm Bbm Bbm Bbm Bbm Bbm Bbm Bb Bb Bb B Bm Bm Bm Bm B B B B B B B B B Bdim Bdim 65 AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT -- THE STYLE MODE EZ Chord The EZ Chord function is an exceptionally flexible and easy way to program semi-automatic backing for your performances. It lets you record all necessary chord changes for an entire song, and then allows you to "play" each chord in the sequence you programmed by simply pressing a single key in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard. Besides being a convenient performance tool, EZ Chord is also ideal for practicing right hand melodies and soloing techniques, since it lets you easily produce the chord accompaniment with your left hand -- allowing you to concentrate on your right hand. EZ Chord gives you eight separate banks (each of which contains up to 128 chord spaces) to which you can record chords. A special bank chain function allows you to connect all banks, letting you switch automatically from one bank to the next, without breaking up your chord progression. EZ Chord -- Playback Once you've recorded your own EZ Chord bank (page 68), you can play it back using the operation steps below. However, you can try out EZ Chord on your own right now, without having to record your own EZ Chord bank. Several chord progressions have already been recorded to EZ Chord banks 1 and 2, letting you try out this convenient feature and get some ideas on how to best use EZ Chord in your own performances. (For your convenience, the scores for factory-programmed banks 1 and 2 are given on page 107. ) Call up the Style mode and select a style. [. . . ] 4, Jakarta 12930, Indonesia Tel: 21-520-2577 PORTUGAL Valentim de Carvalho CI SA Estrada de Porto Salvo, Paço de Arcos 2780 Oeiras, Portugal Tel: 01-443-3398/4030/1823 CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA MEXICO Yamaha de Mexico S. A. De C. V. , Departamento de ventas Javier Rojo Gomez No. 1149, Col. Tel: 686-00-33 KOREA Cosmos Corporation #131-31, Neung-Dong, Sungdong-Ku, Seoul Korea Tel: 02-466-0021~5 GREECE Philippe Nakas S. A. Navarinou Street 13, P. Code 10680, Athens, Greece Tel: 01-364-7111 SWEDEN Yamaha Scandinavia AB J. [. . . ]