Practicing Music With The Guide Functions - Yamaha Clavinova CVP-900 Owner's Manual

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Practicing Music with the Guide Functions

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Select the desired practice function from the SONG SETTING page in the
FUNCTION display (page 137).
Selects the specific practice function.
Turns the key guide lamps on/off.
Determines the timing by which the key
guide lamps light.
JUST ..... The guide lamp lights in time
with the music, at the same
time you should play the
appropriate notes.
NEXT..... The guide lamps light slightly
ahead of the music, indicating
the notes you should play
next. The guide lamp flashes if
you do not play the key with
the correct timing.
Determines the channel for
playing back the harmony
sound of the Vocoder.
2
Select the desired song (page 75, 77) and mute the track you wish to practice
(page 78).
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4
Start the song and try playing the part you've muted.
Adjust the tempo by using the TEMPO [
5
REC TOP START / STOP
NEW SONG SYNC.START
Stop the song.
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Determines whether phrase mark sections in the song will be repeatedly
played back or not. When this is set to ON, the specified measures of the
phrase play back repeatedly. Call up the SONG POSITION display by
pressing either the [REW] button or the [FF] button, and select "PHRASE
MARK" by pressing the [J] button. Set the desired phrase mark number
by using the [REW] and [FF] buttons.
REC TOP START / STOP REW FF
NEW SONG SYNC.START
REC TOP START / STOP REW
NEW SONG SYNC.START
][
REW FF REPEAT
1 2 3 4 5 6
REPEAT GUIDE
FF REPEAT GUIDE
] buttons (page 51).
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To turn the practice function, press the
button again.
For details on the SONG SET-
TING display, see page 137.
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The guide lamps light
according to song channel
recorded to Tracks 1 and 2
and the chord data in the
song (when such data is
included). Normally, you can
leave the AUTO SET CH
function set to ON, and the
song channel will automati-
cally be set. If the results
aren't satisfactory, you'll
need to match the Channel
Setting "TRK1 CH" and
"TRK2 CH" parameters to
the appropriate right- and
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left-hand parts.
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Vocoder
This lets you indicate or
"play" the harmony notes
from the keyboard.
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Phrase Mark
This data specifies a certain
location in the song data.
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Track 1 or Tracks 1 & 2 are
automatically selected for
practicing when calling the
practice function — as long
as you haven't muted the
track to be practiced.
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The key guide lamps some-
times light an octave or two
lower/higher than the actual
pitch. Any notes outside of
the 88-key range cannot be
indicated by the key guide
lamps.
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If the right- and left-hand
parts recorded to the song
data have not been properly
separated, the practice func-
tions may not work as
expected.
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