Yamaha YDS-150 YDS-150 Owners Manual - Page 13

Playing the Instrument Mouth Shape Position the mouthpiece in your mouth with your upper front teeth resting about 1cm from the tip of the mouthpiece. Cover your lower teeth with your lower lip to keep your teeth from coming into direct contact with the reed. Upper front teeth Tongue Selecting a Voice It is possible to select a Voice and tonality you like, such as an alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, etc. 1 Press VOICE [ ]/[ ]. The Voice number is displayed on the LED display. For the Voice names, refer to the Voice List on page 19. Lower teeth Lower lip With the reed resting on your lower lip, seal your mouth around the mouthpiece to keep air from leaking out of the corners of your mouth when blowing. * Do not bite hard on the reed or mouthpiece. The display on the LED screen has the following meanings. to : Alto sax Voices (in Eb) to : Soprano sax Voices (in Bb) to : Tenor sax Voices (in Bb) to : Baritone sax Voices (in Eb) to : Non-sax Voices (in C) to : You can select user Voices edited in the dedicated app (page 14). For details, refer to the manual for the dedicated app. How to Play Sound Put the mouthpiece into your mouth and blow. Blow strongly for a higher volume, and softly for a lower volume. There is no need to vibrate the reed like an acoustic saxophone. NOTE • Unlike an acoustic saxophone, changing the degree to which the mouthpiece is inserted into the neck will not change the pitch of the sound. Using the Analog Controller The analog controller has functions assigned by default depending on the selected Voice. • Raising or lowering the pitch (Pitch Bend) • Applying vibrato to the sound. (Modulation) • Smoothing out the pitch slide between notes (Porta- mento) For details about the functions assigned to the analog controller for each Voice, see the Voice List at the end of this document. 12 YDS-150 Owner's Manual NOTE • Portamento is a playing technique that smoothly slides the pitch of the performance up and down. When using a Voice with portamento assigned to it, move the thumb controller to smoothly change the pitch.