Yamaha PortaTone PSR-280 Owner's Manual page 61

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Select the part you wish to work on (left or right) and the
Lesson step.
If you want to work on the right-hand part, press the [R] button; to work on
the left, press the [L] button. Pressing either button repeatedly cycles
through the available Lesson steps in order: Lesson 1 → Lesson 2 → Lesson
3 → Off → Lesson 1, etc. The selected Lesson step is indicated in the dis-
play.
L 1
L 2
L 3
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To select Lesson 4, press both [L] and [R] buttons simultaneously.
3
Start the Lesson.
The Lesson and song playback start automatically (following a lead-in
count) as soon as the Lesson step is selected. When the Lesson is finished,
your performance "grade" is shown in the display (if the Grade function is
turned on; page 65). After a short pause, the Lesson begins again automati-
cally.
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Press the [START/STOP] button to stop the Lesson.
The PSR-280 exits from the Lesson feature automatically when the [START/
STOP] button is pressed.
(Song Lesson off)
Lr4
r1
r1
r2
r3
(Song Lesson off)
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• When the Talking function (page
66) is on, the PSR-280
"announces" the current Lesson
step.
• When a DJ song is selected, the
left (L) and right (R) lessons are
identical.
Asterisks appear indicating
the timing at which you
should play the notes. The
line of asterisks represents
one full measure. Sixteenth
notes are indicated by an
alternating asterisk and
sharp sign.
(for songs having a "free"
tempo, no such indications
appear.) see page 13
Song Lesson
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