6EZ-200 Owner’s Manual
Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Yamaha EZ-200 PortaTone!
Please read this owner’s manual carefully before using the instrument in order to take full
advantage of its various features.
Make sure to keep this manual in a safe and handy place even after you finish reading, and
refer to it often when you need to better understand an operation or function.
The EZ-200 is a sophisticated yet easy-to–use keyboard with the following features and functions.
●100 dynamic auto accompaniment Styles.
●Built-in convenient tap tempo function.
●MIDI terminals for interfacing with other
instrument or computer.
Main features
■ Yamaha Education Suite 5 (Y.E.S. 5)
The EZ-200 features the new Yamaha Education Suite—a set of learning tools that utilize the latest
technology to make studying and practicing music more fun and fulfilling than ever before!
The Yamaha Education Suite includes:
● Lesson............................................................................................................ page 29
The convenient and easy-to-use Lesson feature, guides you through the parts of a song—just like
a patient teacher! Select from any one of 100 songs on the EZ-200, and learn the left- and right-
hand parts independently at first, then together. Lesson features three easy steps that help you
master each song: Listen and Learn, Timing and Waiting.
● Built-in lighted Key Guide.....................................................................pages 29, 50
When you are using the Lesson feature or the Dictionary, the key indicators tell you which keys
to play. Also, during song playback, they show the keys that are playing.
● Fingering Guide............................................................................................. page 29
The Fingering guide is shown on the display and shows you how to play the keyboard.
● Dictionary....................................................................................................... page 50
Dictionary is a built-in “chord encyclopedia” that teaches you how to play specific chords by
showing lighting keyboards—perfect for when you know the name of a chord and want to
quickly learn how to play it!
● Notice your Grade......................................................................................... page 32
The EZ-200 also has the Grade feature. Grade is a virtual “teacher,” evaluating your practice ses-
sions and rating your performance over four levels.
■ Portable Grand™..................................................................... page 17
The EZ-200 also has a Portable Grand function for realistic piano performance with
TOUCH sensitivity. Pressing the [PORTABLE GRAND] button instantly calls up the
authentic “Stereo Sampled Piano” voice and configures the entire EZ-200 for optimum
piano play. Special Pianist styles—with piano-only accompaniment—are also provided.
■ XGlite voices.............................................................................................page 58
The EZ-200 has total of 375 high-quality instrument voices (Stereo Grand Piano, 361 XGlite Voices,
12 Drum Kits and Sound Effect Kit) and features 32-note polyphony.
Supplied accessories
• Music rest
• Song Book
• Owner’s Manual
Music Rest
Insert the bottom edge of
the included music rest into
the slot located at the top
rear of the EZ-200 control
panel.