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3 Piano Playing Features

Playing the Disklavier along with the Internal Metronome

The beats of the metronome help you play the Disklavier with a steady tempo. The tempo, the meter (beat), and the volume of the click can be adjusted.

Note: The [Tempo] value indicates the number of beats in a minute, and one beat represents a quarter note. When you play a song written in different measure unit, convert the unit to quarter note (e.g. When playing a song in 3/2, set [Beat] to 6/4).

Playing the Disklavier Accompanied by the Additional Voice(s) (Performance Mode)

This function lets you play the piano sound of the Disklavier accompanied by other voices produced by the internal tone generator. A maximum of two voices sound in unison with the right-hand part that you play and one voice does with the left-hand part. You can also mute the piano sound to your preference.

1 Tap on in the [Main] screen.

2 Tapmetronome.onto start the

The color of changes to blue.

To stop the metronome, tap on

.

3 Tap on / to adjust the value of the desired option.

Tip: Tap on to resume the default tempo. In such a case, note that the operation changes only the [Tempo] value.

4 Tapoperation.on to complete the

1 Tap on in the [Main] screen.

Tap to change the split point (see step 3.)

Voice name

Turns on/off the left-hand/right-hand1/right- hand2 part accompanying voice

2 Tap on // to turn on/off the accompanying voice for the respective part.

Each time you tap on //, the respective voice turns on (blue) and off (yellow) alternately.

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Yamaha piano manual Piano Playing Features, Playing the Disklavier along with the Internal Metronome

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