Yamaha PSR-280 Owner's Manual - Page 50

Selecting and Playing Songs The PSR-280 features a total of 105 songs. These include 100 songs that showcase the rich and dynamic sounds of the instrument, and all 100 of these songs can be used with the educational Lesson feature (page 60), a powerful tool that makes learning songs fun and easy. Ten of the songs are special Demonstration songs that can be played automatically by pressing the [DEMO] button. Moreover, there are five special User songs to which you can record your own performance. The User songs are "empty" and cannot be played until something has been recorded to them. (For instructions on recording your own songs, see page 55.) G Song Playback Display Indicates the tracks currently playing back. (These can be alternately muted and sounded during playback by pressing the corresponding SONG MEMORY buttons.) 050 Augustin Current measure number * The indication "F t" appears in the display when a song having a "free" tempo is selected. (See page 13) Certain songs have been composed or arranged in "free" tempo, meaning that the tempo and/or the time signature are not constant during the piece. As a result, when a "free" tempo song plays back, the measure, beat and timing indications are not shown in the display. These display the notes and name of the current chord. About the Beat Display The arrow marks in the beat display flash in time with the rhythm of the song or style. The first arrow indicates the first beat of the measure, and the others flash in sequence. First beat of Second Third Fourth measure beat beat beat Selecting and Playing a Song 1 Press the [SONG] button. Song name and number 001 Carmel Indicates Song mode is selected 2 Select the desired song number. Use the numeric keypad. You can use the numeric keypad to directly enter the song number, or use the [+]/[-] buttons to step up and down through the songs. 50