Yamaha PSR-280 Portable Grand

Portable Grand

This convenient function lets you instantly call up the Grand Piano voice.

Playing the Portable Grand

Press the [Piano] button.

Doing this automatically cancels any other mode or function, and resets the entire

instrument for playing the special “Stereo Sampled Piano” Grand Piano voice. It

automatically calls up song #051 (Melody in F) and style #086 (Stride).

The Portable Grand setting is designed also for playing with the special Pianist

styles (#086 - #100). When auto accompaniment is turned on, these provide

piano-only accompaniment in a variety of music styles.

Using the Metronome

1Call up the Tempo setting.

Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button.

2Change the value.

Use the numeric keypad to set the desired Tempo value, or use the [+]/[-]

buttons to increase or decrease the value.

• When the [Piano] button is

pressed, One Touch Setting

(page 25) is automatically turned

on.

TEMPO

068

Current Tempo value

Contents

Main PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL OBSERVERA! Entsorgung leerer Batterien (nur innerhalb Deutschlands) FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING SAVING USER DATA CAUTION WARNING Main Features Contents Panel Controls and Terminals Panel Controls and Terminals @8 @7 @6 Setting Up Turning On the Power Using Batteries Using an AC Power Adaptor Accessory Jacks Using Headphones Connecting a Keyboard Amplier or Stereo System Using a Footswitch Using the MIDI Terminals Step 1 Voices GrandPno Panel Voice List z Want to nd out more? See page 20. Step 1 Voices Press the [VOICE] button. BritePno Want to nd out more? See page 23. Selecting and Playing Other Voices Quick Guide Step 2 Songs xqzx zxcr w Playing the Songs Playing the Demo songs Step 2 Songs Recording Your Own Song r Select the desired User song (101 - 105) for recording. To stop recording, press the [START/STOP] but- ton. Quick Step 3 Auto Accompaniment x 8BtPop2 + Step 3 Auto Accompaniment Looking up Chords in the Dictionary m n b Quick Step 4 Lesson xx zzv Using the Lesson Feature Step 4 Lesson Grade MinusOne Waiting Lesson 4 Both Hands Panel Display Indications GrandPno q w eNotation / r Keyboard Panel Display Indications u i o !0 Portable Grand Playing the Portable Grand Press the [Piano] button. Using the Metronome Portable Grand 3 MTR VOL TIME SIG To turn the Metronome off, press the [METRONOME] button again. Press the [METRONOME] button. DJ Playing the DJ 132 33 3 1 Playing Voices Playing a Voice 1 2 3 One Touch Setting Std.Kit1 1 Transpose and Tuning Transpose TRANSPOS 1 Tuning 1 TUNING Touch and Touch Sensitivity 1 Medium Effects Reverb Hall1 1 2 DSP 1 Stage2 2 Harmony 1 Block 2 3 Effect Types Reverb Types DSP Types Harmony Types Auto Accompaniment Selecting a Style 8BtPop1 1 2 Playing the Accompaniment 1 2 Page INTROA Using Sync Start with an Intro section To use Sync Start with an Intro section: 3 4 Sync Stop 1 2 3 4 Changing the Tempo Accompaniment Sections (Main A/B and Fill-ins) Fill AB Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume ACMP VOL 1 Press the right Overall button, repeatedly if necessary, until ACMP VOL appears in the display. About the Fill-in Patterns Using Auto Accompaniment Multi Fingering * Notes enclosed in parentheses are optional; the chords will be recognized without them. CM Single Finger Chords Fingered Chords Page Setting the Split Point 1 SPOINT Dictionary 1 2 3 4 C The Intervals of the Scale Other Chords C Registration Memory Registration Memory Presets MEMORY1 BANK Recording a Registration Memory Preset Page Selecting and Playing Songs Augustin Selecting and Playing a Song 1 2 3 4 A-b REPEAT A- 3 4 HnkyTonk Melody Voice Change 2 3 second. Changing the Tempo MELODY V Adjusting the Song Volume 1 SONG VOL Song Recording User 1 Recording a User Song 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Song Clear 2 Sure ? ClrUser2 3 4 Track Clear 2 Sure ? ClrTr1 3 4 Song Lesson Lesson 1 Timing Lesson 2 Waiting Lesson 3 Minus One Lesson 4 Both Hands 2 Lesson step. **** 3 4 2 3 Lesson 2 Waiting 2 r3 MinusOne Waiting 3 2 r2 3 Lesson 4 Both Hands 2 3 Grade Excellen GRADE 1 2 Talking 1 2 oFF MIDI Functions What Is MIDI? Page Connecting to a Personal Computer Connect the MIDI terminals of the PSR-280 to the MIDI termi- nals of the personal computer. PSR-280 Computer (sequencer software) PSR-280 1 Clock) for the Tempo value. 2 (Song or Style), and start playback on the connected device. ECL 1 data. 2 3 4 Loading Bulk Data BulkRcv 1 ate data. 1 2 3 4 5 Setup data. 6 Local Control Troubleshooting Data Backup & Initialization Data Backup CLr Backup Data Initialization Voice List Maximum Polyphony Panel Voice List GM Voice List Page DJ Voice List No.1 DJ_Kit Style List Drum Kit List Drum Kit List MIDI Implementation Chart Page MIDI Implementation Chart Effect map DSP REVERB CHORUS Specications Index Misc. A B C Limited Warranty 90 DAYS LABOR 1 YEAR PARTS KEEP THIS DOCUMENT FOR YOUR RECORDS. DO NOT MAIL! PSR SERIES OF PORTATONE ELECTRONIC KEYBOARDS CONSUMERS RESPONSIBILITIES NORTH AMERICA CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE AFRICA MIDDLE EAST ASIA OCEANIA