3-Step Lesson

With the 3-Step Lesson System, you can practice built-in tunes and SMF data you download over the Internet, and even plot your progress according to the evaluation points the keyboard awards you.

*See “Expanding the Selections in the Song Bank Tunes” on page E-50 for information about the SMF data you download over the Internet.

Lesson Progress

Step 1

 

Step 2

 

Step 3

 

Evaluation

3-Step Lesson

The 3-step lesson feature takes you through the three distinct steps described below to help you learn to play tunes on the keyboard.

Step 1 – Master the timing.Step 2 – Master the notes.Step 3 – Play at normal speed.

Lesson Parts

3-Step Lesson lets you practice the right-hand part, left-hand part, or the parts for both hands.

Display Contents During 3-step Lesson Play

Whenever you select an Auto Accompaniment tune for 3- step lesson play, the on-screen keyboard guide and staff notation shows the note you should play and its length. The on-screen keyboard guide also shows the notes you play on the keyboard. The following describes the information that appears on the display.

Note Pitch

The key you should press lights on the on-screen keyboard guide, while the actual pitch of the note appears in the display’s staff notation area. The fingers you should use to play the notes are also shown on the display.

Note Length

The key stays lit on the on-screen keyboard guide for as long as the note should be sustained. The staff notation and fingerings also remain on the display for the length of the note.

Next Note

An on-screen keyboard guide key flashes to indicate the next note to be played, while a number appears on the display near the finger you should use to play the next note.

Series of Same Pitch Notes

The on-screen keyboard guide key turns off momentarily between the notes, and lights again for each successive note. The staff notation and fingerings also turn off and back on again.

Example: When play requires pressing keys with fingers 3, 2, and then 1

1st Note

2nd Note

3rd Note

Next note

Current note

Flash Lit

Flash Lit

Lit

Flash

On-screen keyboard guide

NOTE

•Note length is not indicated when you are using two- hand tunes with 3-step lesson Steps 1 and 2. As soon as you press a key that is lit on the on-screen keyboard guide, it goes out and the next key you need to press starts to flash.

•Note length is indicated by the on-screen keyboard guide when you use two-hand tunes with Step 3. In this case, the next key to be pressed does not flash when you press a lit key.

•During Step 3, the next finger number does not appear on the display. Only the current finger number is shown.

3-step Lesson Tempo Setting

Use the procedure under “Adjusting the Tempo” on page E-23 to adjust the tempo for 3-step lesson play.

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