Yamaha PortaTone PSR-73 Owner's Manual

Manual is about: Yamaha PortaTone OWNER'S MANUAL PSR-73

Summary of PortaTone PSR-73

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    Contents getting started ............................. Playing your new portatone ....... Voice mode ................................... Style mode .................................... Song mode .................................... Troubleshooting ........................ Percussion assign list (voi...

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    1 y o u n o w o w n a p o r t a b l e k e y b o a r d t h a t p a c k s a d v a n c e d f u n c t i o n s a n d g r e a t s o u n d i n a h i g h l y c o m p a c t s i z e . I t s o u t s t a n d i n g f e a t u r e s a l s o m a k e i t a n e x c e p t i o n a l l y e x p r e s s i v e a n d v e r ...

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    Power requirements your portatone can run either on batteries (sold sepa- rately) or on normal household current by using the optional yamaha pa-3/4/40 power adaptor. Using an ac power adaptor to connect your portatone to a wall socket, you will need the optionally available yamaha pa-3/4/40 power a...

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    Playing your new portatone turning on the power press the power on/off button to turn on the power of the portatone. Whenever the power is turned on, voice 01 (piano) is automatically selected. Selecting a mode your portatone has three different operating modes: voice, style and song — each selected...

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    2. To play the selected song, press the start/ stop button . Note that the dots in the multi display flash in time with the music. The left dot flashes at the first beat of every measure, and the right dot flashes at the other beats. (for more information on the multi display, see box at right.) 3. ...

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    Voice mode t h e v o i c e m o d e f e a t u r e s 1 0 0 a u t h e n t i c v o i c e s . M a n y o f t h e s e v o i c e s h a v e s p e c i a l p r e s e t c h a r a c - t e r i s t i c s o r e m b e l l i s h m e n t s . T h e v o i c e s a r e d i v i d e d i n t o v a r i o u s c a t e g o r i e...

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    Style mode 4. With the rhythm running, you’re ready to try out the auto accompaniment feature. Try playing a few single notes with your left hand, and notice how the bass and chord accompaniment change with each key you play. (refer to the boxed sections on pages 7 and 8 for more information on how ...

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    Single finger chords chords that can be produced in single finger opera- tion are major, minor, seventh and minor seventh. The illustration below shows how to produce the four chord types. (the key of c is used here as an example; other keys follow the same rules. For example, b ♭ 7 is played as b ♭...

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    Fingered chords using the key of c as an example, the chart below shows the types of chords that can be recognized in the fin- gered mode. F i n g e r e d c h o r d s i n t h e k e y o f c notes enclosed in parentheses are optional; the chords will be recognized without them. Note • if the chord is ...

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    About the minus one function minus one, as its name implies, takes away the melody part of the song, allowing you to play that part yourself. You can turn minus one on before starting a song, or do it even while a song is playing. To help you play the “missing” melody, scores for all songs have been...

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    1 0 p r o b l e m when the portatone is turned on or off, a buzzing sound is temporarily produced. The sound of the voices or rhythms seems unusual or strange. Not all notes are heard when playing a number of notes simultaneously. The sound of the voice changes from note to note. The power cannot be...

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    1 1 jam track chord progression list 21 dance am7 em7 dm7 am7 22 rap am7 am7 23 funk c7 f7 f7 c7 26 heavy metal c c =120 =116 =92 =120 dm7 24 soul ballad c am =104 g7 gaug g7 f7 28 rock'n'roll c am g f 29 r&b c7 f7 c7 =144 =136 b e am 25 minor blues am dm am =144 g c 27 boogie woogie c f c =136 g f ...

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    1 2 one touch setting list turning on the one touch setting function, the following voice and tempo is automatically selected. 31 harmonica 22 trombone 42 chorus e pno 19 vibraphone 05 e organ 05 e organ 29 tenor sax 73 piano block 05 e organ 44 12str guitar 13 dist guitar 52 folk gtr pad 30 panflut...

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    Song scores 1 3 psr73l/o*2̲eng 99.11.17, 3:46 pm page 2 pagemaker 5.0j not available.

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    Specifications 2 3 keyboard voice style song/jam track controls other terminals, fittings amplifier(s) speakers power consumption rated power supply dimensions (w x d x h ) weight casing optional accessories using power adaptor: 3.8 w power on/off, voice, style, song, numeric keypad, minus one, star...

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    Special message section approximately five years. When replacement becomes necessary, contact a qualified service representative to perform the replacement. This product may also use “household” type batteries. Some of these may be rechargeable. Make sure that the battery being charged is a recharge...