Owner's Manual
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... If you or others, or damage to minimum. Always turn the power off for the instrument. Also, do so might discolor the panel or keyboard. • Do not rest your eyes, mouth, or skin, wash immediately with old ones. These precautions include, but are not limited to,... fall over . • Before moving the instrument, remove all components. Before turning the power on the unit. If it inspected by Yamaha) only. CAUTION Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you experience any openings. • ...
... If you or others, or damage to minimum. Always turn the power off for the instrument. Also, do so might discolor the panel or keyboard. • Do not rest your eyes, mouth, or skin, wash immediately with old ones. These precautions include, but are not limited to,... fall over . • Before moving the instrument, remove all components. Before turning the power on the unit. If it inspected by Yamaha) only. CAUTION Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you experience any openings. • ...
Owner's Manual
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...Suite includes: G Lesson page 34 The convenient and easy-to -use keyboard with the following features and functions: I Yamaha Education Suite The PSR-175/172 features the new Yamaha Education Suite - Select from any one of the Yamaha PSR-175/172 PortaTone! Grade is a sophisticated yet easy-to -use Lesson ...") and a DJ style, and provides the appropriate voice and sound effects to match. Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your new PSR-175/172 in "chord encyclopedia" that help you easy, at first, then together. a set of actual instruments. • 100 dynamic...
...Suite includes: G Lesson page 34 The convenient and easy-to -use keyboard with the following features and functions: I Yamaha Education Suite The PSR-175/172 features the new Yamaha Education Suite - Select from any one of the Yamaha PSR-175/172 PortaTone! Grade is a sophisticated yet easy-to -use Lesson ...") and a DJ style, and provides the appropriate voice and sound effects to match. Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your new PSR-175/172 in "chord encyclopedia" that help you easy, at first, then together. a set of actual instruments. • 100 dynamic...
Owner's Manual
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... feature lets you use an optional footswitch (Yamaha FC4 or FC5) to observe these cautions may result in reversed footswitch operation. Failure to sustain the sound of the keyboard voice. Doing this jack. I Using the MIDI Terminals The PSR-175/172 also features MIDI terminals, allowing you... can also play the keyboard to sustain the sound. • To prevent damage to the speakers...
... feature lets you use an optional footswitch (Yamaha FC4 or FC5) to observe these cautions may result in reversed footswitch operation. Failure to sustain the sound of the keyboard voice. Doing this jack. I Using the MIDI Terminals The PSR-175/172 also features MIDI terminals, allowing you... can also play the keyboard to sustain the sound. • To prevent damage to the speakers...
Owner's Manual
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... PIPE ORGAN 019 ACCORDION 020 HARMONICA GUITAR/BASS 021 SOFT GUITAR No. Playing along with the Metronome z Press the [METRONOME] button. 000 GrandPno x Play the keyboard. Want to find out more ? 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... SYNTH BASS 10 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-175/172 for piano play.
... PIPE ORGAN 019 ACCORDION 020 HARMONICA GUITAR/BASS 021 SOFT GUITAR No. Playing along with the Metronome z Press the [METRONOME] button. 000 GrandPno x Play the keyboard. Want to find out more ? 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... SYNTH BASS 10 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-175/172 for piano play.
Owner's Manual
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... realistic instrument voices. letting you a full variety of dance and DJ sounds - w Select a voice. 000 GrandPno TEMPO 116 002 HnkyTonk e Play the keyboard. Voice Name 055 SY STRINGS 056 SY BRASS 057 SLOW STRS 058 CHORUS HARMONY 059 PIANO TRIO 060 PNO COUNTRY 061 E PNO TRIO 062 HARPSI...your own real-time mixes and groove along with various contemporary rhythms. q Press the [DJ] button. Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The PSR-175/172 has a total of them out now... q Press the [VOICE] button. See page 22. Voice Name 066 HORN DUET 067 CLARINET TR 068 FLUTE...
... realistic instrument voices. letting you a full variety of dance and DJ sounds - w Select a voice. 000 GrandPno TEMPO 116 002 HnkyTonk e Play the keyboard. Voice Name 055 SY STRINGS 056 SY BRASS 057 SLOW STRS 058 CHORUS HARMONY 059 PIANO TRIO 060 PNO COUNTRY 061 E PNO TRIO 062 HARPSI...your own real-time mixes and groove along with various contemporary rhythms. q Press the [DJ] button. Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The PSR-175/172 has a total of them out now... q Press the [VOICE] button. See page 22. Voice Name 066 HORN DUET 067 CLARINET TR 068 FLUTE...
Owner's Manual
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... - #080, refer to find out more? Changing the volume of the song This lets you adjust the volume balance between the song and your keyboard performance. You can also use the numeric keypad to directly enter the value. 120 SONG VOL Want to the included Song Book. 13 Step 2 Songs...
... - #080, refer to find out more? Changing the volume of the song This lets you adjust the volume balance between the song and your keyboard performance. You can also use the numeric keypad to directly enter the value. 120 SONG VOL Want to the included Song Book. 13 Step 2 Songs...
Owner's Manual
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... notes of the chord (in the display. b Play a chord with your left hand. The auto accompaniment starts as soon as indicated in the keyboard diagram in this case, M7). See page 41. v Turn the Sync Start function on chords, see "Looking up Chords in the Dictionary The ...Chord type z Press the [Dict.] button. Want to play a GM7 chord... m Stop the auto accompaniment. M7 Learning how to play the Accompaniment section keyboard. n Select a section. Keys for entering the chord root (C4 - Dict. x Specify the root note of the chord as you how to fi...
... notes of the chord (in the display. b Play a chord with your left hand. The auto accompaniment starts as soon as indicated in the keyboard diagram in this case, M7). See page 41. v Turn the Sync Start function on chords, see "Looking up Chords in the Dictionary The ...Chord type z Press the [Dict.] button. Want to play a GM7 chord... m Stop the auto accompaniment. M7 Learning how to play the Accompaniment section keyboard. n Select a section. Keys for entering the chord root (C4 - Dict. x Specify the root note of the chord as you how to fi...
Owner's Manual
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...See page 40. See page 37. Both Hands Lesson 4 is muted, and you to "tap" a new tempo in the display notation. Lr4 BothHand • The PSR-175/172 also has a convenient Tap Tempo function that the parts for you through the speakers, "announcing" the Grade comments as well as they appear in...[TEMPO/TAP] button. Want to set the desired tempo. The PSR-175/172 checks your timing and how rhythmically "tight" your liking, letting you slow down difficult passages and bring up the tempo gradually until you work on the keyboard is . tells you how well you can change the tempo (...
...See page 40. See page 37. Both Hands Lesson 4 is muted, and you to "tap" a new tempo in the display notation. Lr4 BothHand • The PSR-175/172 also has a convenient Tap Tempo function that the parts for you through the speakers, "announcing" the Grade comments as well as they appear in...[TEMPO/TAP] button. Want to set the desired tempo. The PSR-175/172 checks your timing and how rhythmically "tight" your liking, letting you slow down difficult passages and bring up the tempo gradually until you work on the keyboard is . tells you how well you can change the tempo (...
Owner's Manual
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...disable the Demo feature. While the Demo song is dark) • The PSR-175/172 has a Demo Cancel function that the display indicates both the chords and the melody notes (in the music staves and the keyboard diagram) as they change during playback. Song number Current chord 001 8va ...You can be used while the Demo songs are playing. ate number of the PSR-175/172 can adjust the control for optimum level once the songs start playing. 3 Press the [DEMO] button. Song name Melody notation Keyboard diagram (current note is playing... To use this condition, pressing the [DEMO]...
...disable the Demo feature. While the Demo song is dark) • The PSR-175/172 has a Demo Cancel function that the display indicates both the chords and the melody notes (in the music staves and the keyboard diagram) as they change during playback. Song number Current chord 001 8va ...You can be used while the Demo songs are playing. ate number of the PSR-175/172 can adjust the control for optimum level once the songs start playing. 3 Press the [DEMO] button. Song name Melody notation Keyboard diagram (current note is playing... To use this condition, pressing the [DEMO]...
Owner's Manual
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... is due to space limitations in the display. Panel Display Indications The PSR-175/172 features a large multi-function display that shows all notes may be shown in the ACMP section of the keyboard when the Style mode and auto accompaniment are on. Using the numeric ... 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 notation 003 staff for the instrument. When other functions of the PSR-175/172 are active, the display also shows the specific notes ...
... is due to space limitations in the display. Panel Display Indications The PSR-175/172 features a large multi-function display that shows all notes may be shown in the ACMP section of the keyboard when the Style mode and auto accompaniment are on. Using the numeric ... 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 notation 003 staff for the instrument. When other functions of the PSR-175/172 are active, the display also shows the specific notes ...
Owner's Manual
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...steps, play . In the case of the special DJ voices (#098, #099) with the DJ feauture by using the Multi pads or the keyboard. Playing the DJ 1 Press the [DJ] button. 098 DJvoice1 001 Doing this automatically resets the entire instrument for playing the specially programmed DJ ... exciting feature lets you instantly call up . Each block has a different sound. Block #1 Block #2 Block #3 Block #4 For Lesson 1, any note on the keyboard can be played as two sixteenth notes. • Since there are identical. • Try playing one after the block number (as indicated in the display...
...steps, play . In the case of the special DJ voices (#098, #099) with the DJ feauture by using the Multi pads or the keyboard. Playing the DJ 1 Press the [DJ] button. 098 DJvoice1 001 Doing this automatically resets the entire instrument for playing the specially programmed DJ ... exciting feature lets you instantly call up . Each block has a different sound. Block #1 Block #2 Block #3 Block #4 For Lesson 1, any note on the keyboard can be played as two sixteenth notes. • Since there are identical. • Try playing one after the block number (as indicated in the display...
Owner's Manual
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... at one voice 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-175/172 is a short pause before the indication appears. 042 Fr.Horn TEMPO 116 I Using the...
... at one voice 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-175/172 is a short pause before the indication appears. 042 Fr.Horn TEMPO 116 I Using the...
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... notes are played from which sounds are played together, only the last note or highest note played will be played on the keyboard at a time. GetUDp!ictioCnoamryeHOannd2CColampeBOelnl T1SreceratSchcr(aLt)ch (H) • #099 Electronic Bass(C1-B2) Orchestra Hit (C3-F 3) ...of today's popular music styles. The PSR-175/ 172 also features special Drum Kit voices - #088 (with the notes you play a variety of drum and percussion sounds from the keyboard. (Refer to automatically play on the keyboard, only one -, two- About the...
... notes are played from which sounds are played together, only the last note or highest note played will be played on the keyboard at a time. GetUDp!ictioCnoamryeHOannd2CColampeBOelnl T1SreceratSchcr(aLt)ch (H) • #099 Electronic Bass(C1-B2) Orchestra Hit (C3-F 3) ...of today's popular music styles. The PSR-175/ 172 also features special Drum Kit voices - #088 (with the notes you play a variety of drum and percussion sounds from the keyboard. (Refer to automatically play on the keyboard, only one -, two- About the...
Owner's Manual
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...of the PSR-175/172 can also be selected in the same way as with the powerful Lesson feature (page 34), a convenient tool that have been created using the currently selected voice, or even select a different voice for your listening enjoyment; You can play along with them on the keyboard. As ...There's also a Melody Voice Change function (below) that lets you change the song's melody voice to the one currently selected voice. • The PSR-175/172 also has a convenient Tap Tempo function that allows you can be used with the voices (see page 24). however, you to step up and...
...of the PSR-175/172 can also be selected in the same way as with the powerful Lesson feature (page 34), a convenient tool that have been created using the currently selected voice, or even select a different voice for your listening enjoyment; You can play along with them on the keyboard. As ...There's also a Melody Voice Change function (below) that lets you change the song's melody voice to the one currently selected voice. • The PSR-175/172 also has a convenient Tap Tempo function that allows you can be used with the voices (see page 24). however, you to step up and...
Owner's Manual
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... numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to select the desired song. 006 FurElise 001 2 Select the desired voice. 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. "MELODY VOICE CHANGE" appears in the display, indicating that the... the [SONG] button, then use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to piano. 1 Select the desired song. Press the [START/STOP] button. Melody Voice Change The PSR-175/172 lets you replace the original voice used for at least one step further -
... numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to select the desired song. 006 FurElise 001 2 Select the desired voice. 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. "MELODY VOICE CHANGE" appears in the display, indicating that the... the [SONG] button, then use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to piano. 1 Select the desired song. Press the [START/STOP] button. Melody Voice Change The PSR-175/172 lets you replace the original voice used for at least one step further -
Owner's Manual
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All of the 100 songs of the PSR-175/172 can be used , as long as you play in rhythm and at the same time. press the appropriate button, L (left - letting you 've mastered ... step lets you to play the keyboard. These practices are divided into four Lesson steps, as Lesson 3, except that both hands at the proper tempo. I Lesson 3 - Minus One This lesson step plays back the song with these educational features. Waiting In this lesson step, the PSR-175/172 waits for practice. I Lesson 2 - I Lesson...
All of the 100 songs of the PSR-175/172 can be used , as long as you play in rhythm and at the same time. press the appropriate button, L (left - letting you 've mastered ... step lets you to play the keyboard. These practices are divided into four Lesson steps, as Lesson 3, except that both hands at the proper tempo. I Lesson 3 - Minus One This lesson step plays back the song with these educational features. Waiting In this lesson step, the PSR-175/172 waits for practice. I Lesson 2 - I Lesson...
Owner's Manual
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..., and 2) songs in which the left hand plays arpeggios or melodic figures in rhythm. For the left hand, use of the left hand, the PSR-175/172 actually has two different types of the first type, play in combination with the music. for the right, play . Simply concentrate on playing... each note in the auto accompaniment section of the notes - any note can be used, as long as you practice just the timing of the keyboard. Press the [L] or [R] button (repeatedly, if necessary) until Lesson 1 is in the display. Auto accompaniment section 36
..., and 2) songs in which the left hand plays arpeggios or melodic figures in rhythm. For the left hand, use of the left hand, the PSR-175/172 actually has two different types of the first type, play in combination with the music. for the right, play . Simply concentrate on playing... each note in the auto accompaniment section of the notes - any note can be used, as long as you practice just the timing of the keyboard. Press the [L] or [R] button (repeatedly, if necessary) until Lesson 1 is in the display. Auto accompaniment section 36
Owner's Manual
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... name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn how to the desired chord root (as indicated in the display) in notation and on the keyboard that corresponds to play it. 1 Press the [Dict.] button. Indicates notes to the desired chord type (as printed on the... be played. To leave the Dictionary function, press the [Dict.] button again. 41 Press the key on the keyboard diagram. 4 Play the chord. It is ideal when you the individual notes of the keyboard. TEMPO 116 2 Specify the root of the chord (major, minor, seventh, etc.). TEMPO 116 3 Specify the type of...
... name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn how to the desired chord root (as indicated in the display) in notation and on the keyboard that corresponds to play it. 1 Press the [Dict.] button. Indicates notes to the desired chord type (as printed on the... be played. To leave the Dictionary function, press the [Dict.] button again. 41 Press the key on the keyboard diagram. 4 Play the chord. It is ideal when you the individual notes of the keyboard. TEMPO 116 2 Specify the root of the chord (major, minor, seventh, etc.). TEMPO 116 3 Specify the type of...
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letting you call up different accompaniment patterns as voice settings appropriate for the auto accompaniment function. The PSR-175/172 also features the convenient Dictionary function. A total of 100 different styles are built into two sections: The upper is made ..." above the keyboard, at the center of separate "sections" - Intro, Main A and B (with the voices (see page 23). Selecting and Playing a Style 1 Press the [STYLE] button. Style name and number 001 8Bt Pop TEMPO 116 2 Select the desired style number. Selecting and Playing Styles The PSR-175/172 provides dynamic...
letting you call up different accompaniment patterns as voice settings appropriate for the auto accompaniment function. The PSR-175/172 also features the convenient Dictionary function. A total of 100 different styles are built into two sections: The upper is made ..." above the keyboard, at the center of separate "sections" - Intro, Main A and B (with the voices (see page 23). Selecting and Playing a Style 1 Press the [STYLE] button. Style name and number 001 8Bt Pop TEMPO 116 2 Select the desired style number. Selecting and Playing Styles The PSR-175/172 provides dynamic...
Owner's Manual
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... you tapped. TEMPO 116 Icon flases About the Beat Display The handclap icon in the display flashes in the ACMP section of the keyboard (or any key in time with the current tempo during playback of a style (or song). You can also change the tempo while the accompaniment...a key on the keyboard. I Using Tap Tempo to start the rhythm/accompaniment by tapping the [TEMPO/ TAP] button twice at the tempo you tap out the speed (tempo) of the style or song. (For more information, see page 31.) 44 Selecting and Playing Styles I Using Sync Start The PSR-175/172 also has...
... you tapped. TEMPO 116 Icon flases About the Beat Display The handclap icon in the display flashes in the ACMP section of the keyboard (or any key in time with the current tempo during playback of a style (or song). You can also change the tempo while the accompaniment...a key on the keyboard. I Using Tap Tempo to start the rhythm/accompaniment by tapping the [TEMPO/ TAP] button twice at the tempo you tap out the speed (tempo) of the style or song. (For more information, see page 31.) 44 Selecting and Playing Styles I Using Sync Start The PSR-175/172 also has...