Displaying The Song Score - Yamaha PORTATONE PSR-S500 Owner's Manual

Using Songs

Displaying the Song Score

This instrument is capable of display the scores (notation) of Songs.
Scores are displayed for the preset Songs. Scores can also be displayed for Songs loaded from computer as
well as Songs played back from USB flash memory.
Although User Songs you record yourself cannot display a score as is, they can be converted to SMF (Stan-
dard MIDI File) format and stored to USB flash memory, from where they can be played with score display.
(Refer to "Convert a User Song to SMF Format and Save" on page 77.)
1
Select a Song.
Follow steps 1 and 2 of the procedure described on page 27.
2
Press the [SCORE] button and a single-staff score will
appear.
There are two types of score display: single-staff and double-staff.
These are alternately selected each time the [SCORE] button is pressed.
3
Press the [> > > > /■] button.
The Song will begin playing. The triangular cursor will move across the
top of the score to indicate the current location.
4
To return to the MAIN display, press the [EXIT] button.
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Single-staff
Double-staff
NOTE
• Both chords and lyrics will be
shown in single-staff score dis-
play of a Song that includes
chord and lyric data.
• When there are many lyrics in a
Marker
Song, they may be displayed in
two rows a measure.
• Some lyrics or chords may be
Melody score
abbreviated if the selected Song
has a lot of lyrics.
• Small notes that are hard to
Chord
read may be easier to read after
you use the quantize function
(page 72).
Lyrics
NOTE
• No lyrics are shown in double-
staff display.