Yamaha DGX-505 manual Melody Type - Play With One Finger, Quick Guide The Easy Way To Play Piano

Quick Guide The Easy Way To Play Piano

Melody Type – Play With One Finger

Using the same song, try playing the melody with just one finger.

To use the performance assistant technology Melody type you must be playing a song that includes melody data.

•If you’ve completed the steps on the preceding pages, go straight to step 2

1below.

•If you want to use the Melody before the Chord type, carry out steps 1 – 3 on page 16 and then continue from step 2 below.

NOTE

•Press the [EXIT] button if you want to return to the MAIN dis- play.

2 Press the [+] button.

This switches to the performance assistant technology Melody type. The graphic knob in the display will rotate to indicate the new setting. Make sure the ON/ OFF icon is set to ON.

The [+] button selects the MEL-
ODY type and the [-] button
selects the CHORD type.	ON

The graphic knob will rotate to the Melody position.

3 Press the [START/STOP] button.

Because the Melody type has been selected, the song melody will not sound.

You can enjoy playing the melody yourself (step 4).

Song start!

4 Play on the keyboard.

To begin, try to feel the rhythm of the song. Then tap a key with one finger of your right hand in time with the music. You can play any key.

Sounds like a melody!

How does it sound? You’ve played the melody using only one finger thanks to the performance assistant technology Melody type!

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.

When you want to end the performance assistant technology type press the [PERFORMANCE ASSIS- TANT] button.

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