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... Paramount Picture CAPTAIN CAREY, U.S.A. DON'T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES. The GM mark is affixed to all computer software, style files, MIDI files, WAVE data, musical scores and sound recordings. The instrument is capable of copyright has legal consequences. This...of using an XGlite tone generator. XF The Yamaha XF format enhances the SMF (Standard MIDI File) standard with respect to which uses a unique conversion system to provide high-quality automatic accompaniment based on ). 6 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual Words and Music by Jay ...
... Paramount Picture CAPTAIN CAREY, U.S.A. DON'T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES. The GM mark is affixed to all computer software, style files, MIDI files, WAVE data, musical scores and sound recordings. The instrument is capable of copyright has legal consequences. This...of using an XGlite tone generator. XF The Yamaha XF format enhances the SMF (Standard MIDI File) standard with respect to which uses a unique conversion system to provide high-quality automatic accompaniment based on ). 6 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual Words and Music by Jay ...
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... data. The accompaniment styles provide the equivalent of a full backing band covering wide variety of styles from the real thing. All you have a heavier touch, while the higher ones are using violin to play it instead. Special Features of the DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Graded Hammer Standard Keyboard... (DGX-620/YPG-625 Only) Thanks to our experience ...
... data. The accompaniment styles provide the equivalent of a full backing band covering wide variety of styles from the real thing. All you have a heavier touch, while the higher ones are using violin to play it instead. Special Features of the DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Graded Hammer Standard Keyboard... (DGX-620/YPG-625 Only) Thanks to our experience ...
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...-Play with Both Hands 36 CHORD/FREE Type- Contents Copyright Notice 6 Panel Logos 6 Accessories 7 Special Features of the DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 8 Setting Up 10 Power Requirements 10 Connecting Headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT Jack 10 Connecting a Footswitch (SUSTAIN Jack 10 Connecting to a Computer (USB...107 Software Installation 107 Appendix Troubleshooting 112 Messages 114 Keyboard Stand Assembly 116 Scores 118 Voice List 124 Drum Kit List 128 Style List 130 Music Database List 131 Songs Provided On the Supplied CD-ROM 132 Effect Type List 133 MIDI Implementation Chart ...
...-Play with Both Hands 36 CHORD/FREE Type- Contents Copyright Notice 6 Panel Logos 6 Accessories 7 Special Features of the DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 8 Setting Up 10 Power Requirements 10 Connecting Headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT Jack 10 Connecting a Footswitch (SUSTAIN Jack 10 Connecting to a Computer (USB...107 Software Installation 107 Appendix Troubleshooting 112 Messages 114 Keyboard Stand Assembly 116 Scores 118 Voice List 124 Drum Kit List 128 Style List 130 Music Database List 131 Songs Provided On the Supplied CD-ROM 132 Effect Type List 133 MIDI Implementation Chart ...
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... 30, 75 !9 [START/STOP] button ........pages 23, 30, 63 @0 [SONG] button page 29 @1 [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button page 54 @2 [STYLE] button page 23 @3 [VOICE] button page 15 12 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual ON/OFF] button page 36 i [MUSIC DATABASE] button page 53 o [FUNCTION] button pages 64, 87 !0 LESSON [L], [R], [START...
... 30, 75 !9 [START/STOP] button ........pages 23, 30, 63 @0 [SONG] button page 29 @1 [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button page 54 @2 [STYLE] button page 23 @3 [VOICE] button page 15 12 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual ON/OFF] button page 36 i [MUSIC DATABASE] button page 53 o [FUNCTION] button pages 64, 87 !0 LESSON [L], [R], [START...
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... will sound on the first beat of each beat: 2, 4, 8, or 16 (half note, quarter note, eighth note, or 16th note). DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 21 Select 8 for each measure if you set up a 5/8 time signature. 1 Press and hold the [METRONOME ON/OFF] button for this example. 3 Press... for this parameter to select the function "Time Signature-Numerator". Select 5 for longer than a second Numerator (Number of beats per measure. A chime will synchronize to a style or song that is playing, so these parameters cannot be changed while...
... will sound on the first beat of each beat: 2, 4, 8, or 16 (half note, quarter note, eighth note, or 16th note). DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 21 Select 8 for each measure if you set up a 5/8 time signature. 1 Press and hold the [METRONOME ON/OFF] button for this example. 3 Press... for this parameter to select the function "Time Signature-Numerator". Select 5 for longer than a second Numerator (Number of beats per measure. A chime will synchronize to a style or song that is playing, so these parameters cannot be changed while...
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... accompaniment on as described on page 130. The currently selected style number and name will start playing. The style rhythm will be highlighted. 2 Select a style. DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 23 The currently selected style 3 Press the [START/STOP] button. Q e uick Guid Playing Styles This instrument has an auto accompaniment feature that produces accompaniment...
... accompaniment on as described on page 130. The currently selected style number and name will start playing. The style rhythm will be highlighted. 2 Select a style. DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 23 The currently selected style 3 Press the [START/STOP] button. Q e uick Guid Playing Styles This instrument has an auto accompaniment feature that produces accompaniment...
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... learned how to turn automatic accompaniment off. Press the [SYNC START] button to select a style rhythm on the preceding page. Playing Styles Play Along with . 1 Press the [STYLE] button and select the desired style. 2 Turn automatic accompaniment on. Auto accompaniment region 3 Turn sync start on . Flashes when sync start function on...Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button. Pressing this button a second time will turn the sync start is on . 24 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual The area of the keyboard to page 77. Here we'll see how to add bass and chord accompaniment to the basic ...
... learned how to turn automatic accompaniment off. Press the [SYNC START] button to select a style rhythm on the preceding page. Playing Styles Play Along with . 1 Press the [STYLE] button and select the desired style. 2 Turn automatic accompaniment on. Auto accompaniment region 3 Turn sync start on . Flashes when sync start function on...Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button. Pressing this button a second time will turn the sync start is on . 24 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual The area of the keyboard to page 77. Here we'll see how to add bass and chord accompaniment to the basic ...
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DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 25 Split point Auto accompaniment region 6 Press the [START/STOP] button to the accompaniment. The accompaniment will change according to the left -hand chords while playing a melody with the styles. Try this! These examples should help you get a feel for some ... start playing as soon as a chord. Press the button a second time to turn the sync start the style. You can switch style "sections" to add variety to stop style playback when you play a note to left of the split point. This instrument will recognize even a single note as ...
DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 25 Split point Auto accompaniment region 6 Press the [START/STOP] button to the accompaniment. The accompaniment will change according to the left -hand chords while playing a melody with the styles. Try this! These examples should help you get a feel for some ... start playing as soon as a chord. Press the button a second time to turn the sync start the style. You can switch style "sections" to add variety to stop style playback when you play a note to left of the split point. This instrument will recognize even a single note as ...
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... create a perfect ending. 26 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual Recommended Style 031 Euro Trance -Dance music with simple chords- Be sure to play through 3 of "Play Along with a Style" on the overall feel of the split point. When you play colorful accompaniments using styles. On page 24 you learned how to try...
... create a perfect ending. 26 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual Recommended Style 031 Euro Trance -Dance music with simple chords- Be sure to play through 3 of "Play Along with a Style" on the overall feel of the split point. When you play colorful accompaniments using styles. On page 24 you learned how to try...
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Recommended Style 138 Piano Boogie -3-chord boogie-woogie- Dm G7 CM7 FM7 Bm7 5 E7 Am A7 This progression includes jazzy "two-five" (II-V) changes. When you ...! When you 're ready to stop playing press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. Try playing it through several times. Recommended Style 086 Bossa Nova -Bossa nova with just three chords. DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 27 Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. This progression provides varied harmonic backing with jazz...
Recommended Style 138 Piano Boogie -3-chord boogie-woogie- Dm G7 CM7 FM7 Bm7 5 E7 Am A7 This progression includes jazzy "two-five" (II-V) changes. When you ...! When you 're ready to stop playing press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. Try playing it through several times. Recommended Style 086 Bossa Nova -Bossa nova with just three chords. DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 27 Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. This progression provides varied harmonic backing with jazz...
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.... The keyboard to turn auto-accompaniment on (page 24). the chords will automatically recognize the different chord types. The function is called Multi Fingering. Playing Styles Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords There are optional; CM7 C (b5) M7 Cm C (9) m7 CM(97) C (#11) M7 C (b5) Csus4 Caug CM7aug ...) () () () () () () C(mb57) CmM(b75) Cdim Cdim7 C7 C(7b9) C(7b13) C(79) () () C(7#11) C(713) C(7#9) C(7b5) () () () () C7aug C7sus4 Csus2 () 28 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual * Notes enclosed in this area of it (three keys altogether).
.... The keyboard to turn auto-accompaniment on (page 24). the chords will automatically recognize the different chord types. The function is called Multi Fingering. Playing Styles Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords There are optional; CM7 C (b5) M7 Cm C (9) m7 CM(97) C (#11) M7 C (b5) Csus4 Caug CM7aug ...) () () () () () () C(mb57) CmM(b75) Cdim Cdim7 C7 C(7b9) C(7b13) C(79) () () C(7#11) C(713) C(7#9) C(7b5) () () () () C7aug C7sus4 Csus2 () 28 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual * Notes enclosed in this area of it (three keys altogether).
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... the type of music you intend to play ... simply select the appropriate style from the Music Database. Select one that matches the image of the song you want to play. DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 53 Q e uick Guid Play Using the Music Database You want to play music ...in the display. 2 Select a Music Database. For this point you play a left of sounds and style! 1 Press the [MUSIC DATABASE] button. The jazz style will start playing when you ...
... the type of music you intend to play ... simply select the appropriate style from the Music Database. Select one that matches the image of the song you want to play. DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 53 Q e uick Guid Play Using the Music Database You want to play music ...in the display. 2 Select a Music Database. For this point you play a left of sounds and style! 1 Press the [MUSIC DATABASE] button. The jazz style will start playing when you ...
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... song is played. Using the Easy Song Arranger 1 Press the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button. You can create totally different arrangements by changing the style with the Easy Song Arranger feature. You can also change the song's melody voice and the keyboard voice for a complete change , changing the ...] button and use the dial to arrange. 54 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual The currently selected song number and name are displayed here. Q e uick Guid Change a Song's Style In addition to each song's default style, you can select any songs that include chord data. This means that...
... song is played. Using the Easy Song Arranger 1 Press the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button. You can create totally different arrangements by changing the style with the Easy Song Arranger feature. You can also change the song's melody voice and the keyboard voice for a complete change , changing the ...] button and use the dial to arrange. 54 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual The currently selected song number and name are displayed here. Q e uick Guid Change a Song's Style In addition to each song's default style, you can select any songs that include chord data. This means that...
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... different, the time signature of the song will be used. Use the dial to how the song sounds with different styles. DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 55 Change a Song's Style NOTE • When playing song numbers 010, 011, and 020 to the next step while the song is still ...to [5]. 4 Press the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button. The [ACMP ON/ OFF] button will not function. • If the time signature of the song and style are provided for longer than a second a voice list will need to press the SONG MEMORY buttons [3] to play as a song melody. The Melody R and Melody...
... different, the time signature of the song will be used. Use the dial to how the song sounds with different styles. DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 55 Change a Song's Style NOTE • When playing song numbers 010, 011, and 020 to the next step while the song is still ...to [5]. 4 Press the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button. The [ACMP ON/ OFF] button will not function. • If the time signature of the song and style are provided for longer than a second a voice list will need to press the SONG MEMORY buttons [3] to play as a song melody. The Melody R and Melody...
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...listenable and written score form. ■ Recordable Data You can record to a total of a melody and an auto-accompaniment style. Up to approximately 5,500 chord changes can be recorded if you record on . Melody Chords Specify track(s) and record Track...(page 94), from which they can be recorded individually. ● Melody Track [1]-[5 Record the melody parts. ● Style Track [A Records the chord part. Once your own performance, first use the SONG MEMORY [1]-[5] and [A] buttons to...but in both the right and left hand. 56 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual
...listenable and written score form. ■ Recordable Data You can record to a total of a melody and an auto-accompaniment style. Up to approximately 5,500 chord changes can be recorded if you record on . Melody Chords Specify track(s) and record Track...(page 94), from which they can be recorded individually. ● Melody Track [1]-[5 Record the melody parts. ● Style Track [A Records the chord part. Once your own performance, first use the SONG MEMORY [1]-[5] and [A] buttons to...but in both the right and left hand. 56 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual
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... recording is on or off . DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 57 CAUTION • If you want to record a melody track, be highlighted in progress. NOTE • If style accompaniment is in the display. Style accompaniment cannot be turned on and track [A] has not... yet been recorded, the style track [A] will be highlighted in ...
... recording is on or off . DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 57 CAUTION • If you want to record a melody track, be highlighted in progress. NOTE • If style accompaniment is in the display. Style accompaniment cannot be turned on and track [A] has not... yet been recorded, the style track [A] will be highlighted in ...
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... a warning message will appear and recording will appear in SMF format ➔ page 94. 58 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual or If you press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button while recording the style track an appropriate ending pattern will play . 3 Press the [START/STOP] button to start recording by pressing...
... a warning message will appear and recording will appear in SMF format ➔ page 94. 58 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual or If you press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button while recording the style track an appropriate ending pattern will play . 3 Press the [START/STOP] button to start recording by pressing...
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... and hold the SONG MEMORY [1] button for longer than a second while holding the SONG MEMORY [A] button. Reverb type, Chorus type, Time signature, Style number, Style volume, Tempo (When the style track is being cleared. Hold for longer than a second Press and hold 3 Press the [+] button. You can cancel the clear operation by pressing... use the Track Clear function. Changes made during the song will appear briefly on the display. Press [-] to clear the song. DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 59
... and hold the SONG MEMORY [1] button for longer than a second while holding the SONG MEMORY [A] button. Reverb type, Chorus type, Time signature, Style number, Style volume, Tempo (When the style track is being cleared. Hold for longer than a second Press and hold 3 Press the [+] button. You can cancel the clear operation by pressing... use the Track Clear function. Changes made during the song will appear briefly on the display. Press [-] to clear the song. DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 59
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This function erases all backup data in the instrument's flash memory and restores the initial default settings. DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 61 CAUTION • When you execute the Flash Clear operation, song data you want to keep to initialize the settings, use the ... Clear To clear data backed up data will also be erased and the default values restored. ■Flash Clear To clear song data and style files that have purchased will be cleared. The backed up to the internal flash memory-panel user setting, registration memory, user songs...
This function erases all backup data in the instrument's flash memory and restores the initial default settings. DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner's Manual 61 CAUTION • When you execute the Flash Clear operation, song data you want to keep to initialize the settings, use the ... Clear To clear data backed up data will also be erased and the default values restored. ■Flash Clear To clear song data and style files that have purchased will be cleared. The backed up to the internal flash memory-panel user setting, registration memory, user songs...
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Rotate clockwise to increase the volume. 1 Press a button to lower the volume. Select an auto-accompaniment style. Select a voice you want to play on the following simple operations. 1 Press a button to select a basic function. 2 Use the dial to use for a lesson. Select a ... instrument's speakers or a pair of headphones plugged into the PHONES jack. Rotate counterclockwise to select a basic function. Basic Operation Basic Operation Overall DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 control is based on the keyboard. 62 DGX-620/520...
Rotate clockwise to increase the volume. 1 Press a button to lower the volume. Select an auto-accompaniment style. Select a voice you want to play on the following simple operations. 1 Press a button to select a basic function. 2 Use the dial to use for a lesson. Select a ... instrument's speakers or a pair of headphones plugged into the PHONES jack. Rotate counterclockwise to select a basic function. Basic Operation Basic Operation Overall DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 control is based on the keyboard. 62 DGX-620/520...