Yamaha PortaTone PSR-202 Owner's Manual - Lesson 1 — Timing

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Song Lesson

The Lesson feature provides an exceptionally fun and easy-to-use way to learn how to read 

music and play the keyboard.  All of the 75 songs of the PSR-202 can be used with these edu-

cational features.   Lesson lets you practice the left- and right-hand parts of each song inde-

pendently, step by step, until you’ve mastered them and are ready to practice with both hands 

together.  These practices are divided into four Lesson steps, as described below.  Lessons 1 - 

3 apply to each hand; press the appropriate button, L (left) or R (right) to select the desired part 

for practice.

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 Lesson 1 — Timing

This lesson step lets you practice just the timing of the notes — any note 

can be used, as long as you play in rhythm. 

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 Lesson 2 — Waiting

In this lesson step, the PSR-202 waits for you to play the correct notes 

before continuing playback of the song. 

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 Lesson 3 — Minus One

This lesson step plays back the song with one part muted, letting you play 

and master the missing part yourself — in rhythm and at the proper tempo.

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 Lesson 4 — Both Hands

Lesson 4 is a “Minus One” practice essentially the same as Lesson 3, 

except that both the left- and right-hand parts are muted — letting you play 

and master both hands at the same time. 

Using the Lesson Feature

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  Select one of the Lesson songs.

Press the [SONG] button, then use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to 

select the desired song (from #025 – #099).

Many of the songs are divided into different categories or music genres, 

including Piano/Classical, World and Christmas songs.

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