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  • Page 1 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Intro Ending ..........15 Minor Chord Intro ......... 15 Start Stop ............16 Fill ............. 16 Original Owner/Purchaser: Register your New EZ4 Lowrey purchase instantly by visiting www.lowrey.com. Click on the Warranty Registration link at the top of the Lowrey home page.
  • Page 4: Important Safety Instructions

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  • Page 8 1. Power - Page 8 2. Home - Page 8 Pressing the Home button returns the EZ4 to its original power on setting. 3. Volumes - Page 8, 13, 22 Control the volume level of various sections of the EZ4.
  • Page 9: Control Panel

    TEMPO CHORD 11. Song Setup - Page 11, 28 Select a complete sound preset for a song from a list of titles loaded in the EZ4. 12. Display Used along with many features. Shows data, values and feature choices. 13. Feature Controls -...
  • Page 10: Let's Get Started

    Let’s Get Started Power Turn the EZ4 on by pressing the Power button on the left end of the control panel. The instrument will fully power up in just a few seconds. An Orchestra sound is on the upper keyboard. A Grand Piano sound is on the lower keyboard.
  • Page 11: Abc's

    ABC’s Each key on the EZ4 is clearly labeled to match the music in the Lowrey Songbook and Lowrey Magic class books. Follow the music and match the notes with the keys. MCS - Music Chord System is Lowrey’s easy-play feature that makes playing left hand chords easy.
  • Page 12: Listen

    Listen Performance of a demonstration song and 29 songs from the first three books of the Lowrey Magic course are in the EZ4. - Press the Songs button. The Display will show Demo Songs. - Press the bottom Scroll button for Chain Loop, which will play all 30 titles in sequence repeatedly. To begin Chain Loop play press the Start/Stop or Select button.
  • Page 13: Headphones

    When headphones are plugged into the headphone jack the speaker system is muted. The volume of the headphones will be controlled with the Volume Pedal, just like the speaker system of the EZ4. SLOWLY increase the headphone volume to a comfortable level.
  • Page 14: Music Styles

    - Play your melody notes on the upper keyboard and on the lower keyboard right of the split point. - Play your accompaniment chords on the lower keyboard left of the split point. Keyboard Split - F#3 Lowrey Virtual Orchestra...
  • Page 15: Style Controls

    - The value of the Tempo can be seen in the Display along with... Chord - lower keyboard chord/bass pedal being played Key - the key at which the EZ4 is set Lock Tempo keeps the tempo setting from changing, even though different Styles may be selected that would normally change the tempo.
  • Page 16: Easy

    Chord Memory and MCS (Music Chord System). See page 9. MCS lights above the lower keyboard match the color-coded chord symbols in your black Lowrey Songbook and the music used in the Lowrey Magic course. Red is C, blue is F, green is G. MCS responds in a musically correct fashion when you play multi-fingered chords or single-fingered chords.
  • Page 17: Seventh Chord

    Seventh Chord - Any seventh chord can be played with the conventional four notes or with two notes. The two note Seventh Chord formula for MCS is... chord letter name + two notes down. - The first note to play is the letter name of the chord. - The second note to play is two down (to the left) of the first note. For example, to play a C Seventh (C7) chord play the C note and the black B note to the left of C.
  • Page 18: Start Stop

    (Verse to Chorus) or whenever you feel like adding a break. Press and hold Fill for different lengths of time to hear different variations. Fill Fill may also be activated by pressing the Right Foot Switch. Lowrey Virtual Orchestra...
  • Page 19: Sounds

    Sounds Instrumental sounds for the upper and lower keyboard are arranged in categories of instruments in the Sounds section. - Press one of the instrument category buttons (Organs, Pianos, Strings, Ensemble...). - Press either Scroll button to select an instrumental sound within the selected category. - Instrument choices are shown in the Display.
  • Page 20: Orchestral

    - Press and hold a Sound button. Press either Scroll button to select a sound within the button. Watch the Display to see the sound names. - While holding the first button press and release a second Sound button, then release the first sound button. The first sound button pressed will be lighted. The second sound button pressed will flash on and off. - Press either Scroll button to select a sound within the second button. - Play and hear both sounds. Lowrey Virtual Orchestra...
  • Page 21: Orchestral On/Off

    Orchestral On/Off controls Orchestral sounds on the Upper Keyboard. - With the Orchestral On/Off button lighted orchestral sounds play on the Upper Keyboard. - When using Organs and Orchestral sound combinations, the Orchestral On/Off feature lets you hear or silence the orchestral sound while continuing to play the Organs sound.
  • Page 22: Harmony

    - Any upper keyboard sound may be used. Hint: Alternate between any - Fake It! works with or without a Style. two note, along with a Music - Fake It! follows your lower keyboard chord changes. Style, on the upper keyboard. Lowrey Virtual Orchestra...
  • Page 23: Lower

    Lower Keyboard Sounds The Lower category sound buttons are used to select instrumental sounds for the lower keyboard. - Press the Ensemble or More button. - Press either Scroll button to select different instruments. - Instrument choices are shown in the Display. Ensemble More Strings...
  • Page 24: Glide / Sustain

    - Release the Foot Switch to stop the Sustain effect. Bass sounds are completely preset on the EZ4 and are included in Music Styles, Style Setups, and Song Setups. The Auto Bass feature is activated when the EASY button is lighted or any Music Style is selected.
  • Page 25: Features

    Features There are seven Feature items that control certain aspects of EZ4 performance. Some Features are preset by Lowrey while other are player activated. All Feature selections are shown on the Display. Features are manipulated using the Feature, Select and Scroll buttons.
  • Page 26: Drums Only

    +1 Raises the pitch of a sound by one octave. - Press the Feature button. - Press either Scroll button to show Orch. Octave in the Display. - Press the Select button. - Press either Scroll button to change. - Press the Feature button to set. Lowrey Virtual Orchestra...
  • Page 27: Orchestral Level

    - Press the bottom Scroll button to decrease volume. - Press the Feature button to set. 7. Transpose easily changes the pitch of the EZ4 up or down. Play a song learned in one key as usual and have Transpose let you hear it in another.
  • Page 28: Mcs Chord Chart

    /A/C N.C. - NO CHORD Pressing 3, 4, or 5 half steps at the same time, for example: C, C , D -or- F, F , G, A results in a No Chord (printed N.C. on music). Lowrey Virtual Orchestra...
  • Page 29: Songs List

    Songs List Demo Songs Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ra Music! Music! Music! Just a Closer Walk With Thee Jingle Bells Aloha Oe Marianne Rocky Top When the Saints Go Marching In Paper Roses Beautiful Brown Eyes Spanish Eyes Little Brown Jug Release Me Love Me Tender Take Me Out to the Ballgame...
  • Page 30: Song Setup List

    How Great Thou Art Woodchoppers’ Ball I Can’t Get Started with You Yakety Sax I Left My Heart in San Francisco Yesterday I’m Getting Sentimental Over You You Are My Sunshine In The Mood Your Cheatin’ Heart Lowrey Virtual Orchestra...
  • Page 31: Assembling The Bench

    A poorly assembled bench can cause injury. CAUTION: 1. Do not use the bench for any purpose other than its intended use as the EZ4 bench. 2. Only one person at a time may sit on the bench. 3. Be sure all bolts are firmly tightened during the final stage of assembly.
  • Page 32: Warranty

    Lowrey shall not be responsible for any warranties offered in addition to this warranty. Lowrey shall not be liable for and excludes incidental or consequential damages which may be incurred. Implied warranties are limited to the expressed warranty. Some states do not allow these limitations. Therefore, you may have other legal rights which vary from state to state.
  • Page 34 EZ4 Owner’s Guide 993.048617.000 953000 Lowrey • 847 North Church Court • Elmhurst • Illinois • USA • 60126-1036 www.lowrey.com Copyright © 2012 Lowrey Organ Company All Rights Reserved...

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