Yamaha RY20 Owner's Manual - page 82

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Playing the Songs

Selecting a Part

While the RY20 is stopped, you can select one of the parts of your song.

The 

[FORWARD]

 button steps forwards through the parts of the song. Each 

time you press the button, the RY20 moves to the next part.

Press the 

[ PLAY ]

 button to start playback from the selected part.

Other Song Play Functions

You can use the 

[

 and 

[ > ]

 cursor buttons to select other focus areas in 

the Song Mode display page.

1

Select the “

PART

” prompt. This allows you to use the Jog Dial or the 

[ +1 ]

and 

[ –1 ]

 buttons to change the part number. Then press the 

[ PLAY ]

button to start playback from the selected part.

2

Select the “

MEASURE

” prompt. This allows you to select a measure within a 

song by rotating the Jog Dial or by using the 

[ +1 ]

 and 

[ –1 ]

 buttons.

Now you can start playback from the selected measure by pressing the

[ PLAY ]

 button.

3

Select the “

PATTERN

” prompt. Change the current pattern by rotating the 

Jog Dial or by using the 

[ +1 ]

 and 

[ –1 ]

 buttons.

NOTE

The 

[BACKWARD]

 button steps backwards through the parts of the song.

NOTE

This is an alternative method to using the 

[FORWARD]

 and 

[BACKWARD]

 buttons as 

shown above.

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SONG

PART

MEASURE

PATTERN

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