P-255 Owner’s Man
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Using the Metronome
Playing your digital piano along with the built-in metronome is a great way to perfect your timing. The following
describes how to use this function.
1
Turn on the metronome.
Press the [METRONOME] button and verify that
the metronome starts to play.
Adjusting the tempo
You can adjust the metronome tempo using the
[-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons with the [TEMPO]
button held down. Settings between 5 and 500
beats per minute (BPM) are supported. To restore
the default setting of 120 BPM, press the [-/NO]
and [+/YES] buttons together with the [TEMPO]
button held down.
Setting the time signature
Whenever the [METRONOME] button is being
held down, the display will show the current time
signature. You can change this setting using the
[-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons with the [METRO-
NOME] button held down. Settings of between 0
and 15 are supported—for example, you can set
“4” if you need a metronome with four beats per
measure. The first beat of each measure is
accented with a bell-type sound, and clicks are
used for the other beats. When the time signature
is set to “0,” clicks are used for all beats. To
restore the default setting of 0, press the [-/NO]
and [+/YES] buttons together with the [METRO-
NOME] button held down.
2
Turn off the metronome.
You can stop the metronome by pressing the
[METRONOME] button once again.
• You can set the metronome volume using the corresponding Function
parameter (page 40).
•
If a MIDI song (page 21) has been selected:
Each MIDI song has its own default settings for tempo and time signature.
Whenever you select one of these songs, its tempo and time signature will
be applied, canceling any setting you have made on the instrument.
The
b
eat indicator
flashes in time as the
metronome plays.
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