Practicing A One-Hand Part; Playing From The Top Of The Bar Including A Rest Or Blank - Yamaha 142 Owner's Manual

Practicing a One-Hand Part

All the Songs except for the Demo (page 17) let you turn on or off the left-hand and right-hand Parts individually.
By turning off [+R], for example, you can practice the right-hand Part while the left-hand Part is playing back, and vice
versa.
1
Select a Preset Song (page 22) or the User Song (page 24).
2
While holding down [PLAY], press [+R] or [–L] to turn the Part
on/off.
Pressing the same button repeatedly while holding down [PLAY] toggles playback
on and off. The lamp of the button lights to indicate that the corresponding Part is
on.
3
Practice the Part which is turned off.
To change the Tempo:
If desired, you can change the tempo for your practice convenience. For details,
refer to page 14.
4
Press [PLAY] to stop playback.
Playing from the top of the bar
including a rest or blank
This Quick Play feature enables you to specify whether a Song should play back
immediately from the very first note, or play back any silence or rests that exist before the
first note.
To turn on Quick Play:
Hold down [DEMO/SONG] and press the A -1 key to enable immediate playback from the
first note or first pedal operation.
To turn off Quick Play:
Hold down [DEMO/SONG] and press the lowest key (A-1) to play from the top of the first
measure (including a rest or blank).
Lowest key
or
Lamp lights when Part is on.
A -1
Lowest key
A-1
Advanced Operations
NOTE
Selecting another Song will
reset the on/off status.
NOTE
Default setting:
On
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