Playing Back A Prerecorded Tune - Radio Shack MD-981 Owner's Manual

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board, or you can turn off a tune's melo-
dy or accompaniment and play along on
the keyboard.
Playing Back a Prerecorded
Tune
1. Press . An indicator appears
SONG
next to SONG and the number of
the current tune appears.
Note: The keyboard always selects
the tune "A Whole New World" (No.
00) the first time you press
after turning the power on.
2. Choose a tune from the 100
SONGS list and enter its two-digit
number on the keypad.
Or, you can press
the next higher or lower numbered
tune.
Notes:
• Precede a single-digit number
with a 0. For example, to select
07 ("O Christmas Tree"), press
7 .
• If you enter an incorrect first digit,
press SONG to clear your entry,
then enter the correct digit.
3. Press PLAY/PAUSE
to start playing the tune.
You can change the tune by repeat-
ing Step 2 even while a tune is play-
ing. The new tune immediately
begins to play.
As a tune plays, the display shows:
10
SONG
or to move to
– +
0
or START/STOP
Operation
• a "score" to show you the notes
that are playing (right side of the
display)
• a "keyboard" to show you the fin-
gering and which
pressed (bottom of the display)
• a "metronome" to show you the
selected tempo — the metro-
nome's bar swings along with the
tempo you selected, and the
black dots above the metronome
show the beat count in the mea-
sure
• the chord name (except for tunes
80 to 99, center right of the dis-
play)
• "hands" that show the fingering to
play the tune and chords
Note: Each tune plays a different
preset tone for the melody, but you
can change to another tone even
while the tune is playing. Follow the
steps under "Selecting/Playing a
Preset Tone" on Page 12 to select a
different tone.
4. Use
MAIN VOLUME
overall volume as desired.
To adjust only the accompaniment
volume (except tunes 80 to 99),
press
ACCOMP VOLUME
keys are
to adjust the
then enter