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Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode

Start the selected style.

You can do this in one of the following ways:

Pressing the START/STOP button

The rhythm starts playing

immediately without bass and

chord accompaniment. The

currently selected Main A or B

section will play. (You can

select either section by pressing

the appropriate button —

AUTO FILL/MAIN A or B —

before pressing the START/

STOP button.)

Using Sync-Start with an Intro section

First, press the MAIN A or MAIN B button — to select

which section (A or B) is to follow the Intro. Next, press

the INTRO button so that “IntromA” or “IntromB” is

shown in the display.

Using Sync-Start

The PortaTone also has a Sync-Start function that allows

you to start the rhythm/accompaniment by simply

pressing a key on the keyboard. To use Sync-Start, first

press the SYNC-START button (the handclap icon flashes to

indicate Sync-Start stand-by), then press any key in the

ACMP section of the keyboard (or any key when accompa-

niment is off).

Starting with an Intro section

First, press the MAIN A or MAIN B button — to select

which section (A or B) is to follow the Intro. Next, press

the INTRO button so that “IntromA” or “IntromB” is

shown in the display.

To actually start the Intro

section and accompaniment,

press the START/STOP

button.

Finally, press the SYNC-START button to enable Sync-Start,

and start the Intro section and style by playing any key in

the ACMP section of the keyboard.

About the Beat Display

The handclap icon in the display flashes in time

with the current tempo during playback of a style

(or song). The flashing pattern provides a visual

indication of both the tempo and time signature

of the style or song. (For more information, see

pages 14, 22.)

TEMPO

Intro≥A

116

Indicates that Intro is on, and will be

followed by the Main A section.

TEMPO

Intro≥A

116

Indicates that Intro will be followed by

the Main A section.

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ON/OFF SYNC-

START START/

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Handclap icon

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HINT:

The PortaTone also features chord and bass accompani-

ment that can be played with the rhythm. For informa-

tion on this dynamic function, see page 31.

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Contents

Main SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE: NOTICE: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Battery Notice: SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! 2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep these precautions in a safe place for future reference. CAUTION WARNING Congratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha PSR-248 PortaTone! PANEL CONTROLS AND TERMINALS 6 SETTING UP 9 GETTING STARTED PLAYING THE DEMO SONGS 11 PANEL DISPLAY INDICATIONS 12 PORTABLE GRAND 13 SELECTING AND PLAYING VOICES THE VOICE MODE 15 Main Features Other powerful features include: Panel Controls and Terminals Front Panel DEF P O A B C D 5 6 Rear Panel Setting Up Power Requirements Using an AC Power Adaptor Using Batteries Turning On the Power Music Stand Accessory Jacks Getting Started Playing the Demo Songs First, turn on the power. Set the Volume. Press the DEMO button. StarWars Panel Display Indications E F G B Portable Grand Turn on the Metronome. Tempo Change the value. Setting the Metronome Time Signature MtrVol Selecting and Playing Voices The Voice Mode TEMPO Selecting and Playing a Voice Select the Voice mode. Press the VOICE button. Trombone Play the selected voice. Transpose and Tuning Transpose Select the Transpose function in the Overall menu. Transpos Select the Tuning function in the Overall menu. + Touch response Tuning Change the Touch Sensitivity value. Tuning Selecting and Playing Songs The Song Mode Selecting and Playing a Song Select the Song mode. Select the desired song number. Start the selected song. Changing the Tempo Select the Tempo function in the Overall menu. Tempo Page Adjusting the Song Volume Select the Song Volume function in the Overall menu. SongVol Selecting and Playing Songs The Song Mode Song Controls When the Song mode is active, the panel buttons below the display function as song controls. A/B Repeat While playing back a song, set point A (the start point of the section). Repeat Pause or stop playback as needed. Turn off the A/B Repeat func- tion. Set point B (the end point of the section). Repeat A-b Melody Guide Select a song. Set the Melody Guide function. Waiting MinusOne Voice Change SG Select a song. Change the Voice Change setting. Clarinet Selecting and Playing Styles The Style Mode Selecting and Playing a Style Select the Style mode. Select the desired style number. 8BtPop Start the selected style. You can do this in one of the following ways: About the Beat Display IntroA IntroA Style Controls Using the Auto Accompaniment Features Turn on the auto accompaniment. Select and play a style. Change chords using the auto accompaniment feature. Changing the Tempo Style Sections (Main A, Main B) and Fill-ins Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume Using Auto Accompaniment Multi Fingering Single Finger Chords Fingered Chords What is a Chord? The Intervals of the Scale Other Chords Writing Chord Names C C m C aug C One Touch Setting (OTS) Select a style. Turn on the One Touch Setting function. Play the style. OTS On Chord Guide Smart Select a style. Select the Smart Chord Guide. Set the desired key. Play the style, and play single note chords (root notes) in the ACMP section. Selecting and Playing Styles The Style Mode F D G D BbC F F Dm Gm Dm BbC F b=1 Dictionary With the Style mode active, select the Dictionary Chord Guide. Specify the root of the chord. Specify the type of the chord (major, minor, seventh, etc.). Play the chord. Multi Pads Select the Pad function in the Overall menu. Select the desired bank. Play the Multi Pads. Pianist1 MIDI About MIDI How Can MIDI be Used? Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution Index Misc. A B C Page VOICE LIST/LISTE DES VOIX MULTI PAD LIST/LISTE DE MULTI PAD SPECIFICATIONS/SPCIFICATIONS midi implementation chart/ FEUILLE DIMPLMENTATION Page NORTH AMERICA CANADA U.S.A. CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA MEXICO