Aodyo Sylphyo, User Manual

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Playing the Sylphyo
In this sec on, you will learn to control various aspects of the instrument,
as well as several expression techniques that you can start prac cing right
away.
Like any wind instrument, your Sylphyo is played by blowing air into its
mouthpiece . Your breath then ows through the body of the instrument,
which produces sound as a result. Although the Sylphyo has a very
di erent way of making sound compared to acous c instruments, it
has been designed to be played just like one.
If you are familiar with wind instruments, feel free to skip the rst few
subsec ons.
BEFORE YOU START PLAYING FOR THE FIRST TIME
Please make sure of the following:
− your Sylphyo is fully charged (leave it charging up to 8 hours the rst me),
− your headphones are connected to the headphones output of the Sylphyo
near the bell,
− your Sylphyo is powered on (using the power-on switch near the bell).
Playing posi on
Grab your Sylphyo with your le hand, and put your right thumb below
the thumbrest. Then, place the ngers of your le hand on the four
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