Playing Back A Song; Accessing The Song Play Mode; How To Select A Song - Korg Concert C-540 User Manual

Playing back a song

The C-540 incorporates a multitrack recorder, with which you
can record and play back songs. Since you can turn off a single
part (say, the left hand), and leave another part playing (say,
the right hand), this can be very useful for practicing.
Together with the C-540 come a huge number of classical
songs (185), with which you can play along for practicing or
for enjoying your preferred tunes. Songs are organized in "al-
bums", that include famous lesson books (Beyer, Burgmüller),

Accessing the Song Play mode

After you press the SONG PLAY button, the Song Play page
appears:
Song name
01-Prelude 1
M:--- 4/4
Current measure

How to select a song

To play a song, you must first select it from an album. Songs
are contained into a permanent memory, and are preserved
when turning the instrument off.
1.
Press the SONG SELECT button to access the Song Selec-
tion page:
Album:SongBook
01-Prelude 1
2.
Use the +/YES and -/NO buttons to select one of the avail-
able songs inside the selected album. If the name is longer
than the display, it will scroll up to the end, then returns to
the beginning.
3.
To select a different album, use the SCROLL
move the cursor to the first line of the display:
Album:SongBook
01-Prelude 1
Scroll
Album:SongBook
01-Prelude 1
120
Tempo
Time signature
Album
Song
button to
Playing back a song > Accessing the Song Play mode
a collection of famous songs, and all the pieces included in the
supplied SongBook.
The recorder can also read 16-track songs in the Standard
MIDI Files (SMF) format, that can be created on a computer
or easily found on the market or in the public domain. Please
note that, while the C-540 complies with General MIDI (GM)
sound mapping, it does not include all GM sounds. For a de-
tailed list of sounds, see page 283.
To return to the Main page, just press one of the sound selec-
tion buttons to select a sound, or press the EXIT button. The
selected song will still be active, but you will no longer see its
name in the display, until you press the SONG PLAY button
again.
As an alternative, you can use the first six sound select
buttons to choose an album. See table on the next page.
4.
Use the +/YES and -/NO buttons to select one of the avail-
able albums. Various song albums are available (see
page 283 for a detailed list of the included songs):
Album Content
UserSong Songs created using the internal
recorder, or created with an exter-
nal sequencer and then trans-
ferred to the C-540 via a USB
connection (see page 53)
SongBook All the songs of the supplied
SongBook
Classics A collection of famous classical
pieces
Beyer A The "Preparatory School, Op. 101"
lesson book by Ferdinand Beyer,
Beyer B
splitted in two separate parts (A
and B)
Burgmlr Burgmüller's "25 Easy and Pro-
gressive Studies, Op. 100" lesson
book
Correspondin
g sound
button
(1) PIANO 1
(2) PIANO 2
(3) E.PIANO 1
(4) E.PIANO 2
(5) HARPSI/
CLAV
(6) VIBES/
GUITAR
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