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Yamaha Electone STAGEA ELB-01 Playing Manual

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Summary of Electone STAGEA ELB-01

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    Elb-01 playing the elb-01 tutorial en.

  • Page 2: About This  Manual

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 2 about this manual (read this first!) this manual is made up of two sections, part 1 and part 2. Part 1 covers basic information about playing the electone, including the proper playing posture, and selecting voices and rhythms. Part 2 focuses on more advanced topics, ...

  • Page 3: Contents

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 3 contents about this manual ........................................................ 2 part 1 using the electone ........................... 4 turning on the power .................................................... 4 sounds ..............................................

  • Page 4: Part 1

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 4 part 1 using the electone turning on the power sitting sit on the bench so that you’re roughly at the center of the electone. Position yourself so that your ‘belly button’ is roughly in line with the central “e” key on the lower keyboard. The posture put your hands on...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 5 right foot put your right foot on the expression pedal. Be careful to keep your original posture when you use the pedal, since moving the pedal with your foot may throw your body slightly off balance. Turn on the electone by pressing the [power] switch. Set the master...

  • Page 6: Sounds

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 6 sounds try out any one of the keyboards! Keep in mind that the sounds made by each of the keyboards may be different. You can select the desired voice for each of the keyboards—the upper keyboard, lower keyboard and pedalboard. The secret behind the upper keyboard sou...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 7 to begin with, select a upper keyboard voice press the [strings] button in the upper keyboard voice 1/2 section. Try playing some of the keys on the upper keyboard, and check out the strings sound. Take a look at the display on the panel you may not be able to notice ...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 8 naturally, you can select any of the other strings or violin voices hidden away in the [strings] button. These hidden voices can be displayed and selected by turning the data control dial. For example, we’ll call up the voice “19: viola” here. Try out keys on the uppe...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 9 next, try playing a piano voice press the [piano] button and try playing the keys on the upper keyboard. Now, the electone sounds just like a piano. The [piano] button also has various hidden piano sounds in it. Select the desired piano voice by using the data control...

  • Page 10: Play The Rhythm

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 10 play the rhythm your electone is also a rhythm expert, and there are various rhythm buttons on the panel. Let’s play one of the rhythm patterns now. Press the [pops] button. Press the [start] button to start the rhythm! Hidden in the [pops] button are many different ...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 11 want to slow down the rhythm, or speed it up? You can adjust the rhythm tempo with the tempo buttons. Pressing the [ ▲ ] button increases the tempo, while pressing the [ ▼ ] button decrease it. To instantly restore the original tempo setting, press the [ ▲ ][ ▼ ] but...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 12 play the voice and rhythm at the same time thanks to the registration menu buttons, you can call up both voices and a rhythm at the same time—with one simple button press. Here, we’ll select a march registration with one of the registration menu buttons. Press the [1...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 13 did you know that you can add your own bass notes sounds to the rhythm playback? Play the c pedal in rhythm on the first and third beats with your left foot on the pedalboard while holding down the c chord with your left hand on the lower keyboard. Can you hear the b...

  • Page 14: Other Fun Features

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 14 other fun features the electone voices can also be enhanced with effects, such as reverb, phaser and so on. What’s more, you can play specific keyboard percussion sounds—such as snare drum, toms and congas—assigned to the individual keys of the upper and lower keyboa...

  • Page 15: Part 2

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 15 part 2 playing the scores in part1, you learned how to start playing your electone. Now in part 2, you can actually perform on the instrument using the scores. First, we’ll show you how to play the specific keys for the notes written in the score, and tell you a litt...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 16 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● scores below are some score examples for the electone. Melody score (one staff) play the melody with your right hand. The letters printed above the score (in this case...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 17 performance marks on the score these special performance marks indicate which buttons you should press on the panel and when you should press them while playing the electone. In the example below, first press the intro [3] button, then press the [synchro start] butto...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 18 intro 3 + rhythm synchro start ending 2 (with right hand) when the saints go marching in american folk song.

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 19 “when the saints go marching in” is an traditional american spiritual, and is most closely associated with the birthplace of jazz, new orleans. Performed in parades, blues and jazz festivals and popularized by many—most notably, louis armstrong—it is a well-loved tun...

  • Page 20: Registration Menu

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 20 selecting the registration for performing from the registration menu simply select the registration from the registration menu and play the song. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● selecting the registr...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 21 playing “when the saints go marching in” press the intro [3] button in the rhythm section. Press the [synchro start] button. The lamp above the [synchro start] button will light, indicating that the synchro start standby mode has been engaged. What is synchro start s...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 22 play a c chord with your left hand on the lower keyboard and a c note with your foot on the pedalboard, referring as needed to “chords” on page 19. As soon as you play the c chord, a gorgeous introduction with full accompaniment will begin playing. Let the introducti...

  • Page 23: Memo

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 23 memo.

  • Page 24: Jupiter

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 24 memory intro 1 + rhythm start fill in b jupiter composer gustav holst.

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 25 memory fill in b (with left hand) ending 1 (with left hand).

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 26 “jupiter” is one of the seven movements in the magnificent orchestral suite “the planets” by the british composer gustav holst. This suite was completed in 1916 and is based on the concept of the planets of our solar system. “jupiter” is one of the more well-known an...

  • Page 27: Registration Menu

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 27 selecting the registrations for performing from the registration menu to play this tune, you’ll need to use two registrations, memory 1 and memory 2. For memory 1, select one of the registration menu buttons (as you did in “when the saints go marching in”). For memor...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 28 store the setting to the registration memory [1] button. While holding down the [m.] (memory) button in the registration memory section, press the [1] button—to which the registration will be stored. When the registration is stored, the led above the [1] button flash...

  • Page 29: 2-1

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 29 the upper keyboard voice of the registration selected in step 1 above is a strings voice. You can create a richer, more dramatic sound by changing the feet of the strings voice—to better bring out the melody played on the upper keyboard. 2-1 press the [strings] butto...

  • Page 30: 3-1

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 30 “timpani 1” is set for the pedal voice 2 in the selected registration. Make it a little more simple and sparse, by muting pedal voice 2. 3-1 press the [voice section] button at the top left on the panel to light up lamp [2] in the voice section as shown below. When t...

  • Page 31: 4-1

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 31 set the auto bass chord (a.B.C.) function what is the a.B.C. Function? The a.B.C. Function works with the rhythm section of the electone to automatically produce bass accompaniment as you play. It adds an entirely new dimension to your performance by effectively putt...

  • Page 32: 4-4

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 32 4-4 press the [d] button to turn pedal memory on. What is pedal memory? When pedal memory is set to on, the pedalboard voices and bass accompaniment keep playing even after you release your foot from the pedalboard, while the rhythm plays. This is useful when you pla...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 33 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● saving the registrations to a usb flash memory device now that you’ve stored the created registrations to the numbered buttons on the panel, you should save them to an...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 34 select a blank song “new song” to which you want to save the registration data. To select a “new song,” press the [d] button to enter the media, and the selected new song is shown at the bottom of the display. If “new song” is not displayed, turn the data control dia...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 35 press the [b] button corresponding to [exe] in the display. A message appears, indicating the registration data is currently being saved. After the message disappears, the song to which the registration is recorded is automatically named “song xx” (xx indicates the n...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 36 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● recalling recorded registrations load back the registrations in the media to the electone so that you can use the settings for performing “jupiter.” insert the usb fla...

  • Page 37: Playing “Jupiter”

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 37 playing “jupiter” press the registration memory [1] button press the intro [1] button in the rhythm section. Memory fill in b (with left hand) ending 1 (with left hand) memory intro 1 + rhythm start fill in b 1 2 4 6 3 5 5 1 2.

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 38 press the [start] button in the rhythm section. Start playing from the fourth beat in the first bar. Press the fill in [b] button in the rhythm section with your left hand at the point in the score marked “fill in b.” press the fill in [b] button in the rhythm sectio...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 39 after playing the melody, press the ending [1] button with your left hand at the point marked “ending 1 (with left hand)” in the score. Press the ending [1] button with your left hand at the third beat in the last measure. The rhythm will automatically stop after the...

  • Page 40: Electone Chords

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 40 electone chords ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) c c m c 6 d 6 c 7 c m 7 c m 7 e ( d ) d ( c ) b ( a ) c m ( d m ) d m ( e m ) d 6 ( c 6 ) e 6 ( d 6 ) d 7 ( c 7 ) c m 7 ( d m 7 ) c m 7 ( d m 7 ) d d m d 7 d m 7 d m 7 e 7 ( d 7 ) d m 7 ( e m 7 ) d m 7 ( e m 7 ) e e m e 6 e 7 e...

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    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 41 this chord chart shows the notes you should play when auto bass chord (a.B.C.) is set to custom. When the accompaniment mode is set to off or fingered, make sure to also play the proper root note on the lower keyboard, which is indicated here in the pedalboard graphi...

  • Page 42: Memo

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 42 memo.

  • Page 43: Memo

    Playing the elb-01 — tutorial 43 memo.

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    U.R.G., pro audio & digital musical instrument division, yamaha corporation © 2005 yamaha corporation wf12610 510mwap3.3-01a0 printed in china ..