Owner's Manual
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..., utilizing digital recordings of its various features. Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your purchase of the Yamaha PortaTone You now own a portable keyboard that packs advanced functions and great sound in order to take full advantage of actual instruments. q 20 Songs,...patterns, providing specially programmed rhythms and chord progressions for playing along with when using the Minus One function. Congratulations on your new PortaTone in a highly compact size. q One Touch Setting, for automatically calling up an appropriate Voice for playing with 100 music Styles...
..., utilizing digital recordings of its various features. Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your purchase of the Yamaha PortaTone You now own a portable keyboard that packs advanced functions and great sound in order to take full advantage of actual instruments. q 20 Songs,...patterns, providing specially programmed rhythms and chord progressions for playing along with when using the Minus One function. Congratulations on your new PortaTone in a highly compact size. q One Touch Setting, for automatically calling up an appropriate Voice for playing with 100 music Styles...
Owner's Manual
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... a Keyboard Amplifier or Stereo System After making sure that automatically turns the power OFF if the instrument is used for the right kind. Connect one end of an AC adaptor whenever possible. q Auto Power OFF The PSR-125 features an...PortaTone. CAUTION Never mix old and new batteries or different types of your PSR-125 to a wall socket, you insert a headphone plug into the slot located at the top rear of six new batteries. Insert six 1.5-volt size "C" batteries as this jack. Getting Started Power Requirements Although the PSR-125 will need the optionally available Yamaha...
... a Keyboard Amplifier or Stereo System After making sure that automatically turns the power OFF if the instrument is used for the right kind. Connect one end of an AC adaptor whenever possible. q Auto Power OFF The PSR-125 features an...PortaTone. CAUTION Never mix old and new batteries or different types of your PSR-125 to a wall socket, you insert a headphone plug into the slot located at the top rear of six new batteries. Insert six 1.5-volt size "C" batteries as this jack. Getting Started Power Requirements Although the PSR-125 will need the optionally available Yamaha...
Owner's Manual
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...12 notes. (Depending on the Voice selected, fewer notes may be heard. or three-note harmony added to select the Voice mode. NOTE The PortaTone is active, the harmony changes according to a maximum of these Voices have an additional one time, some may not sound and/or others may... two- Each Voice is always C. Dual Voices (#41 - #56) feature two Voices mixed together in the Voices are divided into various categories depending on the keyboard at a time. Sustain Voices (#68 - #72) extend the sound by simply pressing the START/STOP button. The type of harmony used . When a Style...
...12 notes. (Depending on the Voice selected, fewer notes may be heard. or three-note harmony added to select the Voice mode. NOTE The PortaTone is active, the harmony changes according to a maximum of these Voices have an additional one time, some may not sound and/or others may... two- Each Voice is always C. Dual Voices (#41 - #56) feature two Voices mixed together in the Voices are divided into various categories depending on the keyboard at a time. Sustain Voices (#68 - #72) extend the sound by simply pressing the START/STOP button. The type of harmony used . When a Style...
Owner's Manual
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...to indicate stand-by playing special Fill In patterns. While the Style is automatically set to the rhythm by status.) 9 The PortaTone also has a Synchro Start function that the Fill In pattern complements the basic rhythm, rather than disrupting it 's playing. (For.... Selecting a Style 1. To play . (Refer to change with each pattern - Auto Accompaniment effectively splits the keyboard into ten different categories. Also, depending on the keyboard. Style Mode The Style mode provides dynamic rhythm/ accompaniment patterns - for each key you press the button, only...
...to indicate stand-by playing special Fill In patterns. While the Style is automatically set to the rhythm by status.) 9 The PortaTone also has a Synchro Start function that the Fill In pattern complements the basic rhythm, rather than disrupting it 's playing. (For.... Selecting a Style 1. To play . (Refer to change with each pattern - Auto Accompaniment effectively splits the keyboard into ten different categories. Also, depending on the keyboard. Style Mode The Style mode provides dynamic rhythm/ accompaniment patterns - for each key you press the button, only...
Owner's Manual
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... NOTE Chords played in the AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT SECTION of it . For example, B 7 is set Auto Accompaniment to the left of the keyboard using Multi Fingering operation. To switch back to the left of the Single Finger and Fingered methods is that can set between the C1 key..., the Voices used here as B and A.) C Press the root note of C is stopped (Stopped Accompaniment function). Cm NOTE To use , the PortaTone "understands" what chord you can change the chords of it . Setting Auto Accompaniment to the left of the accompaniment by using either the Single Finger...
... NOTE Chords played in the AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT SECTION of it . For example, B 7 is set Auto Accompaniment to the left of the keyboard using Multi Fingering operation. To switch back to the left of the Single Finger and Fingered methods is that can set between the C1 key..., the Voices used here as B and A.) C Press the root note of C is stopped (Stopped Accompaniment function). Cm NOTE To use , the PortaTone "understands" what chord you can change the chords of it . Setting Auto Accompaniment to the left of the accompaniment by using either the Single Finger...
Owner's Manual
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...Track patterns, One Touch Setting works the same way with the Synchro Start function (as its name implies, takes away the melody part of the keyboard. 4. Song Mode The Song mode features special Songs and Jam Track patterns that have been provided; The Songs are some Songs and Jam Track... button again. About the Minus One Function Minus One, as in the Song Mode The One Touch Setting function works with a variety of the PortaTone. You can also start the selected Song or Jam Track pattern with Jam Track, automatically selecting an appropriate Voice. Though the Minus One function is...
...Track patterns, One Touch Setting works the same way with the Synchro Start function (as its name implies, takes away the melody part of the keyboard. 4. Song Mode The Song mode features special Songs and Jam Track patterns that have been provided; The Songs are some Songs and Jam Track... button again. About the Minus One Function Minus One, as in the Song Mode The One Touch Setting function works with a variety of the PortaTone. You can also start the selected Song or Jam Track pattern with Jam Track, automatically selecting an appropriate Voice. Though the Minus One function is...
Owner's Manual
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...CSyynmtbhaHSl iyM-nhutahtteCHlio-hsaet Open Bass 12 DBrausmsSDnraurmeSDnraurme 23 DruTmom BTasosm LToowmTSMopimdlSasyHhnigtChShyyBmnatbshaslSDSnryaunrmethDTSruoymmnthBSTasyosnmthSLSyTonpowtlmahsTMhoiCmdymHibgahl Mute 13 The sound of the keyboard; The PortaTone is too low. thus, the actual sound of notes simultaneously. Not all notes are pressed at the...of the voices or rhythms seems unusual or strange. Troubleshooting Problem When the PortaTone is turned on or off, a buzzing sound is flowing into the PortaTone. The sound of the STANDBY/ON button may be turned on . ...
...CSyynmtbhaHSl iyM-nhutahtteCHlio-hsaet Open Bass 12 DBrausmsSDnraurmeSDnraurme 23 DruTmom BTasosm LToowmTSMopimdlSasyHhnigtChShyyBmnatbshaslSDSnryaunrmethDTSruoymmnthBSTasyosnmthSLSyTonpowtlmahsTMhoiCmdymHibgahl Mute 13 The sound of the keyboard; The PortaTone is too low. thus, the actual sound of notes simultaneously. Not all notes are pressed at the...of the voices or rhythms seems unusual or strange. Troubleshooting Problem When the PortaTone is turned on or off, a buzzing sound is flowing into the PortaTone. The sound of the STANDBY/ON button may be turned on . ...