Using The Music Database - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-550 Owner's Manual

Using the Music Database

If you want to play in a certain genre of music but don't know which style (page 32) and voice (page 26)
settings would be appropriate, simply select the desired genre from the Music Database. The PSR-550
automatically makes all appropriate panel settings to let you play in that music style!
1
Press the [MUSIC DATABASE] button.
The MUSIC DATABASE menu appears in the display.
2
Select a ''Music Database.''
Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button, the [-/NO] button or the number buttons
[1]-[0].
The PSR-550 has 220 panel setups in the Music Database and they are divided
into eleven different categories. You can select different Music Database
categories in succession by using the Direct Access function.
To select the first Music Database of the next available category, first press the
[DIRECT ACCESS] button, then press the [MUSIC DATABASE] button.
See page 21 for details about the Direct Access function.
In this example, we'll select #220 "Xmas Night" and play the song "Silent
Night." (The sheet music is provided on the next page.)
3
Play the chords with your left hand and the melody lines with
your right hand along with the music.
As soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the auto accompaniment
starts.
For information on how to enter chords, see ''Chord Fingerings'' on page 38.
14
CHORD
BACK NEXT
119 EASY
6
dim NAVIGATOR
513 START/STOP KEYBOARD
7
mM augsus4
CHORD
BACK
119
6
dim
513 START/STOP
7
mM augsus4
0 ~ 9
TRACK(1~16)
PART DIAL /YES
BEAT
NEXT TRACK(1~16) 0 ~ 9
EASY
NAVIGATOR /YES
KEYBOARD PART DIAL
BEAT
• Press the [MUSIC
DATABASE] button to switch
into the Style mode, turn
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT
on, and turn SYNCHRO-
NIZED START on. See page
25 for details.
Music Database List
(page 131)
POP HITS
001 Alive Fever
002 Alive Synth
003 Croco Rock
028 YesterGuitar
SWING & JAZZ
029 Days of Sax
056 Wonderland
EVERGREEN
057 Black Forest
086 Wonder World
• See pages 32 through 41 for
details about the Auto
Accompaniment.