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Congratulations on your purchase ofthe Yamaha PSR-140 PortaTone!

You now own a portable keyboard that combines advanced functions, great

sound and exceptional ease-of-use in a highly compact package. Its outstanding

features also make it a remarkably expressive and versatile instrument.

Read this Owner’s Manual carefully while playing your new PortaTone in order

to take full advantage of its various features.

PANEL CONTROLS AND TERMINALS 6

Front Panel ...................................... 6
Rear Panel........................................ 8

SETTING UP 9

POWER REQUIREMENTS............................ 9
Using an AC Power Adaptor ............ 9
Using Batteries................................. 9
TURNING ON THE POWER........................ 9
ACCESSORY JACKS ..................................10
MUSIC STAND......................................... 10

GETTING STARTED —

PLAYING THE DEMO SONGS 11

PANEL DISPLAY INDICATIONS 12

PORTABLE GRAND 13

USING THE METRONOME....................... 13
Setting the Metronome Time
Signature....................................... 14
Adjusting the Metronome Volume. 14

SELECTING AND PLAYING VOICES —

THE VOICE MODE 15

SELECTING AND PLAYING A VOICE......... 15
Percussion Voice Chart
(voices 90 and 100)....................... 17
TRANSPOSE AND TUNING...................... 18
Transpose...................................... 18
Tuning........................................... 19

SELECTING AND PLAYING SONGS —

THE SONG MODE 20

SELECTING AND PLAYING A SONG......... 20
CHANGING THE TEMPO ......................... 21
About the Beat Display .................. 22
ADJUSTING THE SONG VOLUME ............ 23
SONG CONTROLS .................................. 24
A/B REPEAT.............................................. 24
MELODY GUIDE ....................................... 26
VOICE CHANGE........................................ 27

SELECTING AND PLAYING STYLES —

THE STYLE MODE 28

SELECTING AND PLAYING A STYLE.......... 28
STYLE CONTROLS ................................... 30
USING THE AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT
FEATURES............................................. 31
CHANGING THE TEMPO ......................... 31
STYLE SECTIONS (MAIN A, MAIN B) AND
FILL-INS................................................ 32
ADJUSTING THE ACCOMPANIMENT
VOLUME .............................................. 32
USING AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT —
MULTI FINGERING................................ 33
Single Finger Chords ..................... 33
Fingered Chords............................ 33
WHAT IS A CHORD?................................ 34
WRITING CHORD NAMES ....................... 35
The Intervals of the Scale ...............35
Other Chords ................................ 35
ONE TOUCH SETTING (OTS)................... 36
CHORD GUIDE.......................................... 37
Smart ............................................ 37
Dictionary...................................... 39
MULTI PADS............................................. 40

MIDI 41

About MIDI ................................... 41
How Can MIDI be Used? ............... 41
TROUBLESHOOTING...................................... 42
VOICE LIST..................................................... 43
MULTI PAD LIST.............................................. 45
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART..................... 46
SPECIFICATIONS ............................................ 48
INDEX ............................................................ 49
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