Playing The Keyboard; Using The Lcd Display - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-S700 Owner's Manual

Application Index
Starting up before turning the power on
• Setting up the music rest.......................................................................................................................................... page 18
• Connecting headphones.......................................................................................................................................... page 18
• Turning the power on/off ......................................................................................................................................... page 17
Listening to the PSR-S900/S700
• Playing the Demos .................................................................................................................................................. page 24
• Playing songs........................................................................................................................................................... page 36
– Playing a Preset Song ........................................................................................................................................... page 36
– Turning parts (channels) of the Song on/off......................................................................................................... page 146
– Adjusting the balance between the Song and keyboard...................................................................................... page 144
• Playing Styles ........................................................................................................................................................ page 106
– Playing Preset Styles............................................................................................................................................. page 46
– Turning parts (channels) of the Style on/off ......................................................................................................... page 108
– Adjusting the balance between the Style and keyboard...................................................................................... page 111
• Playing the Multi Pads ............................................................................................................................................. page 52

Playing the Keyboard

• Selecting a Voice (RIGHT1) and playing the keyboard ............................................................................................. page 84
• Playing two or three Voices simultaneously ............................................................................................................. page 85
• Playing different Voices with the left and right hands ............................................................................................... page 86
• Playing the drum/percussion Voices......................................................................................................................... page 83
• Super Articulation voices (PSR-S900)....................................................................................................................... page 83
• Mega Voices ............................................................................................................................................................ page 83
• Setting the touch sensitivity of the keyboard ............................................................................................................ page 33
• Turning Initial Touch on or off for each keyboard part (RIGHT1, 2, LEFT)................................................................. page 53
• Setting the Modulation wheel for each keyboard part (RIGHT 1, 2, LEFT)................................................................ page 33
Practicing the keyboard performance
• Using the Metronome.............................................................................................................................................. page 34
• Displaying and playing along with the music notation of the song during playback................................................. page 39
Selecting the programs of the PSR-S900/S700
• Voices ..................................................................................................................................................................... page 83
• Styles..................................................................................................................................................................... page 106
• Multi Pad banks..................................................................................................................................................... page 132
• Songs .................................................................................................................................................................... page 140
• Music Finder records ...................................................................................................................................... pages 55, 111
• Registration Memory bank..................................................................................................................................... page 138
• Registration Memory number ................................................................................................................................ page 138
• One Touch Setting numbers..................................................................................................................................... page 51
• Harmony/Echo types ............................................................................................................................................... page 89
• MIDI templates...................................................................................................................................................... page 206
• Effect types .............................................................................................................................................................. page 95
• Vocal Harmony types (PSR-S900) .......................................................................................................................... page 184
• Master EQ types ...................................................................................................................................................... page 97

Using the LCD display

• Understanding and using the Main display .............................................................................................................. page 26
• Viewing the Song Lyrics on the LCD display ............................................................................................................ page 58
• Viewing the Song Score on the LCD display ............................................................................................................ page 39
• Viewing text files on the LCD display (PSR-S900) .................................................................................................... page 58
• Showing the display contents on a separate TV monitor (PSR-S900) ...................................................................... page 194
Playing Style chords with your left hand and melodies with your right
• Learning how to play specific chord types ..............................................................Chord Tutor .............................. page 50
• Learning how to play (indicate) chords for Style playback.......................................Chord Fingering........................ page 50
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