Yamaha PSR-420 Owner's Manual - Page 12

The Modes, Feature On/Off Icons, Song Track Parameters & Icons - 320

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Basic Display Operation REGIST TEMPO TRANSPOSE MEASURE REPEAT REGIST (Registration Memory) Indicates the currently selected REGISTRATION MEMORY number (page 33). TEMPO Shows the current tempo of accompaniment/song playback (page 24). TRANSPOSE The current transpose value (page 20). MEASURE Indicates the current measure number during song recording and playback (page 40). REPEAT Indicates the "A" and "B" repeat points when programming a repeat section. (page 51) The Modes The MODE button to the right of the display selects one of the PSR-320/420's four operational modes: NORMAL, SPLIT, SINGLE, and FINGERED. The currently selected mode is indicated by an arrow in the display next to the mode list printed immediately to the right of the display. All of the listed modes can be selected by pressing the MODE button as many times as necessary until the arrow in the display appears next to the name of the desired mode. NORMAL: The normal play mode (page 12). SPLIT: The split-keyboard mode in which different voices can be played by the left and right hands (page 15). SINGLE: The single-finger accompaniment mode which allows fully-orchestrated accompaniment to be produced by specifying chords using only one, two or three fingers (page 22). FINGERED: The fingered accompaniment mode in which fully-orchestrated accompaniment is produced according to chords you play on the keyboard (page 22). MINUS ONE DIGITAL EFFECT TOUCH DUAL HARMONY GUIDE NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED MODE PSR-420 Song Track Parameters & Icons Like the accompaniment tracks, each of the 3 song tracks has on/off, voice number (MELODY tracks), and volume parameters that can be set as required (page 35). Each track has its own icon which appears when the track is on. ACCOMP MELODY MELODY 1 2 Feature On/Off Icons MINUS ONE DIGITAL EFFECT TOUCH DUAL HARMONY GUIDE MINUS ONE Appears when the MINUS ONE feature is on (page 49). DIGITAL EFFECT Appears when the DIGITAL EFFECT is on (page 19). TOUCH (Touch Response) Appears when TOUCH RESPONSE is on (page 17). DUAL (Dual Voice) Appears when the DUAL VOICE feature is on (page 18). HARMONY Appears when HARMONY is on (page 31). GUIDE (PSR-420) Appears when the GUIDE feature is on (page 50). 11

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NORMAL
SPLIT
SINGLE
FINGERED
MODE
TOUCH
DUAL
HARMONY
GUIDE
MINUS ONE
DIGITAL
EFFECT
Basic Display Operation
The Modes
The MODE button to the right of the display selects one
of the PSR-320/420’s four operational modes: NOR-
MAL, SPLIT, SINGLE, and FINGERED. The currently
selected mode is indicated by an arrow in the display
next to the mode list printed immediately to the right of
the display. All of the listed modes can be selected by
pressing the MODE button as many times as necessary
until the arrow in the display appears next to the name
of the desired mode.
NORMAL:
The normal play mode (page 12).
SPLIT:
The split-keyboard mode in which different
voices can be played by the left and right
hands (page 15).
SINGLE:
The single-finger accompaniment mode
which allows fully-orchestrated accompa-
niment to be produced by specifying
chords using only one, two or three fingers
(page 22).
FINGERED:
The fingered accompaniment mode in
which fully-orchestrated accompaniment is
produced according to chords you play on
the keyboard (page 22).
Feature On/Off Icons
MINUS ONE
Appears when the MINUS ONE feature is
on (page 49).
DIGITAL EFFECT
Appears when the DIGITAL EFFECT is on
(page 19).
TOUCH (Touch Response)
Appears when TOUCH RESPONSE is on
(page 17).
DUAL (Dual Voice)
Appears when the DUAL VOICE feature is
on (page 18).
HARMONY
Appears when HARMONY is on (page 31).
GUIDE (PSR-420)
Appears when the GUIDE feature is on
(page 50).
MINUS ONE
DIGITAL
EFFECT
TOUCH
DUAL
HARMONY
GUIDE
Song Track Parameters & Icons
Like the accompaniment tracks, each of the
3 song tracks has on/off, voice number
(MELODY tracks), and volume parameters
that can be set as required
(page 35). Each
track has its own icon which appears when
the track is on.
ACCOMP MELODY
1
MELODY
2
TEMPO
REGIST
TRANSPOSE
MEASURE
REPEAT
REGIST (Registration Memory)
Indicates the currently selected REG-
ISTRATION MEMORY number (page
33).
TEMPO
Shows the current tempo of accompa-
niment/song playback (page 24).
TRANSPOSE
The current transpose value (page
20).
MEASURE
Indicates the current measure number
during song recording and playback
(page 40).
REPEAT
Indicates the “A” and “B” repeat points
when programming a repeat section.
(page 51)
PSR-420