Yamaha DGX-305, DGX-505 manual The Easy Way To Play Piano Quick Guide, Press the START/STOP button

The Easy Way To Play Piano Quick Guide

The indicator flashes in response to the song chord data.

ON/OFF

“ON” will appear when the perfor- mance assistant technology is on. Pressing the [PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT] button alternates between “ON” and “OFF.” Make sure this is “ON” when you intend to use the performance assistant technology.

The currently selected type is shown.

The [-] button selects the CHORD type and the [+] button selects the MEL- ODY type. The graphic knob in the display will indicate the selected setting.

4 Press the [START/STOP] button.

Song playback will begin.

Use the [MASTER VOLUME] control to adjust the overall volume.

Adjust volume

5 Play on the keyboard.

To begin, try to feel the rhythm of the song. Then, with your hands spread as shown in the illustration, simply play the keyboard alternately with your left and right hands (any notes will do).

Sounds like you’re playing the right notes!

You will get even better results if you match your left-hand rhythm to rhythm of the cord indi- cator in the display.

How does it sound? You’ll get acceptable results no matter where you play thanks to the performance assistant technology Chord type!

Next try the three playing methods illustrated below. Different ways of playing produce different results.

●Play with the left and right hands at the same timing – type 1.

●Play with the left and right hands at the same timing – type 2.

●Play alternately with the left and right hands – type 3.

Play 3 notes at once with your right hand.

Play 1 note at a time with your right hand (for example: index finger → mid- dle finger → ring finger).

Play 3 notes at once with your right hand.

Once you get a feel for it, try playing chords with your left hand and a melody with your right … or any other combination.

Song playback will stop automatically when the song has played all the way through.

You can also stop playback at any time by pressing the [START/STOP] button.

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