Owner's Manual
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...available GM, DOC, and Clavinova Disklavier Piano Soft disks. You now own a portable keyboard that combines advanced functions, great sound and exceptional ease-of-use Music Database feature that give you hear the full dynamic range of the Yamaha DGX-500/300 Portable Grand™ ! Its outstanding features also...genre of music you want to play, but you how to play chords. • Instant Portable Grand function, for automatically configuring the DGX-500/300 for optimum piano play back differently compared to the original data, due to your performance, and Dictionary, which ensures...
...available GM, DOC, and Clavinova Disklavier Piano Soft disks. You now own a portable keyboard that combines advanced functions, great sound and exceptional ease-of-use Music Database feature that give you hear the full dynamic range of the Yamaha DGX-500/300 Portable Grand™ ! Its outstanding features also...genre of music you want to play, but you how to play chords. • Instant Portable Grand function, for automatically configuring the DGX-500/300 for optimum piano play back differently compared to the original data, due to your performance, and Dictionary, which ensures...
Owner's Manual
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...!0 !1 w !2 !8 !9 @0 @1 @2 @3 @4 001 Live!Gnd 001 u !3 !4 !5 !6 @5 @6 !7 @8 @7 q Power switch ([STANDBY/ON]) w [MASTER VOLUME] dial This determines the overall volume of the DGX-500/ 300, including effects, transpose, tuning, and MIDI. (See page 20.) i [DEMO] button This is used to play the Demo songs. (See page 14.) o LESSON [L] (Left) ...on and off. (See page 22.) Holding down this button allows you to set the Time Signature. !2 [PORTABLE GRAND] button This instantly calls up the Grand Piano voice. (See page 12.) !3 [SONG] button This is for enabling song selection. (See page 57.) !4...
...!0 !1 w !2 !8 !9 @0 @1 @2 @3 @4 001 Live!Gnd 001 u !3 !4 !5 !6 @5 @6 !7 @8 @7 q Power switch ([STANDBY/ON]) w [MASTER VOLUME] dial This determines the overall volume of the DGX-500/ 300, including effects, transpose, tuning, and MIDI. (See page 20.) i [DEMO] button This is used to play the Demo songs. (See page 14.) o LESSON [L] (Left) ...on and off. (See page 22.) Holding down this button allows you to set the Time Signature. !2 [PORTABLE GRAND] button This instantly calls up the Grand Piano voice. (See page 12.) !3 [SONG] button This is for enabling song selection. (See page 57.) !4...
Owner's Manual
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See page 22. 12 See page 22. Quick Guide Step 1 Voices 001 Live!Gnd 001 zz q w Playing the Piano Simply by pressing the [PORTABLE GRAND] button, you can automatically reset the entire DGX-500/300 for piano play. z Press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button. 001 Live!Gnd Playing along with the Metronome z Press the [METRONOME] button. Want to find out more ? Want to find out more ? x Play the keyboard.
See page 22. 12 See page 22. Quick Guide Step 1 Voices 001 Live!Gnd 001 zz q w Playing the Piano Simply by pressing the [PORTABLE GRAND] button, you can automatically reset the entire DGX-500/300 for piano play. z Press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button. 001 Live!Gnd Playing along with the Metronome z Press the [METRONOME] button. Want to find out more ? Want to find out more ? x Play the keyboard.
Owner's Manual
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...106 Marimba 107 Xylophone 108 Steel Drums 109 Celesta 110 Tubular Bells 111 Timpani 112 Music Box SPLIT 113 Acoustic Bass/Live! Piano 116 Acoustic Bass/Vibraphone 117 Fretless Bass/Brass Section 118 Analogon/Sawtooth Lead 119 Slap Bass/Clavi 120 Classical Guitar/Sweet Flute.... No. Voice Name PIANO 001 Live! q Press the [VOICE] button. Grand 002 Grand Piano 003 Bright Piano 004 Honky-tonk Piano 005 MIDI Grand Piano 006 CP 80 007 Harpsichord E.PIANO 008 Galaxy EP 009 Funky Electric Piano 010 DX Modern Elec. Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The DGX-500/300 has a huge ...
...106 Marimba 107 Xylophone 108 Steel Drums 109 Celesta 110 Tubular Bells 111 Timpani 112 Music Box SPLIT 113 Acoustic Bass/Live! Piano 116 Acoustic Bass/Vibraphone 117 Fretless Bass/Brass Section 118 Analogon/Sawtooth Lead 119 Slap Bass/Clavi 120 Classical Guitar/Sweet Flute.... No. Voice Name PIANO 001 Live! q Press the [VOICE] button. Grand 002 Grand Piano 003 Bright Piano 004 Honky-tonk Piano 005 MIDI Grand Piano 006 CP 80 007 Harpsichord E.PIANO 008 Galaxy EP 009 Funky Electric Piano 010 DX Modern Elec. Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The DGX-500/300 has a huge ...
Owner's Manual
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Using the Metronome 1 Call up the special "Stereo Sampled Piano" Live! Playing the Portable Grand Press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button. Grand voice. Use the numeric keypad to set the desired Tempo value, or use the [+]/[-] buttons to increase or decrease the value. 22 Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button. Doing this automatically calls up the Tempo setting. Current Tempo value 068 TEMPO Ft 2 Change the value. Portable Grand This convenient function lets you instantly call up the Grand Piano voice.
Using the Metronome 1 Call up the special "Stereo Sampled Piano" Live! Playing the Portable Grand Press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button. Grand voice. Use the numeric keypad to set the desired Tempo value, or use the [+]/[-] buttons to increase or decrease the value. 22 Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button. Doing this automatically calls up the Tempo setting. Current Tempo value 068 TEMPO Ft 2 Change the value. Portable Grand This convenient function lets you instantly call up the Grand Piano voice.
Owner's Manual
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...supports GM System Level 1. 83 This section explains what it can expand your DGX-500/300. No doubt you strike a key, and a hammer inside hits some strings and plays a note. Let's consider an acoustic piano and a classical guitar as how you directly pluck a string and the note...you play a "C" quarter note using the grand piano sound on playing information from the keyboard, a sampling note stored in the tone generator section (electronic circuit) is played through the speakers. Based on the DGX-500/300 keyboard. MIDI Functions The DGX-500/300 is affixed to all ...
...supports GM System Level 1. 83 This section explains what it can expand your DGX-500/300. No doubt you strike a key, and a hammer inside hits some strings and plays a note. Let's consider an acoustic piano and a classical guitar as how you directly pluck a string and the note...you play a "C" quarter note using the grand piano sound on playing information from the keyboard, a sampling note stored in the tone generator section (electronic circuit) is played through the speakers. Based on the DGX-500/300 keyboard. MIDI Functions The DGX-500/300 is affixed to all ...
Owner's Manual
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...Voice List I Maximum Polyphony The DGX-500/300 has 32-note maximum polyphony. Auto Accompaniment uses a number of the available notes, so when Auto Accompaniment is used . Grand 000 112 000 Grand Piano 000 112 001 Bright Piano 000 112 003 Honky-tonk Piano 000 112 002 MIDI Grand Piano 000 113 002 CP 80 000...total number of up to the Split Voice and Song functions. • The Voice List includes MIDI program change numbers when playing the DGX-500/300 via MIDI from an external device. • Some voices may sound continuously or have a long decay after the notes have ...
...Voice List I Maximum Polyphony The DGX-500/300 has 32-note maximum polyphony. Auto Accompaniment uses a number of the available notes, so when Auto Accompaniment is used . Grand 000 112 000 Grand Piano 000 112 001 Bright Piano 000 112 003 Honky-tonk Piano 000 112 002 MIDI Grand Piano 000 113 002 CP 80 000...total number of up to the Split Voice and Song functions. • The Voice List includes MIDI program change numbers when playing the DGX-500/300 via MIDI from an external device. • Some voices may sound continuously or have a long decay after the notes have ...
Owner's Manual
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... MSB LSB MIDI Program Voice Name Change# PIANO 000 000 000 Grand Piano 000 001 000 Grand Piano KSP 000 018 000 Mellow Grand Piano 000 040 000 Piano Strings 000 041 000 Dream 000 000 001 Bright Piano 000 001 001 Bright Piano KSP 000 000 002 Electric Grand Piano 000 001 002 Electric Grand Piano KSP 000 032 002 Detuned CP80 000...
... MSB LSB MIDI Program Voice Name Change# PIANO 000 000 000 Grand Piano 000 001 000 Grand Piano KSP 000 018 000 Mellow Grand Piano 000 040 000 Piano Strings 000 041 000 Dream 000 000 001 Bright Piano 000 001 001 Bright Piano KSP 000 000 002 Electric Grand Piano 000 001 002 Electric Grand Piano KSP 000 032 002 Detuned CP80 000...
