Playing Built-in Songs

Repeating Playback of Specific Measures

You can use the procedure in this section to repeat particular measures for practice playing along until you master it. You can specify the start measure and the end measure of the section you want to play and practice.

Start

End

These measures are repeated.

1.Press bk to temporarily turn off song repeat (“REPEAT” disappears from the display).

2.When song playback reaches the measure you want to specify as the start measure, press bk.

This specifies the measure as the start measure.

Flashes

3.When playback reaches the measure you want to select as the end measure, press bk again.

This specifies the measure as the end measure and starts repeat playback of the measures in the specified range.

•During repeat play you can use bn to pause playback, bm to skip forward, or bl to skip back.

Lights

4.Pressing bk again returns to normal playback.

Changing the song number clears the start measure and end measure of the repeat operation.

Changing Playback Speed (Tempo)

You can use the following procedure to change the speed (tempo) in order to slow down playback to practice difficult passages, etc.

1.Press bq.

Use w (slower) and q (faster) to change the tempo setting. Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed.

•Pressing w and q at the same time will return the current song to its original default tempo.

•Pressing bq causes the tempo value to flash on the display. While the tempo value is flashing, you can use cl (10-key) to change it. The tempo value will stop flashing if you do not perform any operation for a short while.

•Changing the song number will return the song to its original default tempo.

Adjusting the Song Volume

Use the following procedure to adjust the balance between the volume of what you play on the keyboard and song playback volume.

1.Press 7 and then use the cl (10-key) [4] (u) and [6] (i) keys to display “Song Vol” (page

E-6).

S o n g V o l

2.Use the cl (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to adjust the song volume.

Playing with the Tone as Song Playback

The procedure below lets you select the same keyboard tone as the one being used in the song and play along with your favorite tunes.

1.After selecting a song, hold down br for about two seconds until the displayed tone name changes to the tone name of the song.

•If your currently selected tone is the same as the song tone, the display contents will not change.

2.Play along with song playback.

•If you select a song that uses different tones for left and right hand play, the right hand part tone is assigned to the keyboard.

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