Keyboard And Vocal Practice Using The Guide Function - Yamaha Tyros4 Reference Manual

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Keyboard and Vocal Practice Using the Guide Function

The Guide functions provide convenient learning and practicing tools to help you master the instrument. By pressing the
[SCORE] button, you can have the notation of the Song displayed, showing the notes you should play and when you
should play them, for ease in learning. The Tyros4 also features a convenient vocal practice tool that controls the timing
of Song playback while you sing along (when singing into a connected microphone.)
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Select the desired Song for practicing the keyboard or singing.
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Call up the setting display.
[FUNCTION]  [B] SONG SETTING
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Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the desired Guide function
type.
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Guide menu for keyboard practice
• Follow Lights: When this is selected, Song playback pauses, waiting for you to
play the notes correctly. When you play the correct notes, Song playback con-
tinues. Follow Lights was developed for the Yamaha Clavinova series. This
function is used for practicing purposes, with built-in lamps on the keyboard
indicating the notes to be played. Even though the Tyros4 does not have these
lamps, you can use the same function by following the indications in the dis-
played notation with the Song Score function.
• Any Key: With this function, you can play the melody of a Song just by pressing
a single key (any key is OK) in time with the rhythm. Song playback pauses
and waits for you to play any key. Simply play a key on the keyboard in time
with the music and Song playback continues.
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On some commercially available Song data, certain settings related to the Song (such
as Voice selection, volume, etc.) are recorded to the first measure, before the actual
note data. When Quick Start is set to "ON," the Tyros4 reads all initial non-note data
of the Song at the highest possible speed, then automatically slows down to the appro-
priate tempo at the first note. This allows you to start playback as quickly as possible,
with a minimum pause for reading of data.
See page 60.
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