Owner's Manual
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...Piano, Electric Piano, Harpsichord, Organ, and Strings - each created from digital recordings of the Yamaha YPR-50 Portable Piano! Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your performances sound more professional. Main Features The YPR-50 is especially realistic, thanks to sophisticated stereo sampling. • Full-size 76... piano that gives you play complex sustained chords and passages, without worrying about notes being cut off. • Pianist feature automatically produces stylistically appropriate piano accompaniment, instantly and effortlessly making your new YPR-50 in...
...Piano, Electric Piano, Harpsichord, Organ, and Strings - each created from digital recordings of the Yamaha YPR-50 Portable Piano! Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your performances sound more professional. Main Features The YPR-50 is especially realistic, thanks to sophisticated stereo sampling. • Full-size 76... piano that gives you play complex sustained chords and passages, without worrying about notes being cut off. • Pianist feature automatically produces stylistically appropriate piano accompaniment, instantly and effortlessly making your new YPR-50 in...
Owner's Manual
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... of the leftand right-hand parts of the songs. (Pages 14, 27.) 6 PIANO, HARPSICHORD, ORGAN, STRINGS) These are used to select the various voices of the YPR-50. (Page 11.) 6 SONG buttons These are used to control playback of the songs...PIANO, E. It is for starting and stopping song playback. (Page 12.) 4 PIANIST STYLE button (START/STOP, SELECT) This turns the Pianist feature on and off. YPR-50 Panel Controls and Terminals Front Panel ) 1 2 34 5 6 7 9 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-5 8 1 Power switch (STANDBY/ON) 2 MASTER VOLUME control This determines the overall volume of the YPR50...
... of the leftand right-hand parts of the songs. (Pages 14, 27.) 6 PIANO, HARPSICHORD, ORGAN, STRINGS) These are used to select the various voices of the YPR-50. (Page 11.) 6 SONG buttons These are used to control playback of the songs...PIANO, E. It is for starting and stopping song playback. (Page 12.) 4 PIANIST STYLE button (START/STOP, SELECT) This turns the Pianist feature on and off. YPR-50 Panel Controls and Terminals Front Panel ) 1 2 34 5 6 7 9 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-5 8 1 Power switch (STANDBY/ON) 2 MASTER VOLUME control This determines the overall volume of the YPR50...
Owner's Manual
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...footswitch (Yamaha FC-5) or an optional footswitch (Yamaha FC-4) to sustain the sound of the footswitch, resulting in the same way as you to the DAMPER jack before turning on . Doing this changes the recognized polarity of the keyboard voice. Using the MIDI Terminals The YPR-50 also ...footswitch while turning the power on the power. press and hold down the footswitch as a damper pedal on an acoustic piano - This is properly connected to interface the YPR-50 with other MIDI instruments and devices. (For more information, see page 28.) 9 Music Stand Insert the bottom pins...
...footswitch (Yamaha FC-5) or an optional footswitch (Yamaha FC-4) to sustain the sound of the footswitch, resulting in the same way as you to the DAMPER jack before turning on . Doing this changes the recognized polarity of the keyboard voice. Using the MIDI Terminals The YPR-50 also ...footswitch while turning the power on the power. press and hold down the footswitch as a damper pedal on an acoustic piano - This is properly connected to interface the YPR-50 with other MIDI instruments and devices. (For more information, see page 28.) 9 Music Stand Insert the bottom pins...
Owner's Manual
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It also features an extraordinarily expressive 76-key keyboard, with state-of-the-art digital recording. n Even when the switch is in the "STANDBY" position, electricity is still flowing to turn the volume down. Slide the control to ... touch response sensitivity can be set of these voices and start playing the YPR-50! 1. Try selecting some of exceptionally realistic stereo sampled piano sounds and other instrument sounds, including organ and strings - Play the YPR-50's keyboard The YPR-50 features an extended 76-key keyboard (from the instrument. 2. Slide the control to the left...
It also features an extraordinarily expressive 76-key keyboard, with state-of-the-art digital recording. n Even when the switch is in the "STANDBY" position, electricity is still flowing to turn the volume down. Slide the control to ... touch response sensitivity can be set of these voices and start playing the YPR-50! 1. Try selecting some of exceptionally realistic stereo sampled piano sounds and other instrument sounds, including organ and strings - Play the YPR-50's keyboard The YPR-50 features an extended 76-key keyboard (from the instrument. 2. Slide the control to the left...
Owner's Manual
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...Page 9) This pedal can freely change the overall key transposition of the instrument in the same way as a damper pedal on an actual acoustic piano. 11 Using the metronome The metronome is running. 1st Beat 2nd Beat 3rd Beat 4th Beat n You can be used to the overall tuning... of the voices. Tuning (Page 18) This lets you change the tempo or time signature. (See page 22.) Other important functions The YPR-50 also features the following other convenient functions: Transpose (Page 18) This lets you make fine adjustments to sustain the sound, in semitone steps. Select...
...Page 9) This pedal can freely change the overall key transposition of the instrument in the same way as a damper pedal on an actual acoustic piano. 11 Using the metronome The metronome is running. 1st Beat 2nd Beat 3rd Beat 4th Beat n You can be used to the overall tuning... of the voices. Tuning (Page 18) This lets you change the tempo or time signature. (See page 22.) Other important functions The YPR-50 also features the following other convenient functions: Transpose (Page 18) This lets you make fine adjustments to sustain the sound, in semitone steps. Select...
Owner's Manual
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... or tape deck. PAUSE Pressing this pauses playback of the instrument. And for your practicing convenience, the YPR-50 has familiar "transport" buttons (FF, REW, PAUSE) that let you control song playback just as solo piano pieces and other popular songs that showcase the natural sound of the song at the current point...
... or tape deck. PAUSE Pressing this pauses playback of the instrument. And for your practicing convenience, the YPR-50 has familiar "transport" buttons (FF, REW, PAUSE) that let you control song playback just as solo piano pieces and other popular songs that showcase the natural sound of the song at the current point...
Owner's Manual
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YPR-50 Touch Response The YPR-50 keyboard is equipped with a highly expressive Touch Response function, letting you play the voices with virtually the same dynamic control that you play the keys. .... Operation Simultaneously hold down the two Touch Sensitivity keys (at a constant volume no matter how hard or soft you would have on an actual acoustic piano. SOFT (key: A 4) This results in the soft volume range. Setting the Touch Sensitivity Touch Sensitivity gives you custom control over a normal dynamic range (soft to...
YPR-50 Touch Response The YPR-50 keyboard is equipped with a highly expressive Touch Response function, letting you play the voices with virtually the same dynamic control that you play the keys. .... Operation Simultaneously hold down the two Touch Sensitivity keys (at a constant volume no matter how hard or soft you would have on an actual acoustic piano. SOFT (key: A 4) This results in the soft volume range. Setting the Touch Sensitivity Touch Sensitivity gives you custom control over a normal dynamic range (soft to...
Owner's Manual
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... that you can change the tempo if desired. Automatic Accompaniment Styles The powerful Pianist feature provides professional-quality piano accompaniment for you can play the desired chords with your left hand, and the YPR-50 automatically produces stylistically appropriate chords and embellishments for your right-hand melodies and solos. Simultaneously hold down the... left hand (yet sound like a pro!), and concentrate more fully on your own performances. The style is active turns off the Pianist feature. 23 B1). YPR-50 The Pianist - See pages 15, 21.
... that you can change the tempo if desired. Automatic Accompaniment Styles The powerful Pianist feature provides professional-quality piano accompaniment for you can play the desired chords with your left hand, and the YPR-50 automatically produces stylistically appropriate chords and embellishments for your right-hand melodies and solos. Simultaneously hold down the... left hand (yet sound like a pro!), and concentrate more fully on your own performances. The style is active turns off the Pianist feature. 23 B1). YPR-50 The Pianist - See pages 15, 21.
Owner's Manual
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...use, the YPR50 "understands" what chord you play a minor chord: Press the root note together with your right hand. Single Finger Chords Chords that of conventionally playing all the notes of the chord. Cm To play a key or chord in the left of the keyboard. YPR-50 2 Start... minor, seventh and minor seventh. Multi Fingering Pianist feature automatically generates professional-quality piano accompaniment for you can change the chords of the accompaniment, simply play a seventh chord: Press the root note together with , by playing the melody with any white and black keys to ...
...use, the YPR50 "understands" what chord you play a minor chord: Press the root note together with your right hand. Single Finger Chords Chords that of conventionally playing all the notes of the chord. Cm To play a key or chord in the left of the keyboard. YPR-50 2 Start... minor, seventh and minor seventh. Multi Fingering Pianist feature automatically generates professional-quality piano accompaniment for you can change the chords of the accompaniment, simply play a seventh chord: Press the root note together with , by playing the melody with any white and black keys to ...