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Congratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha PSR-260 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 PSR-260 in order to take full advantage of its various features. Main Features The PSR-260 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use keyboard with the following features and functions: s Yamaha Education Suite The PSR-260 features the new Yamaha Education Suite - a set of learning tools that utilize the latest technology to make studying and practicing music more fun and fulfilling than ever before! The Yamaha Education Suite includes: q Lesson page 34 The convenient and easy-to-use Lesson feature, guides you through the parts of a song - just like a patient teacher! Select from any one of 100 songs on the PSR-260, and learn the left- and right-hand parts independently at first, then together. Lesson features four easy steps that help you master each song: Timing, Waiting, Minus One, and Both Hands. q Grade & Talking pages 39, 40 The PSR-260 also has the Grade and Talking features. Grade is a virtual "teacher," evaluating your practice sessions and rating your performance. The convenient Talking function "announces" each Lesson step and your "grades," among other things. q Dictionary page 41 Dictionary is a built-in "chord encyclopedia" that teaches you how to play specific chords by showing you the appropriate notes in the display - perfect for when you know the name of a chord and want to quickly learn how to play it! s Portable Grand page 20 The PSR-260 also has a Portable Grand function for realistic piano performance. Pressing the [Piano] button instantly calls up the stunningly authentic "Stereo Sampled Piano" voice and configures the entire PSR-260 for optimum piano play. Special Pianist styles - with piano-only accompaniment - are also provided. s DJ page 22 The DJ feature is an exciting new addition to the PSR-260, that puts a wealth of contemporary sounds and rhythms at your fingertips. Pressing the [DJ] button instantly calls up one of the special DJ songs ("DJ GAME") and a DJ style, and provides the appropriate voice and sound effects to match. Other powerful features include: • Exceptionally realistic and dynamic sounds with 100 voices, utilizing digital recordings of actual instruments. • Touch Response lets you dynamically and expressively control the volume of the voices with your playing strength - just as on an acoustic piano. • 100 dynamic auto accompaniment Styles, each with different Intro, Main A and B, and Ending sections. All styles (except for the Piano styles) also have their own two Fill-in patterns. • Large custom LCD gives you easy, at-a-glance confirmation of all important settings, as well as chord and note indications. • 100 songs, for your listening enjoyment - or for use with the sophisticated learning tools of the Yamaha Education Suite. 4 • Convenient control over accompaniment Styles - including Tempo, Tap Tempo and independent Accompaniment Volume. • Four Multi Pads, for instantly adding special instrumental breaks, fills, and phrases to your performance. • One Touch Setting (OTS), for automatically calling up an appropriate voice for playing with the selected Style and Song. • MIDI terminals for interfacing with other MIDI devices. • The PSR-260 also has a Sustain jack. • Built-in, high-quality stereo amplifier/speaker system.

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Congratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha
PSR-260 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 PSR-260 in order to
take full advantage of its various features.
Main Features
The PSR-260 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use keyboard with the following features and functions:
■
Yamaha Education Suite
The PSR-260 features the new Yamaha Education Suite — a set of learning tools that utilize the latest
technology to make studying and practicing music more fun and fulfilling than ever before!
The Yamaha Education Suite includes:
●
Lesson
.............................
page 34
The convenient and easy-to-use Lesson feature, guides you through the parts of a song — just like a
patient teacher!
Select from any one of 100 songs on the PSR-260, and learn the left- and right-hand
parts independently at first, then together.
Lesson features four easy steps that help you master each
song: Timing, Waiting, Minus One, and Both Hands.
●
Grade & Talking
.............................
pages 39, 40
The PSR-260 also has the Grade and Talking features.
Grade is a virtual “teacher,” evaluating your
practice sessions and rating your performance.
The convenient Talking function “announces” each
Lesson step and your “grades,” among other things.
●
Dictionary
.............................
page 41
Dictionary is a built-in “chord encyclopedia” that teaches you how to play specific chords by showing
you the appropriate notes in the display — perfect for when you know the name of a chord and want to
quickly learn how to play it!
■
Portable Grand
.............................
page 20
The PSR-260 also has a
Portable Grand
function for realistic piano performance.
Pressing the [Piano]
button instantly calls up the stunningly authentic “Stereo Sampled Piano” voice and configures the entire
PSR-260 for optimum piano play.
Special Pianist styles — with piano-only accompaniment — are also
provided.
■
DJ
.............................
page 22
The DJ feature is an exciting new addition to the PSR-260, that puts a wealth of contemporary sounds and
rhythms at your fingertips.
Pressing the [DJ] button instantly calls up one of the special DJ songs (“DJ
GAME”) and a DJ style, and provides the appropriate voice and sound effects to match.
Other powerful features include:
•
Exceptionally realistic and dynamic sounds with 100 voices,
utilizing digital recordings of actual instruments.
•
Touch Response lets you dynamically and expressively control
the volume of the voices with your playing strength — just as
on an acoustic piano.
•
100 dynamic auto accompaniment Styles, each with different
Intro, Main A and B, and Ending sections.
All styles (except
for the Piano styles) also have their own two Fill-in patterns.
•
Large custom LCD gives you easy, at-a-glance confirmation of
all important settings, as well as chord and note indications.
•
100 songs, for your listening enjoyment — or for use with the
sophisticated learning tools of the Yamaha Education Suite.
•
Convenient control over accompaniment Styles — including
Tempo, Tap Tempo and independent Accompaniment Volume.
•
Four Multi Pads, for instantly adding special instrumental
breaks, fills, and phrases to your performance.
•
One Touch Setting (OTS), for automatically calling up an
appropriate voice for playing with the selected Style and Song.
•
MIDI terminals for interfacing with other MIDI devices.
•
The PSR-260 also has a Sustain jack.
•
Built-in, high-quality stereo amplifier/speaker system.