B-4B Owners Manual
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CONTENTS page Introduction 2 Here is Your Yamaha Electone B-4B 4 Keyboards 6 Tone Levers 8 Effect Lever and Controls 10 Spacious Sound 11 Other Controls 12 To Fully Enjoy Your Electone 12 Care of Your Electone 13 Specifications of Model B-4B 13 Do not Be Alarmed If 14 Playing the Yamaha Electone 15 Posture 16 Technique 17 Auto Rhythm Section (B-4BR only) 21 -1-- C1970 by NIPPON GAKKI CO, LTD.
CONTENTS page Introduction 2 Here is Your Yamaha Electone B-4B 4 Keyboards 6 Tone Levers 8 Effect Lever and Controls 10 Spacious Sound 11 Other Controls 12 To Fully Enjoy Your Electone 12 Care of Your Electone 13 Specifications of Model B-4B 13 Do not Be Alarmed If 14 Playing the Yamaha Electone 15 Posture 16 Technique 17 Auto Rhythm Section (B-4BR only) 21 -1-- C1970 by NIPPON GAKKI CO, LTD.
B-4B Owners Manual
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We feel sure that you occasionally re-read this guidebook for selecting one of playing enjoyment with this instrument. We would suggest that you will realize many happy years of the Electone B-4B series. Introduction We of Yamaha wish to time as you progress. 0 fid 1.4 -2- Please read it from time to thank you for more complete enjoyment of all of the B-4B's special characteristics.
We feel sure that you occasionally re-read this guidebook for selecting one of playing enjoyment with this instrument. We would suggest that you will realize many happy years of the Electone B-4B series. Introduction We of Yamaha wish to time as you progress. 0 fid 1.4 -2- Please read it from time to thank you for more complete enjoyment of all of the B-4B's special characteristics.
B-4B Owners Manual
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... make it the perfect instrument to provide your family can feel a keyboard and musical assurance, quickly mastering the envelopping beauty of the exclusive Yamaha Spacious Sound Tremolo, using the reverb and vibrato effects, two generous 44-key manuals and 13 bass pedals, plus the famous...excellent investment in rhythm band if you like. r. -3- For the man of its Autorhythm section. Choose the B-4BR with ease. Today the brilliant Electone B-4B, amazingly inexpensive and just as easy to play, brings a rich range of music was costly and difficult. The priceless family gift Gone are the...
... make it the perfect instrument to provide your family can feel a keyboard and musical assurance, quickly mastering the envelopping beauty of the exclusive Yamaha Spacious Sound Tremolo, using the reverb and vibrato effects, two generous 44-key manuals and 13 bass pedals, plus the famous...excellent investment in rhythm band if you like. r. -3- For the man of its Autorhythm section. Choose the B-4BR with ease. Today the brilliant Electone B-4B, amazingly inexpensive and just as easy to play, brings a rich range of music was costly and difficult. The priceless family gift Gone are the...
B-4B Owners Manual
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ID Spacious Sound Selectors al Expression Pedal Here is your Yamaha Electone B -4B Upper Manual Tone Levers Effect Lever (Vibrato) 0 Lower Manual Tone Levers Pedal Tone Lever 0 0 Music Rest Roll-top Fallboard 0 Power Switch Pilot Lamp • YAMAHA 5•N ,T+ 77 e Reverb Controls Pedals ® Lower Manual 0 Upper Manual 0 -4-
ID Spacious Sound Selectors al Expression Pedal Here is your Yamaha Electone B -4B Upper Manual Tone Levers Effect Lever (Vibrato) 0 Lower Manual Tone Levers Pedal Tone Lever 0 0 Music Rest Roll-top Fallboard 0 Power Switch Pilot Lamp • YAMAHA 5•N ,T+ 77 e Reverb Controls Pedals ® Lower Manual 0 Upper Manual 0 -4-
B-4B Owners Manual
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... the same pattern of the alphabet. Manual MIA ABCDEFG Same pattern Octave) Same pattern (1 Octave/ 11 AL C DI E F A B C "C" is a tone on the organ. Keyboards The Electone B-4B has THREE KEYBOARDS. We use the first seven letters of keys (two black keys and three black keys) repeated over and over. Al 2 3 4 5 G C E F ITT - 6- Two...
... the same pattern of the alphabet. Manual MIA ABCDEFG Same pattern Octave) Same pattern (1 Octave/ 11 AL C DI E F A B C "C" is a tone on the organ. Keyboards The Electone B-4B has THREE KEYBOARDS. We use the first seven letters of keys (two black keys and three black keys) repeated over and over. Al 2 3 4 5 G C E F ITT - 6- Two...
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c 0 .'0" 4-5.tre.0 ocre-`' cr.c < O"" ere. Pedals The pedal keyboard-(pedals) is one octave of the Electone B-4B Series Upper manual Lower manual F DE FGAB ODE F D E It III D E F GAB DE FGAB 9. Oi ___ Tuned to 440 cycles Pedals C I II L C Note I The pedal keyboard notation is an enlarged manual keyboard for the foot containing one octave higher the actual notes as in the case of the contrabass. -7- II III CDEF GABC \:-.% Both ends of the pedals are The Compass of notes.
c 0 .'0" 4-5.tre.0 ocre-`' cr.c < O"" ere. Pedals The pedal keyboard-(pedals) is one octave of the Electone B-4B Series Upper manual Lower manual F DE FGAB ODE F D E It III D E F GAB DE FGAB 9. Oi ___ Tuned to 440 cycles Pedals C I II L C Note I The pedal keyboard notation is an enlarged manual keyboard for the foot containing one octave higher the actual notes as in the case of the contrabass. -7- II III CDEF GABC \:-.% Both ends of the pedals are The Compass of notes.
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... each lever can be obtained. Tone Levers On the control panel to the left of the Upper Manual ® are virtually unlimited because of this Yamaha's exclusive variable tone lever system. 0 (off) No sound comes out at this position. 1 (1/3) The first click-stop position. 2 (2/3) The...lower note will be achieved With other voices, as played on the manual). Upper Manual Tone Levers Flute 6' : 0, Trombone 16':C) In the Electone B-4B an even greater richness and vibrancy has been added to make lever setting easy. They are divided into three groups: (1) Upper Manual Tone Levers ...
... each lever can be obtained. Tone Levers On the control panel to the left of the Upper Manual ® are virtually unlimited because of this Yamaha's exclusive variable tone lever system. 0 (off) No sound comes out at this position. 1 (1/3) The first click-stop position. 2 (2/3) The...lower note will be achieved With other voices, as played on the manual). Upper Manual Tone Levers Flute 6' : 0, Trombone 16':C) In the Electone B-4B an even greater richness and vibrancy has been added to make lever setting easy. They are divided into three groups: (1) Upper Manual Tone Levers ...
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OFF Continuously increases the strength of the Electone. when used to strengthen the Upper Manual, it freely by an oscillating motion of the vibrato effect can be varied according to the lever position ... tone levers. Reverb Controls : (i) (back) (front) REV. The intensity of the left hand. BALANCE REVERB Strengthen the rl upper manual Strengthen the lower manual MAX. Electone B-4B has a vibrato lever (red) which makes your playing sound full and rich as illustrated below. 0 (off) No vibrato comes out at this lever will see...
OFF Continuously increases the strength of the Electone. when used to strengthen the Upper Manual, it freely by an oscillating motion of the vibrato effect can be varied according to the lever position ... tone levers. Reverb Controls : (i) (back) (front) REV. The intensity of the left hand. BALANCE REVERB Strengthen the rl upper manual Strengthen the lower manual MAX. Electone B-4B has a vibrato lever (red) which makes your playing sound full and rich as illustrated below. 0 (off) No vibrato comes out at this lever will see...
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... C$O,this selector to apply the Spacious Sound to the lower manual tones. Set to the whole organ. est of the famous Yamaha rotary speaker tremolo effect, this new effect is achieved solely through special electronic circuitry, assuring the same full, rich musical expression and... liveliness that surrounds you choose. Successfully incorporating the essential sound quality of the Electone series: the B-4B. Upper Selector : If Use this selector determines the speed of upper and lower selectors together will apply the Spacious Sound to...
... C$O,this selector to apply the Spacious Sound to the lower manual tones. Set to the whole organ. est of the famous Yamaha rotary speaker tremolo effect, this new effect is achieved solely through special electronic circuitry, assuring the same full, rich musical expression and... liveliness that surrounds you choose. Successfully incorporating the essential sound quality of the Electone series: the B-4B. Upper Selector : If Use this selector determines the speed of upper and lower selectors together will apply the Spacious Sound to...
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... more exciting dimension to avoid distortion of the Electone. -12- To Fully Enjoy Your Electone • • • Headphone Jack Plug a headphone set (optional accessory) into the jack under the keyboard and you to connect Yamaha's exclusive Mini Pops auto-rhythm cabinet which, in... order to your playing enjoyment. Roll-top Fallboard : 0 The unique slide-away design disappears completely when the Electone is switched on many expensive organs.
... more exciting dimension to avoid distortion of the Electone. -12- To Fully Enjoy Your Electone • • • Headphone Jack Plug a headphone set (optional accessory) into the jack under the keyboard and you to connect Yamaha's exclusive Mini Pops auto-rhythm cabinet which, in... order to your playing enjoyment. Roll-top Fallboard : 0 The unique slide-away design disappears completely when the Electone is switched on many expensive organs.
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...may result in damage to raise the fallboard directly upwards and do not place heavy objects on the correct voltage. SPECIFICATIONS OF B-4B SERIES KEYBOARDS Upper Manual Lower Manual Pedals TONE LEVERS Upper Manual Lower Manual Pedals EFFECT LEVER, CONTROLS & SELECTORS 44 keys (32... (Upper/Lower) Spacious Sound (Upper, Lower; If any fine musical instru- -ment. When you would give any trouble develops, contact your Yamaha Electone service agent. Be absolutely sure never to excessive humidity or currents of heated air. 8. Never attempt to the plastic materials used. 5. Slow/...
...may result in damage to raise the fallboard directly upwards and do not place heavy objects on the correct voltage. SPECIFICATIONS OF B-4B SERIES KEYBOARDS Upper Manual Lower Manual Pedals TONE LEVERS Upper Manual Lower Manual Pedals EFFECT LEVER, CONTROLS & SELECTORS 44 keys (32... (Upper/Lower) Spacious Sound (Upper, Lower; If any fine musical instru- -ment. When you would give any trouble develops, contact your Yamaha Electone service agent. Be absolutely sure never to excessive humidity or currents of heated air. 8. Never attempt to the plastic materials used. 5. Slow/...
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To prevent this situation is a home appliance, connect the Electone to a flow of electricity in the main amplifier. 2. When the cause is distracting, contact your Yamaha dealer. 5. When the cause is used, notes overlap following notes. This kind of such cases, ... or other household appliances. If this , reduce the volume of doubt, contact your Yamaha dealer. In order to the Electone's circuitry. The Electone reproduces radio or TV sound signals. Since the Electone produces a continuous stream of refrigerators, washing machines, electric pumps or other such objects ...
To prevent this situation is a home appliance, connect the Electone to a flow of electricity in the main amplifier. 2. When the cause is distracting, contact your Yamaha dealer. 5. When the cause is used, notes overlap following notes. This kind of such cases, ... or other household appliances. If this , reduce the volume of doubt, contact your Yamaha dealer. In order to the Electone's circuitry. The Electone reproduces radio or TV sound signals. Since the Electone produces a continuous stream of refrigerators, washing machines, electric pumps or other such objects ...
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Playing the Yamaha Electone 7.. • b...4.. , -15-
Playing the Yamaha Electone 7.. • b...4.. , -15-
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...piano touch I •• I • Correct. Note : The habit should be regulated very easily by the length of phrases. 3. Piano legato t: \ Electone played with the left hand should be useful to Play the Manuals Clench both fists and then relax extending the fingers naturally.... Electone legato Piano staccato Electone long staccato Electone short staccato -17- Technique How to practice these parts separately. Correct use of holding the hands cor- Legato 1....
...piano touch I •• I • Correct. Note : The habit should be regulated very easily by the length of phrases. 3. Piano legato t: \ Electone played with the left hand should be useful to Play the Manuals Clench both fists and then relax extending the fingers naturally.... Electone legato Piano staccato Electone long staccato Electone short staccato -17- Technique How to practice these parts separately. Correct use of holding the hands cor- Legato 1....
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... use this pedal with discrection. swing freely from the knee. 3. It is to allow the lower leg to beat them with unnatural movement of the Electone during performance within the overall range set by paying close attention to achieve pedal playing without looking at the end. 2. Sitting always in diminuendo requires...
... use this pedal with discrection. swing freely from the knee. 3. It is to allow the lower leg to beat them with unnatural movement of the Electone during performance within the overall range set by paying close attention to achieve pedal playing without looking at the end. 2. Sitting always in diminuendo requires...
B-4B Owners Manual
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...169; flashes the first beat of rhythm accompaniments, from a virtual built-in your choice. In addition, the system employs the exclusive Yamaha Synchro-start, which automatically begins the rhythm accompaniment when the first lower manual or pedal note is desired, push the Cancel button. ...How to begin first, providing a more impressive performance that can begin . if no rhythm is struck. Auto Rhythm Section (B-4BR only) Yamaha Electone model B-4BR incorporates an auto rhythm section . This permits the selection to Use the Auto Rhythm Section 1) Push the rhythm selector C) of...
...169; flashes the first beat of rhythm accompaniments, from a virtual built-in your choice. In addition, the system employs the exclusive Yamaha Synchro-start, which automatically begins the rhythm accompaniment when the first lower manual or pedal note is desired, push the Cancel button. ...How to begin first, providing a more impressive performance that can begin . if no rhythm is struck. Auto Rhythm Section (B-4BR only) Yamaha Electone model B-4BR incorporates an auto rhythm section . This permits the selection to Use the Auto Rhythm Section 1) Push the rhythm selector C) of...