Yamaha RY8 Owner's Manual page 50

SELECTING A FUNCTION - Hold [MODE] and press [PAGE+] and [PAGE-] to
step through the various functions. The LCD will display information about the status
of each function as you step through them.
SELECTING A SONG - When you enter Song Play Mode, you can go ahead and
select a song. Otherwise, you must position the flashing cursor over the word
"SONG" by pressing [2]. Then, press [+1] and [-1] to select a Preset (#00 ~
#49) or User (#50 ~ #99) song, or the Demo song. (While the song is
stopped, you can press [2] and [1] to position the flashing cursor over the
song number, backing name or pattern number.)
STARTING AND STOPPING THE SONG PLAYBACK - Press [PLAY] to start the
song playback. Press [STOP] to stop the song playback. Pressing [PLAY]
again will continue the song playback from the stop position.
DESIGNATING THE SONG START MEASURE - When the song playback is
stopped, press [TOP] to designate the top of the song, or press [BWD] or
[FWD] to designate a particular measure. Then, pressing [PLAY] will start the
song playback from the designated measure.
To step through each measure one-by-one, press [BWD] or [FWD] once or more. To scroll through a
series of measures, press and hold [FWD] or [BWD], respectively.
CHANGING THE BACKING - To temporarily select a different backing to hear
how it sounds with the current rhythm pattern (even while the song is
playing), press [2] or [1] to position the flashing cursor over the backing name.
Then press [+1] and [-1] to select one of the 200 backing
accompaniments. The very last selection on the list is "BKOFF", which lets
you turn the backing
off.
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