Practicing A One-Hand Part; Playing From The Beginning Of A Measure That Includes Rest Or Silence - Yamaha YDP143R Owner's Manual

Practicing a One-Hand Part

All the Songs except for the Demo (page 19) let you turn on or off the left-hand and right-hand Parts
individually. By turning off [+R], for example, you can practice the right-hand Part while the left-hand Part
is playing back, and vice versa.
1.
Select a Preset Song (page 24) or the User Song (page 26).
2.
While holding down [PLAY], press [+R] or [–L] to turn the
Part on/off.
Pressing the same button repeatedly while holding down [PLAY] toggles playback
on and off. The lamp of the button lights to indicate that the corresponding Part is
on.
3.
Practice the Part which is turned off.
To change the Tempo:
If desired, you can change the tempo for your practice convenience. For details,
refer to page 17.
4.
Press [PLAY] to stop playback.

Playing from the Beginning of a Measure that Includes Rest or Silence

This Quick Play feature enables you to specify whether a Song should play back
immediately from the very first note, or play back any silence or rests that exist
before the first note.
To turn on Quick Play:
Hold down [DEMO/SONG] and press the A♯-1 key to enable immediate
playback from the first note or first pedal operation.
To turn off Quick Play:
Hold down [DEMO/SONG] and press the lowest key (A-1) to play from the top
of the first measure (including a rest or blank).
or
A♯-1
Lowest key
Lowest key (A-1)
Lamp lights when Part is on.
Song Playback and Practice
NOTE
Selecting another Song will
reset the on/off status.
Default setting:
On
YDP-163/YDP-143 Owner's Manual
25