Using The Metronome; Adjusting The Tempo - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-A1000 Owner's Manual

Using the Metronome

The metronome provides a click sound, giving you an accurate tempo guide when you practice, or letting you hear and
check how a specific tempo sounds.
The metronome starts by pressing the [METRONOME] button. Adjust the
tempo by using the TEMPO[
To stop the metronome, press the [METRONOME] button again.

Adjusting the Tempo

This section shows you to adjust the playback tempo — which not only affects the metronome, but also the playback of
a song or an accompaniment style.
1
TEMPO
RESET
Press either the TEMPO [
button or the [ ] button.
Press this to
E
close the
ND
TEMPO display.
METRO-
NOME
] [ ] buttons (see below).
2
TAP TEMPO
Adjust the tempo by using either the TEMPO [
[ ] buttons or the [DATA ENTRY] dial.
]
The number in the display indicates how many
quarter-note beats there are in one minute. The
range is between 5 and 500. The higher the value,
the faster the tempo.
EXIT When you change the tempo, both tempos of the
current song and style will be changed to the same
tempo. To restore their respective default (initial)
tempo settings, press both the TEMPO [
buttons simultaneously. Also refer to the "Tempo
Indications — MAIN display" (page 48) for more
about tempo.
Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data
TAP TEMPO
TEMPO
RESET
]
] [ ]
The sound, volume level,
and the beat (time signature)
of the metronome can all be
changed (page 132).
Songs and accompaniment
styles have been given
default (initial) tempo
settings, designed to best
suit the song/style.
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