Yamaha TYROS Owners Manual - Page 88

Reference Song Playback Quick Guide on page 43 The song playback features of the TYROS let you play MIDI song (sequence) data. This includes commercially available song data on floppy disk (GM- or XG-compatible), and performances you've recorded yourself with the Song Recording features (page 54) and saved to one of the drives. In addition, the TYROS can display music notation and lyrics, and you can use the sophisticated Guide functions to practice the keyboard and your singing as well. This section explains detailed settings about song playback that are not covered in "Quick Guide." Displaying Music Notation To view the music notation of the selected song, press the [Score] LCD button on the Main display. This lets you read the music while the song plays back. That's not all, though; there's much more you can do: • Read the score while the song is stopped and practice it on your own. • Use the notation to practice playing just the melody part, while the accompaniment provides the backing. Simply turn off the right-hand part (channel) from the display. • If the song has lyric data, you can read the lyrics from the display and sing along while the song plays. Connect a microphone and you can even have your voice mixed with the song as it plays. • With the sophisticated Guide features, you can let the TYROS "teach" you how to play the song properly - and even how to sing it with the correct pitches. Basic Procedure (Score) 1 Select a song. 2 Go back to the Main display and press the [Score] LCD button. 3 As the song plays back, a red "ball" bounces along through the score, indicating the current position. EXIT 4 Set the parameters of the view type as required. • The displayed notation is generated by the TYROS based on the song MIDI data. As a result, it may not be exactly the same as commercially available sheet music of the same song - especially when displaying notation of complicated passages or many short notes. • Some song data has been recorded with special "free tempo" settings. For such song data, the tempo, beat, measure and music notation will not be displayed correctly. • If all of the notes in a certain measure cannot fit in one line, the measure is extended to the next line. • The notation functions cannot be used to create song data by inputting notes. For information on creating song data, see page 100. • You can increase the number of measures that will be displayed by decreasing the other items to be displayed (parts, lyrics, chords, etc.). 88 TYROS Owner's Manual 5 Set the detailed parameters of the view type as required. 86