Manual Yamaha PSS-7 (page 2 of 2) (English)

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Let’s listen and

play!

Inside the PSS-7, there are 10 songs. First, let’s lis-

ten to the first song in the SONGS list, “Mickey

Mouse March”, and then try playing along with it.

If you press the green

button three times,

the third song, “Für Elise”, in the

list will

start playing.

Press the red

button, and the band stops

playing.

1 Start “Mickey Mouse March”.

Try playing the song “Gallant Pig” with a pig’s voice.

Press the blue SONGS

button one time.

You know this song very well. It’s “Mickey

Mouse March”.

Press the red button, and “Mickey Mouse

March” will stop.

Next, let’s try to play along with the song.

2 Try playing along with the song.

If you are ready, try playing along with the song

on the keyboard. The melody disappears and you

can hear the notes you play.

Try playing the melody to “Mickey Mouse March”

karaoke style.

How did you do? If it was too hard to play, try

playing it at a slower tempo (the song’s speed).

3 “One, two, three, four!”. Try start-

ing the song like this.

Press the red button to stop the song.

Tap the

button four times like this. “One,

two, three, four”.

Did the song play at the speed you tapped?

Is this an easier tempo to play along with?

You can also use the tempo

buttons to

adjust the tempo.

If you think it’s a little too fast, press the

button. You will hear a “PON”, and the tempo will

slow down a little.

If you think it’s a little too slow, press the

button. You will hear a “PON”, and the tempo will

speed up a little.

Try playing

in the band.

Inside the PSS-7 there are 30 different kinds of band (accompaniment) performances. In the

Bands

list you’ll find some great rhythms to play along with, has some nice classic

pieces with melodies, and

has some fun pieces to play along with.

First, let’s listen to “Für Elise”, which is the third song in the BANDS

list. Just as if you are

a member of a five-piece band (COMBO), play along with the band.

1 Start “Für Elise”.

2 Become a band member

(piano/electric guitar, etc.)

Try pressing the yellow button.

What kind of instrument do you hear?

Every time you press the

button, a differ-

ent instrument plays. Use your ear to find the

piano sound, which is the first instrument in the

yellow

list (COMBO).

Are you feeling like a pianist? See if you can

play along with the melody.

Press the yellow button and the sound you

just played on the keyboard (PIANO) will change

to E GUITAR, the second instrument in the yel-

low

list.

Are you feeling like a guitarist? See if you can

play along.

Press the

button again and try playing the

SAXOPHONE, E BASS, or PERCUSSION parts in

the group.

3 “One, two, three!” Start the band!

Press the red button to stop the band.

Tap the

button three times like this. “One,

two, three”.

Did the band start playing at the speed you

tapped?

You can change the band’s tempo, just like you

did for the song, by using the tempo

but-

tons.

Have fun playing percussion.

Press the yellow button so that “Percussion” is selected, play

on the keyboard and you will hear many different percussion instru-

ments.

Press the green button, and play the “Safari” or “Carnival” .

OK, are you feeling like a drummer? Let’s play along with the band

performance.

● Selecting normal instruments.

There are100 types of instrument sounds in the

PSS-7. Let’s try to play some of the

25 normal instrument sounds (shown

on the panel).

Press the yellow

button once

and the instrument

that sounds will be

the first instrument

in the

IN-

STRUMENTS list (Keyboard / String).

Press the yellow

button once and the instrument that sounds

will be the first instrument in the

INSTRUMENTS list

(Wind+ / Sound Effect).

The next time you press either of the buttons, the next instru-

ment in the list will be selected.

Bass Drum Snare

Rim Shot

Closed

Hi-hat

Open

Hi-hat

Click

Agogo

Low

Agogo

High

Wood Block

Low

Wood Block

High

When you press the green button, the first song

in the

list, “Music Box” will start. The next time

you press, the second song “Gymnopedies”, starts, and so

on. After the tenth song in the list, “Waltz”, the next song

to be selected will be the first song in the list “Music Box”.

Press the green

button/ button, and in the

same manner, the first song in the

list/ list will

start. Also, every time you press the

button/

button, the next song in the list will start. The first song

will be selected after the tenth song in the list.

• The band performance will con-

tinue to repeat until the red

button is pressed.

• To start the band performance

from the beginning of the selected

performance, press the red

button to stop playback, then

press the - button to

start playback of the performance

from the beginning.

• When you select a band perfor-

mance, the tempo that matches

that performance will be auto-

matically selected.

When you press the blue SONGS but-

ton, the first song in the song list, “Mickey Mouse

March” will start. The next time you press it, the

second song “Little Brown Jug”, starts, and so on.

After the tenth song in the list, “Over the Rainbow”, the next

song to be selected will be the first song in the list “Mickey Mouse

March”.

• If the keyboard is not played for one measure,

the PSS-7 will play the melody again.

• When you press the button to select a song,

the PSS-7 will automatically select an instrument

that matches the song for you to play on the key-

board.

• If the song is in 3/4 time, tap the button 3

times.

• If you tap the button while the song is play-

ing, the song’s tempo will adjust to the same speed

that you tapped.

• If you tap the button too slowly, the tap func-

tion will not operate. If you tap the button too

fast, the tempo will be set to 240 beats per minute.

• The tempo can be adjusted between

q q

=40-240.

• If you press the or button and you don’t

hear a “PON”, the tempo is at its highest or lowest

setting and cannot be set any faster or slower.

• Simultaneously press the

, buttons to return

the tempo to its original setting.

● Selecting variation instruments.

See the “Instrument List” on the reverse side.

All of the instruments listed on the panel have three varia-

tions (25 x 3 = 75 types).

Look at the instrument list and try to select and play some

of the different types of instruments (Effect/Phrase/

Funny).

To select a variation instrument, press the orange

button. Every time you press the button,

Normal m Effect m Phrase m Funny m Normal m ...

variations will be selected in that order.

For example, when the piano (normal) is selected, and the

button is pressed,

will be selected in that order.

• When you press the button, the selected instrument will sound

and then you can play the instrument.

When you press the button for the first time, the first

instrument in the list will be selected. After that, every time

you press the button, the next instrument in the list will be

selected. You can select from five instruments (combo) in the

button list. The combo is a preset band composed of stan-

dard instruments.

After you select percussion, the next instrument selected

will be piano.

• If you press the yellow , or, button, the selected in-

strument will sound and then you can play that instrument on the

keyboard.

• Tap the button 4 times if the band performance is

4/4 time.

• If you tap the button while the band performance

is playing, the performance tempo will adjust to the

same speed that you tapped.

• If you tap the button too slowly, the tap function

will not operate. If you tap the button too fast, the

tempo will be set to 240 beats per minute.

m Sustain Piano m Ragtime Piano m Game Over m Piano

(Effect) (Phrase) (Funny) (Normal)

One, two,

three, four.

One, two, three.

• To start playback from the beginning of the selected song, press

the red button to stop playback, then press the button to

start playback of the song from the beginning.

Try this one

for fun!

Try this one

for fun!

Choose the seventh song in the song list “Gallant

Pig”. Next, choose “Pig” from the instruments list.

What do you think will happen?

Doesn’t that sound funny? It sounds like a pig is sing-

ing “Gallant Pig”. Try to play the melody yourself.

Try the same thing using other animal voices like

“Cat”, “Dog” or “Cow” for the melody.

★The , VOLUME buttons

Press the volume button, the “PON” sound you

hear will be a little louder.

Press the

volume button, the “PON” sound you

hear will be a little softer.

• If you press the or button and you don’t hear “PON”, the sound level is

at its highest or lowest setting and cannot be adjusted further.

• Simultaneously press the and buttons to set the volume level to its maxi-

mum setting.

• The volume is set to its maximum setting STAND BY—ON switch is set to “ON”.

• If you leave the switch “ON”...

If the switch is left “ON”, the PSS-7 will sound an alert. Make sure you slide the switch to the

“STAND BY” so that you don’t waste battery power.

If the switch is still left “ON”, and the keyboard is not touched for a period of 10 minutes, a

confirmation alert will sound. If the keyboard is still not touched, the alert will sound every 10

minutes.

Slide the STAND BY—ON switch to the “ON”

position and you will be greeted with a fanfare

and can play PSS-7. Slide the switch to the

“STAND BY” position to turn the PSS-7 off.

★The STAND BY — ON switch.

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