Yamaha EZ-300 EZ-300 Owners Manual - Page 35

Using the Song Lesson Feature Reference Use these convenient features to practice the preset Songs and improve your playing skills. The Lessons are arranged for optimum, enjoyable learning, so select the one suitable for you and take your keyboard skills higher, step by step. You can refer to the music score in the Song Book (free downloadable scores). To obtain the Song Book, access the Yamaha website and download it from the product web page. https://www.yamaha.com Keys to Success (Page 36) You can select just the key phrases of the Song-the ones you like most or need to work on-and practice them one by one. This lesson is ideal for beginning players. Passed ★ Passed ★★ Passed ★★★ Select the Song you want to learn. Practice step 1. Practice Steps 2, 3, 4... and so on. Practice the last Step. You're done! Each Song consists of several Steps. Each time you play all the way through the current Step, your performance will be evaluated. A score of "60" or more indicates that you passed this Step and you should try the next Step, which begins automatically. The passing status ★ is saved, but you can go on to next Step even when you didn't pass the Step, or you can retry the Step later. Phrase Repeat You can practice two or more phrases at once repeatedly by specifying them, as desired. This is ideal as a finishing practice before you try a last (finishing) Step to pass in the Keys to Success mode, or when you just want to practice the difficult phrase(s) repeatedly. Phrase mark (Page 38) Repeat playback of this section Listening, Timing and Waiting (Page 39) You can practice the preset Songs in three steps, independently for the right or left hand, or both hands together. This is ideal when you want to practice all the way through the Song with the selected part.  Lesson 1 (Listening) ....... Listen to the playback part you will play. Remember it as best as you can.  Lesson 2 (Timing Learn to play the notes with the correct timing. Even if you play wrong notes, the correct notes will sound.  Lesson 3 (Waiting Learn to play the correct notes. The Song pauses until you play the right note. Select the Song you want to learn. Select the part you want to work on (right hand, left hand, both hands). Select lesson 1, 2, or 3. Start the lesson! You can combine the Keys to Success lesson (page 36) and Phrase Repeat lesson (page 38) with the Listening, Timing or Waiting lesson (page 40). If you feel it difficult to play the specific phrase in the Keys to Success lesson, use Listening, Timing or Waiting lesson to listen to the phrase, to practice only the timing to play, or to let the phrase pause until you play the correct notes. EZ-300 Owner's Manual 35