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...digital recordings of a song - All styles (except for when you master each Lesson step and your performance. or for optimum piano play it a remarkably expressive and versatile instrument. Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your performance. • One Touch ...provides the appropriate voice and sound effects to make it ! I Yamaha Education Suite The PSR-172/170 features the new Yamaha Education Suite - a set of its various features. Select from any one of the Yamaha PSR-172/170 PortaTone! The convenient Talking function "announces" each song: Timing, Waiting...
...digital recordings of a song - All styles (except for when you master each Lesson step and your performance. or for optimum piano play it a remarkably expressive and versatile instrument. Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your performance. • One Touch ...provides the appropriate voice and sound effects to make it ! I Yamaha Education Suite The PSR-172/170 features the new Yamaha Education Suite - a set of its various features. Select from any one of the Yamaha PSR-172/170 PortaTone! The convenient Talking function "announces" each song: Timing, Waiting...
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... styles. (See page 24.) They are also used for enabling style selection. (See page 42.) o [PORTABLE GRAND] button This instantly calls up the Grand Piano voice, plus a special piano song and style. (See page 20.) !0 [METRONOME] button This turns the metronome on and off . (See page 20.) !1 [DJ] button This instantly calls... and starts song playback. (See page 32.) 6 Panel Controls and Terminals I Front Panel r q t we !8 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 GrandPno !0 !2 y o u !1 i !9 @0 q [MASTER VOLUME] dial This determines the overall volume of the PSR-172/ 170.
... styles. (See page 24.) They are also used for enabling style selection. (See page 42.) o [PORTABLE GRAND] button This instantly calls up the Grand Piano voice, plus a special piano song and style. (See page 20.) !0 [METRONOME] button This turns the metronome on and off . (See page 20.) !1 [DJ] button This instantly calls... and starts song playback. (See page 32.) 6 Panel Controls and Terminals I Front Panel r q t we !8 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 GrandPno !0 !2 y o u !1 i !9 @0 q [MASTER VOLUME] dial This determines the overall volume of the PSR-172/ 170.
Owner's Manual
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... the PSR-172/170 with a built-in electric shock or equipment damage. First, make sure the PSR172/170 and any external devices are turned off when you to the SUSTAIN jack before connecting them. This is used in the same way as you use an optional footswitch (Yamaha FC4 ... Insert the bottom edge of the included music rest into this changes the recognized polarity of the PSR-172/170 control panel. 9 press and hold down the footswitch as a damper pedal on an acoustic piano - I Using a Sustain Footswitch This feature lets you play it through an external amplifi...
... the PSR-172/170 with a built-in electric shock or equipment damage. First, make sure the PSR172/170 and any external devices are turned off when you to the SUSTAIN jack before connecting them. This is used in the same way as you use an optional footswitch (Yamaha FC4 ... Insert the bottom edge of the included music rest into this changes the recognized polarity of the PSR-172/170 control panel. 9 press and hold down the footswitch as a damper pedal on an acoustic piano - I Using a Sustain Footswitch This feature lets you play it through an external amplifi...
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... by pressing the [PORTABLE GRAND] button, you can automatically reset the entire PSR-172/170 for piano play. Voice Name PIANO 001 GRAND PIANO 002 HONKY-TONK 003 E PIANO 1 004 E PIANO 2 005 E PIANO 3 006 E PIANO 4 007 HARPSICHORD 008 CLAVI 009 CELESTA ORGAN 010 VIBRATO OFF No. Voice Name 033 HARP 034 SITAR 035 BANJO 036 VIBRAPHONE 037 MARIMBA 038...
... by pressing the [PORTABLE GRAND] button, you can automatically reset the entire PSR-172/170 for piano play. Voice Name PIANO 001 GRAND PIANO 002 HONKY-TONK 003 E PIANO 1 004 E PIANO 2 005 E PIANO 3 006 E PIANO 4 007 HARPSICHORD 008 CLAVI 009 CELESTA ORGAN 010 VIBRATO OFF No. Voice Name 033 HARP 034 SITAR 035 BANJO 036 VIBRAPHONE 037 MARIMBA 038...
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... Voice Name 076 SUS E PNO2 077 SUS VIBRAPHONE 078 SUS STRINGS ECHO 079 PIANO 080 E PIANO 081 HARPSICHORD 082 CELESTA 083 FOLK GUITAR 084 BANJO 085 VIBRAPHONE 086 MARIMBA No. Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The PSR-172/170 has a total of them out now... Let's try a few of 100... dynamic and realistic instrument voices. e Play the DJ GAME voice. 098 DJvoice1 w Press the Lesson [L] or [R] button. Voice Name 055 SY STRINGS 056 SY BRASS 057 SLOW STRS 058 CHORUS HARMONY 059 PIANO TRIO ...
... Voice Name 076 SUS E PNO2 077 SUS VIBRAPHONE 078 SUS STRINGS ECHO 079 PIANO 080 E PIANO 081 HARPSICHORD 082 CELESTA 083 FOLK GUITAR 084 BANJO 085 VIBRAPHONE 086 MARIMBA No. Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The PSR-172/170 has a total of them out now... Let's try a few of 100... dynamic and realistic instrument voices. e Play the DJ GAME voice. 098 DJvoice1 w Press the Lesson [L] or [R] button. Voice Name 055 SY STRINGS 056 SY BRASS 057 SLOW STRS 058 CHORUS HARMONY 059 PIANO TRIO ...
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... 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 Song Name (Composer) Demo Song Piano/Classical Für Elise (L.v. Bach) Turkish March (W.A. Beethoven) Valse op.64-1 "Petit chien" (F. Foster) Jeanie With The Light 060 Brown Hair (S.C. Rousseau) 068 Muss I . Mozart) Marcia...
... 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 Song Name (Composer) Demo Song Piano/Classical Für Elise (L.v. Bach) Turkish March (W.A. Beethoven) Valse op.64-1 "Petit chien" (F. Foster) Jeanie With The Light 060 Brown Hair (S.C. Rousseau) 068 Muss I . Mozart) Marcia...
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...the value. 20 Portable Grand This convenient function lets you instantly call up the Grand Piano voice. Doing this automatically cancels any other mode or function, and resets the entire instrument for piano are automatically called up as well. (For more on Multi Pads, see page 51...006, "Für Elise" - The Portable grand setting is automatically turned on, and special Multi Pad sounds for playing the special "Stereo Sampled Piano" Grand Piano voice. Current Tempo value 136 TEMPO 001 2 Change the value. which can be played instantly by pressing the [START/STOP] button. Playing...
...the value. 20 Portable Grand This convenient function lets you instantly call up the Grand Piano voice. Doing this automatically cancels any other mode or function, and resets the entire instrument for piano are automatically called up as well. (For more on Multi Pads, see page 51...006, "Für Elise" - The Portable grand setting is automatically turned on, and special Multi Pad sounds for playing the special "Stereo Sampled Piano" Grand Piano voice. Current Tempo value 136 TEMPO 001 2 Change the value. which can be played instantly by pressing the [START/STOP] button. Playing...
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... the song's melody is being played by a flute voice, using Melody Voice Change will change the flute melody voice to piano. 1 Select the desired song. Press the [SONG] button, then use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to select the desired song. 006 FurElise 001 2 Select the ... down the [VOICE] button for the melody of the song with the original melody voice or one of your own selection. Melody Voice Change The PSR-172/170 lets you replace the original voice used for at least one step further - For example, if the current voice selected on the keyboard along...
... the song's melody is being played by a flute voice, using Melody Voice Change will change the flute melody voice to piano. 1 Select the desired song. Press the [SONG] button, then use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to select the desired song. 006 FurElise 001 2 Select the ... down the [VOICE] button for the melody of the song with the original melody voice or one of your own selection. Melody Voice Change The PSR-172/170 lets you replace the original voice used for at least one step further - For example, if the current voice selected on the keyboard along...
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...essentially the same as described below. letting you practice the left - and right-hand parts of the song. Waiting In this lesson step, the PSR-172/170 waits for practice. Press the [SONG] button, then use way to learn how to read music and play and master both the left - ... just the timing of the Lesson songs. and right-hand parts are divided into different categories or music genres, including Piano/Classical, World and Christmas, plus a special set of the PSR-172/170 can be used , as long as you play and master the missing part yourself - Lessons 1 - 3 apply to play...
...essentially the same as described below. letting you practice the left - and right-hand parts of the song. Waiting In this lesson step, the PSR-172/170 waits for practice. Press the [SONG] button, then use way to learn how to read music and play and master both the left - ... just the timing of the Lesson songs. and right-hand parts are divided into different categories or music genres, including Piano/Classical, World and Christmas, plus a special set of the PSR-172/170 can be used , as long as you play and master the missing part yourself - Lessons 1 - 3 apply to play...
Owner's Manual
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...a style or song is playing back at the same time. When auto accompaniment is on or off or sounds unusual. only piano accompaniment. The PSR-172/170 is polyphonic up to note. This is too low. The AWM tone generation method uses multiple recordings (samples) of an instrument ...the [STYLE] button to a maximum of the voice may produce interference. The Multi Pad sound is polyphonic up to enable style operations. The PSR-172/170 is cut off , a popping sound is temporarily produced. thus, the actual sound of 16 notes. If you play a single finger chord,...
...a style or song is playing back at the same time. When auto accompaniment is on or off or sounds unusual. only piano accompaniment. The PSR-172/170 is polyphonic up to note. This is too low. The AWM tone generation method uses multiple recordings (samples) of an instrument ...the [STYLE] button to a maximum of the voice may produce interference. The Multi Pad sound is polyphonic up to enable style operations. The PSR-172/170 is cut off , a popping sound is temporarily produced. thus, the actual sound of 16 notes. If you play a single finger chord,...
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... 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 MIDI Program Change# Voice Name PIANO 0 GRAND PIANO 1 HONKY-TONK 2 E PIANO 1 3 E PIANO 2 4 E PIANO 3 5 E PIANO 4 6 HARPSICHORD 7 CLAVI 8 CELESTA ORGAN 9 VIBRATO OFF 10 VIBRATO ON 11 HARMONY OFF 12 HARMONY ON 13 ATTACK OFF 14 ATTACK ON ... 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 *2 Voice Name SIMPLE SAW SYNTH BASS SY STRINGS SY BRASS SLOW STRS CHORUS HARMONY PIANO TRIO PNO COUNTRY E PNO TRIO HARPSI TRIO E ORG TRIO VIBES DUET TRP DUET HORN DUET CLARINET TR FLUTE DUET SPLIT WD BASS/PNO STRINGS/...
... 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 MIDI Program Change# Voice Name PIANO 0 GRAND PIANO 1 HONKY-TONK 2 E PIANO 1 3 E PIANO 2 4 E PIANO 3 5 E PIANO 4 6 HARPSICHORD 7 CLAVI 8 CELESTA ORGAN 9 VIBRATO OFF 10 VIBRATO ON 11 HARMONY OFF 12 HARMONY ON 13 ATTACK OFF 14 ATTACK ON ... 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 *2 Voice Name SIMPLE SAW SYNTH BASS SY STRINGS SY BRASS SLOW STRS CHORUS HARMONY PIANO TRIO PNO COUNTRY E PNO TRIO HARPSI TRIO E ORG TRIO VIBES DUET TRP DUET HORN DUET CLARINET TR FLUTE DUET SPLIT WD BASS/PNO STRINGS/...
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... 36 38 40 42 46 49 51 52 56 57 59 60 61 63 65 66 68 Voice Name Piano Honky-tonk Piano Electric Piano 1 Electric Piano 2 Harpsichord Clavi Celesta Vibraphone Marimba Electric Organ 1 Electric Organ 2 Pipe Organ Accordion Harmonica Wave Organ Soft ... / Electric Piano Harp / Violin Horn / Trumpet Used Notes 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 55 The following voices cannot be selected by a connected MIDI device; the corresponding bank select messages are selected automatically in song playback. However, they are special voices programmed into the songs of the PSR-172/170 and are ...
... 36 38 40 42 46 49 51 52 56 57 59 60 61 63 65 66 68 Voice Name Piano Honky-tonk Piano Electric Piano 1 Electric Piano 2 Harpsichord Clavi Celesta Vibraphone Marimba Electric Organ 1 Electric Organ 2 Pipe Organ Accordion Harmonica Wave Organ Soft ... / Electric Piano Harp / Violin Horn / Trumpet Used Notes 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 55 The following voices cannot be selected by a connected MIDI device; the corresponding bank select messages are selected automatically in song playback. However, they are special voices programmed into the songs of the PSR-172/170 and are ...
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... 76 Beguine 77 Merengue 78 Bolero Lento CARIBBEAN 79 Reggae 1 80 Reggae 2 PIANIST 81 2beat 82 Stride 83 Concerto 84 8beat 85 Honky-Tonk 86 Piano Ballad 87 Pop Ballad 88 Arpeggio 1 89 Arpeggio 2 90 Dance Pop 91 Rock & Roll 92 Tight Rock 93 Swing 94 Jazz Waltz 95 Ragtime 96... 3 8Beat Standard 4 8Beat Shuffle 5 Folkrock 6 Pop Rock 7 Crystal Pop 8 8Beat Medium 16BEAT 9 16Beat Shuffle 10 16Beat Pop BALLAD 11 8Beat Ballad 12 Epic Ballad 13 Piano Ballad 14 Soul Ballad 15 Slow Rock 16 6/8 Ballad 17 Harp Arpeggio 1 18 Harp Arpeggio 2 19 Harp Arpeggio 3 20 Music Box DANCE 21 Dance Pop...
... 76 Beguine 77 Merengue 78 Bolero Lento CARIBBEAN 79 Reggae 1 80 Reggae 2 PIANIST 81 2beat 82 Stride 83 Concerto 84 8beat 85 Honky-Tonk 86 Piano Ballad 87 Pop Ballad 88 Arpeggio 1 89 Arpeggio 2 90 Dance Pop 91 Rock & Roll 92 Tight Rock 93 Swing 94 Jazz Waltz 95 Ragtime 96... 3 8Beat Standard 4 8Beat Shuffle 5 Folkrock 6 Pop Rock 7 Crystal Pop 8 8Beat Medium 16BEAT 9 16Beat Shuffle 10 16Beat Pop BALLAD 11 8Beat Ballad 12 Epic Ballad 13 Piano Ballad 14 Soul Ballad 15 Slow Rock 16 6/8 Ballad 17 Harp Arpeggio 1 18 Harp Arpeggio 2 19 Harp Arpeggio 3 20 Music Box DANCE 21 Dance Pop...