Yamaha PSR-EW300 PSR-E363 PSR-EW300 YPT-360 Owners Manual - Page 15

PSR-E363, PSR-EW300, YPT-360

Owner’s Manual

15

Setting Up

Display Items and Basic Operations

Display Items

Basic Operations

Before operating the instrument, it may be helpful to familiarize yourself with the basic controls below that are

used to select items and change values.



Number buttons

Use the Number buttons to directly enter an item or

value. For numbers that start with one or two zeroes,

the first zeroes can be omitted.



[-] and [+] buttons

Press the [+] button briefly to increase the value by 1, or

press the [-] button briefly to decrease the value by 1.

Press and hold either button to continuously increase

or decrease the value in the corresponding direction.

GrandPno

001

003

These indicate the operating condition

of the instrument.

Song/Voice/Style

Normally this indicates the notes you

play. When the Song Lesson function

is used, this indicates the current

notes and chord of playback. When

the Dictionary function (page 26) is

used, this indicates the notes of the

chord you specify.

Notation

• Any notes occurring below or above

the staff are indicated by “8va.”

• For a few specific chords, not all

notes may be shown, due to space

limitations in the display.

NOTE

This area indicates the Lesson

related status is on.

Keys To Success

(page 33)

Phrase Repeat (page

35)

Chord Progression

(page 40)

Indicates the Passing

Status (page 34) of the

Keys To Success les-

son.

Lesson Indication

Each indication is shown when the

corresponding function is turned on.

...

Auto Accompani-

ment (page 22)

...

Touch Response

(page 18)

... Arpeggio (

page 19

)

... Duo (

page 21

)

... Split (

page 17

)

... Dual (

page 17

)

... Harmony (

page 19

)

On/Off status

Indicates the chord which is played on the Auto

Accompaniment range (page 22) of the keyboard, or

specified via Song playback.

Normally indicates the current measure num-

ber of current Style or Song. When the

[FUNCTION] button (page 45) is in use, this

indicates the Function number.

Indicates notes currently being played. Indicates the melody and

chord notes of a Song when the Song lesson function is in use.

Also indicates the notes of a chord—either when playing a chord

or when using the Dictionary function.

Chord

Measure or Function

Keyboard Display

003

027

C3

Indicates the on/off status of Song playback or

target Track of Song recording (page 29, 42).

Lit:

Track contains data

Unlit:

Track is muted or contains no data

Flashing:

Track is selected as recording track

Indicates the current beat of playback.

Song Track status

Beat

The illustration is of the PSR-E363.

Press number but-

tons [0], [0], [3], or

simply press [3].

Example: Selecting Voice 003,

Harpsichord.

Press briefly to

increase.

Press briefly to

decrease.

Section	Page
About the Manuals	8
Included Accessories	8
Formats and functions	8
Setting Up	10
Panel Controls and Terminals	10
Setting Up	12
Power Requirements	12
Turning the Power On	13
Setting the Auto Power Off function	13
Adjusting the Master Volume	14
Connecting Headphones or External Speaker	14
Using a Pedal (Sustain)	14
Using the music rest	14
Display Items and Basic Operations	15
Display Items	15
Basic Operations	15
Reference	16
Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices	16
Selecting a Main Voice	16
Playing the “Grand Piano”	16
Using the Metronome	16
Layering a Dual Voice	17
Playing a Split Voice in the Left Hand area	17
Changing the Touch Response of the Keyboard	18
Applying Effects to the Sound	18
Adding Harmony or Arpeggio	19
Playing the keyboard with two persons (Duo mode)	21
Playing Styles	22
Using the Music Database	23
Registering a Style File	23
Style Variations—Sections	24
Changing the Tempo	24
Chord Types for Style Playback	25
Looking Up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary	26
Playing Songs	27
Listening to a Demo Song	27
Selecting and Playing Back a Song	27
BGM Playback	28
Song Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, and Pause	28
Changing the Melody Voice	28
A-B Repeat	29
Turning Each Part On/Off	29
Playing an External Audio Device with the Built-in Speakers	30
Lowering the volume of a melody part (Melody Suppressor function)	31
Using the Song Lesson Feature	32
Downloading the Song Book	33
Keys To Success	33
Phrase Repeat	35
Listening, Timing and Waiting	36
Learning How to Use “Touch” Control (Touch Tutor)	38
Hearing and Experiencing the Sound of the Chords (Chord Study)	39
Hear and experience a sound of a single chord	39
Hear and experience basic chord progressions	39
Playing Chords along with Chord Progressions of a Song	40
Play the chords in combination with “Waiting” of the Lesson function	40
Recording Your Performance	41
Track Structure of a Song	41
Quick Recording	41
Recording to a Specified Track	42
Clearing a User Song	42
Memorizing Your Favorite Panel Settings	43
Memorizing Panel Settings to the Registration Memory	43
Recalling Panel Settings from the Registration Memory	43
Selecting an EQ Setting for the Best Sound	44
The Functions	45
Using with a Computer or iPhone/iPad	48
Connecting to a computer	48
Connecting an iPhone/iPad	48
Backup and Initialization	49
Backup Parameters	49
Initialization	49
Troubleshooting	50
Appendix	50
Song Book Sample	52
Voice List	62
Drum Kit List	67
Song List	70
Style List	71
Music Database List	72
Effect Type List	73
Specifications	76

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