Owner's Manual
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... plug from the outlet. If it should appear to be malfunctioning, discontinue use immediately and have it inspected by qualified Yamaha service personnel. • Do not expose the instrument to other electrical products such as televisions, radios, or speakers, since this can..., or batteries from different makers, or different types of physical injury to you experience any dirt or dust which might discolor the panel or keyboard. • Do not rest your instrument. (4)-7 3 WARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to the instrument or overheating. •...
... plug from the outlet. If it should appear to be malfunctioning, discontinue use immediately and have it inspected by qualified Yamaha service personnel. • Do not expose the instrument to other electrical products such as televisions, radios, or speakers, since this can..., or batteries from different makers, or different types of physical injury to you experience any dirt or dust which might discolor the panel or keyboard. • Do not rest your instrument. (4)-7 3 WARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to the instrument or overheating. •...
Owner's Manual
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...know the name of actual instruments. • 100 dynamic auto accompaniment Styles, each Lesson step and your purchase of -use keyboard with other things. Its outstanding features also make studying and practicing music more fun and fulfilling than ever before!... fills, and phrases to match. Lesson features four easy steps that combines advanced functions, great sound and exceptional ease-of the Yamaha PSR-172/170 PortaTone! including Tempo, Tap Tempo and independent Accompaniment Volume. • Four Multi Pads, for when you master each song: Timing, Waiting...
...know the name of actual instruments. • 100 dynamic auto accompaniment Styles, each Lesson step and your purchase of -use keyboard with other things. Its outstanding features also make studying and practicing music more fun and fulfilling than ever before!... fills, and phrases to match. Lesson features four easy steps that combines advanced functions, great sound and exceptional ease-of the Yamaha PSR-172/170 PortaTone! including Tempo, Tap Tempo and independent Accompaniment Volume. • Four Multi Pads, for when you master each song: Timing, Waiting...
Owner's Manual
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...Yamaha FC4 or FC5) to set the desired listening level. • Make sure that the footswitch plug is equipped with other end to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack. Setting Up Accessory Jacks I Using Headphones For private practicing and playing without disturbing others, connect a set of the PSR-172/170 control panel. 9 I Connecting a Keyboard... Amplifier or Stereo System Though the PSR-172/170 is properly connected to observe these cautions may result in ...
...Yamaha FC4 or FC5) to set the desired listening level. • Make sure that the footswitch plug is equipped with other end to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack. Setting Up Accessory Jacks I Using Headphones For private practicing and playing without disturbing others, connect a set of the PSR-172/170 control panel. 9 I Connecting a Keyboard... Amplifier or Stereo System Though the PSR-172/170 is properly connected to observe these cautions may result in ...
Owner's Manual
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Playing along with the Metronome z Press the [METRONOME] button. 000 GrandPno x Play the keyboard. See page 21. See page 20. Voice Name 011 VIBRATO ON 012 HARMONY OFF 013 HARMONY ON 014 ATTACK OFF 015 ATTACK ON 016 WAVE ...;nd out more ? Quick Guide Step 1 Voices w z w GrandPno q zq Playing the Piano Simply by pressing the [PORTABLE GRAND] button, you can automatically reset the entire PSR-172/170 for piano play.
Playing along with the Metronome z Press the [METRONOME] button. 000 GrandPno x Play the keyboard. See page 21. See page 20. Voice Name 011 VIBRATO ON 012 HARMONY OFF 013 HARMONY ON 014 ATTACK OFF 015 ATTACK ON 016 WAVE ...;nd out more ? Quick Guide Step 1 Voices w z w GrandPno q zq Playing the Piano Simply by pressing the [PORTABLE GRAND] button, you can automatically reset the entire PSR-172/170 for piano play.
Owner's Manual
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Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The PSR-172/170 has a total of dance and DJ sounds - Playing with the DJ Feature The exciting new DJ feature gives you create your own real-time mixes ... E PIANO 081 HARPSICHORD 082 CELESTA 083 FOLK GUITAR 084 BANJO 085 VIBRAPHONE 086 MARIMBA No. w Select a voice. 000 GrandPno TEMPO 116 002 HnkyTonk e Play the keyboard. Want to find out more ? See page 23. letting you a full variety of 100 dynamic and realistic instrument voices. Voice Name 055 SY STRINGS...
Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The PSR-172/170 has a total of dance and DJ sounds - Playing with the DJ Feature The exciting new DJ feature gives you create your own real-time mixes ... E PIANO 081 HARPSICHORD 082 CELESTA 083 FOLK GUITAR 084 BANJO 085 VIBRAPHONE 086 MARIMBA No. w Select a voice. 000 GrandPno TEMPO 116 002 HnkyTonk e Play the keyboard. Want to find out more ? See page 23. letting you a full variety of 100 dynamic and realistic instrument voices. Voice Name 055 SY STRINGS...
Owner's Manual
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...) Ave Maria (F. Flies) Wiegenlied (F. Work) Beautiful Dreamer (S.C. Changing the volume of the song This lets you adjust the volume balance between the song and your keyboard performance. Step 2 Songs G Song List No. 001~005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022...
...) Ave Maria (F. Flies) Wiegenlied (F. Work) Beautiful Dreamer (S.C. Changing the volume of the song This lets you adjust the volume balance between the song and your keyboard performance. Step 2 Songs G Song List No. 001~005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022...
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...Chord area M7 b To leave the Dictionary function, press the [Dict.] button again. The auto accompaniment starts as soon as indicated in the keyboard diagram in the display. Want to play a GM7 chord... See page 43. 15 v Play the notes of the chord (in this case...played when the chord is played properly. The auto accompaniment has four sections: Intro, Main A/B, and Ending. Want to play the Accompaniment section keyboard. v Turn the Sync Start function on chords, see "Looking up Chords in the Dictionary The convenient Dictionary function teaches you the individual notes...
...Chord area M7 b To leave the Dictionary function, press the [Dict.] button again. The auto accompaniment starts as soon as indicated in the keyboard diagram in the display. Want to play a GM7 chord... See page 43. 15 v Play the notes of the chord (in this case...played when the chord is played properly. The auto accompaniment has four sections: Intro, Main A/B, and Ending. Want to play the Accompaniment section keyboard. v Turn the Sync Start function on chords, see "Looking up Chords in the Dictionary The convenient Dictionary function teaches you the individual notes...
Owner's Manual
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.../170 also has a convenient Tap Tempo function that monitors your liking, letting you slow down difficult passages and bring up the tempo gradually until you did each exercise. Waiting In Lesson 2, you work on the keyboard is . See page 40. Want to find out more ? .... Talking This feature "talks" to your practicing and - See page 37. See page 38. 17 See page 36. Step 4 Lesson Lesson 1 - The PSR-172/170 checks your timing and how rhythmically "tight" your performance: "OK," "Good," "Very Good," and "Excellent." tells you how well you master them at normal...
.../170 also has a convenient Tap Tempo function that monitors your liking, letting you slow down difficult passages and bring up the tempo gradually until you did each exercise. Waiting In Lesson 2, you work on the keyboard is . See page 40. Want to find out more ? .... Talking This feature "talks" to your practicing and - See page 37. See page 38. 17 See page 36. Step 4 Lesson Lesson 1 - The PSR-172/170 checks your timing and how rhythmically "tight" your performance: "OK," "Good," "Very Good," and "Excellent." tells you how well you master them at normal...
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...condition, pressing the [DEMO] button has no effect. ate number of other categories. The current song name and number appear at the top of the PSR-172/170 can do with the songs. Simply select the appropri- These include: • Tempo (page 31) • Song volume (page 32) •...and give you an idea of Demo songs, specially recorded to ON. 2 Set the Volume. Song name Melody notation Keyboard diagram (current note is dark) • The PSR-172/170 has a Demo Cancel function that the display indicates both the chords and the melody notes (in sequence. board with...
...condition, pressing the [DEMO] button has no effect. ate number of other categories. The current song name and number appear at the top of the PSR-172/170 can do with the songs. Simply select the appropri- These include: • Tempo (page 31) • Song volume (page 32) •...and give you an idea of Demo songs, specially recorded to ON. 2 Set the Volume. Song name Melody notation Keyboard diagram (current note is dark) • The PSR-172/170 has a Demo Cancel function that the display indicates both the chords and the melody notes (in sequence. board with...
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...indicator u Song/Voice/Style name and number q Indicators 002 DemoSong 003 e Notation y Chord r Keyboard t Measure/Tempo and Beat q Indicator These bars indicate the operating condition of the PSR-172/170, as BM7), not all important settings for a note or notes that are selected, it brie... the [START/ STOP] button starts style playback. w Overall function bar indicator The PSR-172/170 has seven Overall functions or controls. The currently selected function is selected). e Notation / r Keyboard These two portions of the notation 003 staff for the instrument. t Measure/Tempo and...
...indicator u Song/Voice/Style name and number q Indicators 002 DemoSong 003 e Notation y Chord r Keyboard t Measure/Tempo and Beat q Indicator These bars indicate the operating condition of the PSR-172/170, as BM7), not all important settings for a note or notes that are selected, it brie... the [START/ STOP] button starts style playback. w Overall function bar indicator The PSR-172/170 has seven Overall functions or controls. The currently selected function is selected). e Notation / r Keyboard These two portions of the notation 003 staff for the instrument. t Measure/Tempo and...
Owner's Manual
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... page 25.) 22 For the other Lesson steps, play with DJ play the appropriate block as indicated in the display. (When Talking is on the keyboard can play the appropriate octave block. If the same block is divided into "blocks" (as succesive sixteenth notes. Block #1 Block #2 Block #3 Block #4 For ... after the block number (as shown below ). Indicates that the 3 = third block is playing, the block numbers appear in the display one of the keyboard, the DJ voice is to be played as two sixteenth notes. • Since there are also "announced" in the DJ song, the [L] and [R]...
... page 25.) 22 For the other Lesson steps, play with DJ play the appropriate block as indicated in the display. (When Talking is on the keyboard can play the appropriate octave block. If the same block is divided into "blocks" (as succesive sixteenth notes. Block #1 Block #2 Block #3 Block #4 For ... after the block number (as shown below ). Indicates that the 3 = third block is playing, the block numbers appear in the display one of the keyboard, the DJ voice is to be played as two sixteenth notes. • Since there are also "announced" in the DJ song, the [L] and [R]...
Owner's Manual
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... on . fewer notes may be available.) This includes not only the notes played from the keyboard, but also the notes in a style pattern, the notes played by pressing both [+]/[-] buttons simultaneously. (See page 26.) • The PSR-172/170 is automatically called up to a maximum of the Organ voices are effect "pairs." Thus...
... on . fewer notes may be available.) This includes not only the notes played from the keyboard, but also the notes in a style pattern, the notes played by pressing both [+]/[-] buttons simultaneously. (See page 26.) • The PSR-172/170 is automatically called up to a maximum of the Organ voices are effect "pairs." Thus...
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...a wealth of exciting sounds for playing many of drum and percussion sounds from the keyboard. (Refer to the original voice. or three-note harmony to the Drum Kit ... DH1ri-uhmatS2CnlaorseeHDi-rhuamtSP1neadraeHlDi-rhuamtTO2ompeBnTaosms LCorwashTCoymmMbSaipdllashToCmymHSbigyahnlthCBoawssbeDSlyrlunmthCSnlaavreesSDyrnutmhSThoamkeBSraysnsthSTyonmthLTToiomwmbaMSleiydnHthTTiommbaHAleiggLohgoAHgogoCLongaBHonMguoCteHongaBHonOgpoCeLonngaGLuiroGSuhiorortLong 25 The PSR-172/ 170 also features special Drum Kit voices - #088 (with the notes you play on the keyboard at a time. Dual voices (#089 ...
...a wealth of exciting sounds for playing many of drum and percussion sounds from the keyboard. (Refer to the original voice. or three-note harmony to the Drum Kit ... DH1ri-uhmatS2CnlaorseeHDi-rhuamtSP1neadraeHlDi-rhuamtTO2ompeBnTaosms LCorwashTCoymmMbSaipdllashToCmymHSbigyahnlthCBoawssbeDSlyrlunmthCSnlaavreesSDyrnutmhSThoamkeBSraysnsthSTyonmthLTToiomwmbaMSleiydnHthTTiommbaHAleiggLohgoAHgogoCLongaBHonMguoCteHongaBHonOgpoCeLonngaGLuiroGSuhiorortLong 25 The PSR-172/ 170 also features special Drum Kit voices - #088 (with the notes you play on the keyboard at a time. Dual voices (#089 ...
Owner's Manual
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... keypad to directly enter the song number, or use the [+]/[-] buttons to the one currently selected voice. • The PSR-172/170 also has a convenient Tap Tempo function that makes learning songs fun and easy. Selecting and Playing a Song 1 Press the... [SONG] button. Song numbers can play along with the song using the rich and dynamic sounds of the PSR-172/170 can also be selected in the same way as with the powerful Lesson feature (page 34), a convenient tool that allows ...page 44.) 29 The songs are generally for playing along with them on the keyboard.
... keypad to directly enter the song number, or use the [+]/[-] buttons to the one currently selected voice. • The PSR-172/170 also has a convenient Tap Tempo function that makes learning songs fun and easy. Selecting and Playing a Song 1 Press the... [SONG] button. Song numbers can play along with the song using the rich and dynamic sounds of the PSR-172/170 can also be selected in the same way as with the powerful Lesson feature (page 34), a convenient tool that allows ...page 44.) 29 The songs are generally for playing along with them on the keyboard.
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Melody Voice Change The PSR-172/170 lets you replace the original voice used for at least one second. For example, if the current voice selected on the keyboard along with each of the songs, either with the panel voice of your own selection. it lets you play a melody on the panel is piano...
Melody Voice Change The PSR-172/170 lets you replace the original voice used for at least one second. For example, if the current voice selected on the keyboard along with each of the songs, either with the panel voice of your own selection. it lets you play a melody on the panel is piano...
Owner's Manual
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... and play the correct notes before continuing playback of the notes - Waiting In this lesson step, the PSR-172/170 waits for practice. Press the [SONG] button, then use way to learn how to play the keyboard. All of the 100 songs of DJ Game songs. 34 letting you 've mastered them and... 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 Lesson...
... and play the correct notes before continuing playback of the notes - Waiting In this lesson step, the PSR-172/170 waits for practice. Press the [SONG] button, then use way to learn how to play the keyboard. All of the 100 songs of DJ Game songs. 34 letting you 've mastered them and... 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 Lesson...
Owner's Manual
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... you play the chords with your playing is in the display. For the left hand, use of the left hand, the PSR-172/170 actually has two different types of the keyboard. Simply concentrate on playing each note in time with the rhythmic accompaniment. 1 Select one note repeatedly in the auto accompaniment section...
... you play the chords with your playing is in the display. For the left hand, use of the left hand, the PSR-172/170 actually has two different types of the keyboard. Simply concentrate on playing each note in time with the rhythmic accompaniment. 1 Select one note repeatedly in the auto accompaniment section...
Owner's Manual
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... held. TEMPO 116 2 Specify the root of a certain chord and want to quickly learn how to the desired chord root (as printed on the keyboard diagram. 4 Play the chord. Pressing this key selects the root G. The chord name flashes in the display (and a "congratualtions" melody ...the chord, and the individual notes - Press the key on the panel). TEMPO 116 Chord name (root and type) Individual notes of chord (keyboard) The display shows the name of the chord (major, minor, seventh, etc.). TEMPO 116 Flashes when correct notes are also recognized.) Dict. ...
... held. TEMPO 116 2 Specify the root of a certain chord and want to quickly learn how to the desired chord root (as printed on the keyboard diagram. 4 Play the chord. Pressing this key selects the root G. The chord name flashes in the display (and a "congratualtions" melody ...the chord, and the individual notes - Press the key on the panel). TEMPO 116 Chord name (root and type) Individual notes of chord (keyboard) The display shows the name of the chord (major, minor, seventh, etc.). TEMPO 116 Flashes when correct notes are also recognized.) Dict. ...
Owner's Manual
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...for playing a melody line, and the lower (labeled "ACMP" above the keyboard, at the center of the panel. The auto accompaniment features that teaches you how to play . The PSR-172/170 also features the convenient Dictionary function. Use the numeric keypad. A total ...the same way as voice settings appropriate for various popular music styles. Selecting and Playing Styles The PSR-172/170 provides dynamic rhythm/accompaniment patterns - Auto accompaniment effectively splits the keyboard into the rhythms add the excitement of separate "sections" - for each pattern - Intro, ...
...for playing a melody line, and the lower (labeled "ACMP" above the keyboard, at the center of the panel. The auto accompaniment features that teaches you how to play . The PSR-172/170 also features the convenient Dictionary function. Use the numeric keypad. A total ...the same way as voice settings appropriate for various popular music styles. Selecting and Playing Styles The PSR-172/170 provides dynamic rhythm/accompaniment patterns - Auto accompaniment effectively splits the keyboard into the rhythms add the excitement of separate "sections" - for each pattern - Intro, ...
Owner's Manual
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... [SYNC START] button (the handclap icon flashes to indicate Sync Start stand-by simply pressing a key on the keyboard. Selecting and Playing Styles I Using Sync Start The PSR-172/170 also has a Sync Start function that tapped speed. The flashing pattern provides a visual indication of both the tempo... is off). Handclap icon flases About the Beat Display The handclap icon in the display flashes in the ACMP section of the keyboard (or any key when accompaniment is playing by tapping the [TEMPO/ TAP] button twice at that allows you tapped. I Using Tap Tempo ...
... [SYNC START] button (the handclap icon flashes to indicate Sync Start stand-by simply pressing a key on the keyboard. Selecting and Playing Styles I Using Sync Start The PSR-172/170 also has a Sync Start function that tapped speed. The flashing pattern provides a visual indication of both the tempo... is off). Handclap icon flases About the Beat Display The handclap icon in the display flashes in the ACMP section of the keyboard (or any key when accompaniment is playing by tapping the [TEMPO/ TAP] button twice at that allows you tapped. I Using Tap Tempo ...