3. Playing along with the built-in songs
Here’s how you can play along with the
Before you try playing the song, listen to it several times to get a general feel for the song. For details on operation, refer to “Selecting a song and playing it”, p. 10.
If you turn on the metronome while the song plays back, the metronome will sound at the beat and tempo of the song.
Changing the tempo
If the song has a rapid tempo, you can slow it down so as to practise it more easily. It is effective to gradually raise the tempo as you practise.
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APress the [Song/Tempo] button, getting its indicator to light in green.
The tempo appears in the display.
Each time you press the [Song/Tempo] button, the tempo and the currently selected song number (pre- fixed by “d.”) will be displayed alternately.
While the tempo is displayed, the [Song/Tempo] but- ton indicator will light in green. While the song num- ber is displayed, it will light in red.
BPress the [+] or
The tempo can be adjusted in a range of 
= 20~250. You can also change the tempo during playback.
Pressing the [+] button once increases the tempo by one unit. Holding down the button increases the tem- po continuously.
Pressing the
If you press the [+] and
While the song is playing, the initial tempo of the song will continue to be displayed, regardless of tempo changes dur- ing the song.
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Adding a count-in to match the timing (Count-In)
When you’re playing along with a song, you can make sure that your playing is in time with the song by sounding a count before the song starts playing. Sounding a “count sound” leading up to playback of a song is called
On the
•During the
•See also “Sounding the metronome”, p. 14.
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