Yamaha DGX-505 Types Of Songs, Quick Guide Using Songs, Preset Song Categories, Song numbers

Quick Guide Using Songs

Types Of Songs

The following three types of songs can be used by the DGX-505/305.
● Preset Songs (the 30 songs built into the instrument)	Song numbers 001	– 030.
● User Songs (recordings of your own performances)	Song numbers 031	– 035.
● External song files (song data transferred from a computer*) ...	Song numbers 036	–.

*The Accessory CD-ROM includes a selection of 70 MIDI songs. See page 82 for instructions on how to transfer the songs to the instrument.

The different types of songs can be saved to different song numbers. The chart below shows the basic DGX-505/305 processes flow for using the preset songs, user songs, and external song files – from storage to playback.

Your own performance

Hint!: You can have some- one play a piece and tempo-

Record

rarily save it in a user bank(page 46) as a user file, then save the

song file to SmartMedia memory SMF format from where it can be used as a lesson song.

DGX-505/305 Song

Storage locations

Preset Songs	User Songs
(001 – 030)	(031 – 035)	SMF
The 30 songs	Stored in the	conversion
built into the	internal flash
instrument.	memory.	Save

Computer

External song file

Transfer

(page 82)

Media select (page 67)

Memory Card	Flash Memory
(036 – 929)	(036 – 547)
Save to	Save to inter-
SmartMedia.	nal flash mem-
Currently	ory. Currently
available.	available.

External song files can be saved either to SmartMedia memory (036 –) or flash mem- ory (036 –). Use the Media Select function to choose the media.

NOTE

• User songs cannot produce

score display as they are. If

you convert a user song file to

SMF and save it to SmartMe-

dia memory, however, it

becomes capable of produc-

ing score display and can be

used with the lesson features.

• Different flash memory areas

are used to store user songs

Media Select

Play

and external song files trans-

ferred from a computer. User

songs cannot be directly

transferred to the external

song file flash memory area,

and vice versa.

●Preset Song Categories

The 30 preset songs have been organized into 8 categories that make it easier to select appropriate songs for lessons. Refer to this chart when selecting songs.

Category	Number	Ideal for …
Favorites	001 – 003	Popular songs, for people who want to play pops.
Easy Play	004 – 008	Right-hand melody songs. Ideal for beginner lessons.
Pianist	009 – 013	Folk songs arranged for piano. For people who want to play in a
		classic style.
Organist	014 – 016	Players who enjoy the rich resonance of organ pieces.
Advanced	017 – 021	Lively tunes … when it’s time to move up from one-hand lessons.
Band Play	022 – 024	Slow ballade. Experience the role of the pianist in an ensemble.
Duet	025 – 027	Songs made up of two right-hand melodies.
Holidays	028 – 030	Songs for anyone who wants to expand their repertoire.

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