Yamaha PSR-EW400 PSR-E453_PSR-EW400 Owners Manual - Page 30

Using the Song Lesson Feature Quick Guide You can use the selected Song for a left-hand, right-hand, or both-hands lesson. Try practicing with these three Song Lesson types while referring to the music scores in the Song Book downloaded from the website (page 11). Lesson Types  Lesson 1 (LISTEN): You do not need to play the keyboard. The model melody/chords of the selected part will sound. Listen to it carefully and remember it as best as you can.  Lesson 2 (TIMING): Simply concentrate on playing the notes with the correct timing. Even if you play wrong notes, the correct notes will sound.  Lesson 3 (WAITING): Try playing the correct notes shown on the display. The Song pauses until you play the right note, and playback tempo will change to match the speed at which you are playing. NOTE • If you want to maintain a steady playback tempo during Lesson 3, change the parameter in the Function Settings (page 61, Function 064). 1 Select the desired Song for your lesson (page 28). NOTE • The Song Lesson can be applied to Songs transferred from a computer, and Songs in USB flash drive. However, some of the Lesson functions may not be applied to some Songs due to the structure of the Song data. • The Song Lesson cannot be applied to the User Songs and the Songs other than SMF format 0. 2 Turn off the part you want to practice. For the right-hand lesson, press the [1/RIGHT] button to turn off the right-hand part. For the lefthand lesson, press the [2/LEFT] button to turn off the left-hand part. For lessons using both hands, turn off both parts. Pressing one of the TRACK CONTROL buttons repeatedly will toggle the on/off status of each part, which can be shown on the display. ForElise 015 Right-hand lesson Left-hand lesson Both-hands lesson Track 1 is unlit Track 2 is unlit Track 1 and 2 are unlit 3 Press the [LESSON] button to start playback of the Song. Pressing the [LESSON] button repeatedly will change the lesson number from 1: LISTEN  2: TIMING  3: WAITING  off  1.... Press this button until the desired number is shown on the display. TIMING Lp2 007 The notation and key positions you should play are shown. In lesson 2, both-hands lesson is indicated as "LR2," right-hand lesson is indicated as "R2" and left-hand lesson is indicated as "L2." To stop the lesson, press the [ ] (Start/Stop) button. Even during playback, you can change the lesson number by pressing the [LESSON] button. 4 When Song playback reaches to the end, check your evaluation Grade on the display. In lesson 2 (TIMING) and 3 (WAITING), when the Song reaches to the end, your performance will be evaluated in four levels: "Excellent!", "Very Good!", "Good", "OK". "Excellent!" is the highest evaluation. ~~~~~~~~ Excellent! ~~~~~~ Very Good! ~~~~ Good ~~ OK After the evaluation display is shown, the lesson will start again from the beginning. 30 PSR-E453/PSR-EW400 Owner's Manual