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Summary of Contents for PortaTone PSR-260

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Page 2: ...ATION The name plate is located on the bottom of the product The model number serial number power requirements etc are located on this plate You should record the model number serial number and the da...

Page 3: ...rheating fire or battery fluid leakage Do not dispose of batteries in fire Do not attempt to recharge batteries that are not intended to be charged When the batteries run out or if the instrument is n...

Page 4: ...arn how to play it Portable Grand page 20 The PSR 260 also has a Portable Grand function for realistic piano performance Pressing the Piano button instantly calls up the stunningly authentic Stereo Sa...

Page 5: ...ng Songs 29 Selecting and Playing a Song 29 Melody Voice Change 30 Changing the Tempo 31 Adjusting the Song Volume 32 Song Controls 32 A B Repeat 33 Song Lesson 34 Using the Lesson Feature 34 Lesson 1...

Page 6: ...See page 20 0 DJ button This instantly calls up a special DJ voice song and style See page 22 1 Numeric keypad ON and OFF buttons These are used for selecting songs voices and styles See page 24 They...

Page 7: ...rt a selected song or style at that tapped speed See page 44 It also is used to call up the Tempo setting letting you set the Tempo with the numeric keypad or buttons See page 31 8 SONG button This is...

Page 8: ...When the batteries run low and the battery voltage drops below a certain level the PSR 260 may not sound or function properly As soon as this happens replace them with a complete set of six new batter...

Page 9: ...er pedal on an acoustic piano press and hold down the footswitch as you play the key board to sustain the sound Using the MIDI Terminals The PSR 260 also features MIDI terminals allowing you to interf...

Page 10: ...TO OFF 011 VIBRATO ON 012 HARMONY OFF 013 HARMONY ON 014 ATTACK OFF 015 ATTACK ON 016 WAVE OFF 017 WAVE ON 018 PIPE ORGAN 019 ACCORDION 020 HARMONICA GUITAR BASS 021 SOFT GUITAR No Voice Name 022 FOLK...

Page 11: ...e See page 22 055 SY STRINGS 056 SY BRASS 057 SLOW STRS 058 CHORUS HARMONY 059 PIANO TRIO 060 PNO COUNTRY 061 E PNO TRIO 062 HARPSI TRIO 063 E ORG TRIO 064 VIBES DUET 065 TRP DUET No Voice Name 066 HO...

Page 12: ...and stunning sound of the PSR 260 Let s play the Demo songs now starting with 001 z Press the DEMO button x Stop the Demo song Playing the Demo songs Livin La 001 or Naturally you can also individual...

Page 13: ...ed 034 Wiegenlied 035 Wiegenlied World 036 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 037 Grandfather s Clock 038 Beautiful Dreamer 039 Greensleeves 040 Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms 041 I m Mai 042...

Page 14: ...automati cally produces appropriate bass chord and rhythm backing Use your right hand to play melodies and you ll sound like an entire band Accompaniment section Left hand Auto accompaniment for examp...

Page 15: ...e of the chord in this case M7 v Play the notes of the chord as indicated in the keyboard diagram in the display The chord name flashes when the chord is played prop erly b To leave the Dictionary fun...

Page 16: ...right hand parts of each song individually simply press the appropriate button L left or R right The practice steps below apply to either hand Lesson 1 Timing This lesson step lets you practice just t...

Page 17: ...onvenient Tap Tempo function that allows you to tap a new tempo in real time See page 44 This step lets you work on the timing of the notes In Les son 1 the particular note you play on the keyboard is...

Page 18: ...indicates both the chords and the melody notes in the music staves and the keyboard diagram as they change during the song To stop playback press the START STOP button While the Demo song is playing...

Page 19: ...e lower or higher than notated t Measure Tempo and beat This shows either the current measure when the Song mode is selected or the current Tempo value when the Style mode is selected The hand clap ic...

Page 20: ...n The Portable grand setting is designed also for playing with the special Pianist styles 081 100 When auto accompaniment is turned on these provide piano only accompaniment in a variety of music styl...

Page 21: ...beats all high clicks 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 6 6 4 7 7 4 8 8 4 9 9 4 0 Plays no 1 beats all low clicks TIME SIG 4 Adjusting the Metronome Volume You can adjust the volume of the Metronome sound indep...

Page 22: ...n the blocks are also announced in Lesson 2 When the DJ teacher is playing the block numbers appear in the display one after another according to the rhythm 3 Press the START STOP button to stop the s...

Page 23: ...ided into various categories depending on their characteristics or the effects used Selecting and Playing a Voice 1 Press the VOICE button 2 Select the desired voice number Use the numeric keypad The...

Page 24: ...lay ing middle C with one voice may sound higher or lower than another voice at the same key Four of the Organ voices are effect pairs Switching between each of the paired voices with the buttons turn...

Page 25: ...only the last note or highest note played will be used for the har mony effect DJ Voice Chart voices 098 and 099 Scratch C1 B2 U h h H i t O n e T w o T h r e e F o u r O k O f f L e s s o n D J P i n...

Page 26: ...you select a style or song In other words when One Touch Setting is active selecting a desired style or song also automatically selects the best suited voice and Multi Pad bank 1 Press the VOICE butt...

Page 27: ...value You can also use the buttons to increase or decrease the value Holding down either button con tinuously increases or decreases the value Tuning Tuning determines the fine pitch setting of both...

Page 28: ...ss the appropriate num bered button on the numeric keypad 1 2 or 3 Settings When Touch is turned off a constant volume corresponding to a velocity value of 80 is produced 1 Soft This results in limite...

Page 29: ...e page 24 You can use the numeric keypad to directly enter the song number or use the buttons to step up and down through the songs 3 Start the selected song Press the START STOP button As the song pl...

Page 30: ...oice selected on the panel is piano but the song s melody is being played by a flute voice using Melody Voice Change will change the flute melody voice to piano 1 Select the desired song Press the SON...

Page 31: ...n instantly restore this default Tempo setting by press ing both buttons simulta neously when Tempo is selected Also the tempo of a song or style returns to the default setting when selecting a differ...

Page 32: ...s song controls Current Song Volume value Indicates Song Volume is selected MEASURE SONG VOL 110 04 Restoring the Default Song Vol ume Value If you ve changed the Song Volume setting you can instantly...

Page 33: ...ck does not cancel the set A B points or the A B Repeat function 4 Turn off the A B Repeat function Press the A B REPEAT button This can be done either when the song is stopped or during playback 7 m...

Page 34: ...n be used as long as you play in rhythm Lesson 2 Waiting In this lesson step the PSR 260 waits for you to play the correct notes before continuing playback of the song Lesson 3 Minus One This lesson s...

Page 35: ...display if the Grade function is turned on page 39 After a short pause the Lesson begins again automati cally 4 Press the START STOP button to stop the Lesson The PSR 260 exits from the Lesson featur...

Page 36: ...ted 3 Play the appropriate melody or chord with the song After the lead in the song starts automatically and the appropriate notes appear in the display In Lesson 1 simply play one note repeatedly in...

Page 37: ...ppropriate notes appear in the display In Lesson 2 play the correct notes at your own pace until you can master playing them in rhythm Lesson 3 Minus One This lesson step lets you practice one part of...

Page 38: ...oth hands at the same time Go on to this lesson step after you ve mastered each hand s part in the previous three lesson steps Practice both hands in time with the rhythm along with the notation in th...

Page 39: ...od and Excellent When the Talking function page 40 is on the PSR 260 also announces your grade 1 Select the Grade function Press the OVERALL button repeatedly if necessary until GRADE appears in the d...

Page 40: ...y if necessary until TALKING appears in the display 2 Set Talking to on or off as desired Use the buttons to set Talking to on or off The Talking function includes the following announcements DJ LESSO...

Page 41: ...chord and the individual notes both in notation and on the keyboard diagram 4 Play the chord Play the chord as indicated in the display in the ACMP section of the key board The chord name flashes in...

Page 42: ...vely splits the keyboard into two sections The upper is used for playing a melody line and the lower labeled ACMP in green above the keyboard at F 2 is for the auto accompaniment function The PSR 260...

Page 43: ...will play You can select either by repeatedly pressing the MAIN AUTO FILL button before press ing the START STOP button Pressing this button alter nately enables and cancels the Sync Start function Se...

Page 44: ...sired tempo Using Sync Start The PSR 260 also has a Sync Start function that allows you to start the rhythm accompaniment by simply pressing a key on the keyboard To use Sync Start first press the SYN...

Page 45: ...the SYNC START button to enable Sync Start and start the Intro section and style by playing any key in the ACMP section of the keyboard INTRO A 116 TEMPO To actually start the Intro section and accom...

Page 46: ...his switches between the Main A and Main B sections automatically playing a fill in pattern to smoothly lead into the next section For example if the Main A section is cur rently playing pressing this...

Page 47: ...3 1st measure 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 2nd measure 3rd measure 3 3 a fill in pattern plays immediately until the end of the measure and the Main A or B section begins here If you press the MAIN AUTO FIL...

Page 48: ...e recognized in the Fingered mode Fingered Chords in the Key of C C Cm C7 Cm7 To play a major chord Press the root note of the chord To play a minor chord Press the root note together with the nearest...

Page 49: ...he chord The second note of this chord is four semitones higher than the first and the third is three semitones higher than the second Keeping our root note fixed and changing these notes by a semiton...

Page 50: ...int Chords are made up of notes stacked on top of each other and the stacked notes are indicated in the chord name of the chord type as a number the number being the dis tance of the note from the roo...

Page 51: ...use the buttons to increase or decrease the value Holding down either button continuously increases or decreases the value For a complete list of the available banks and their contents see page 57 3 P...

Page 52: ...w Can MIDI be Used In the simple yet powerful MIDI application example below theYamaha QY 70 Music Sequencer is used to record and play back performance data played on the PSR 260 keyboard Before actu...

Page 53: ...is polyphonic up to a maximum of 16 notes Playing keys in the right hand section of the key board does not produce any sound When using the Dictionary function page 41 the keys in the right hand secti...

Page 54: ...BANJO 1 036 35 VIBRAPHONE 1 037 36 MARIMBA 1 038 37 STEEL DRUMS 1 WIND 039 38 TRUMPET 1 040 39 TROMBONE 1 041 40 MUTE TRPET 1 042 41 FRENCH HORN 1 043 42 BRASS SECT 1 044 43 ALTO SAX 1 045 44 TENOR SA...

Page 55: ...lk Guitar 1 26 Jazz Guitar 1 27 Electric Guitar 1 28 12Strings Guitar 2 29 Rich Guitar 2 30 Distortion Guitar 1 32 Wood Bass 1 33 Finger Bass 1 34 Mute Bass 1 36 Slap Bass 1 38 Synth Bass 1 40 Violin...

Page 56: ...2 41 F 1 Floor Tom 42 F 1 1 Hi hat Closed 43 G 1 Electronic Low Tom 44 G 1 1 Hi Hat Pedal 45 A 1 Low Tom 46 A 1 1 Hi Hat Open 47 B 1 Electronic Mid Tom 48 C 2 Mid Tom 49 C 2 Crash Cymbal 50 D 2 High T...

Page 57: ...Jazz Waltz 48 Fusion 49 Big Band Swing No Style Name 50 Big Band Ballad 51 Jazz Quartet 52 Dixieland COUNTRY WESTERN 53 Bluegrass 54 2 4 Country 55 Country Ballad 56 Country Shuffle BALLROOM 57 Rhumb...

Page 58: ...x Pitch Bend x x 0 32 o 2 o 2 Bank Select LSB MSB 7 o o Volume 10 o o Pan 6 38 x x Data Entry Control 64 o o Sustain 71 74 x x Change 84 o o Portamento Cntrl 96 97 x x RPN Inc Dec 98 99 x x NRPN LSB M...

Page 59: ...or Rhythm MSB 00H Melody Voice MSB 7FH Rhythm Voice LSB Refer to Voice list 3 For program change values refer to the voice list Program change and other like channel messages received will not affect...

Page 60: ...dy Voice Change One Touch Setting 1 style 1 song Multi Pads 4 pads x 10 banks Yamaha Education Suite Dictionary Lesson 1 4 Preset songs 100 songs Amplifier 2 0W 2 0W MIDI IN OUT Auxiliary jacks PHONES...

Page 61: ...M Main A B 46 Melody voice change 30 Metronome 21 MIDI 52 MIDI Implementation Chart 58 MIDI about 52 Minus One 34 Multi Fingering 48 Multi Pads 51 music stand 9 N numeric keypad 24 O One Touch Setting...

Page 62: ...ou may also contact Yamaha directly at the address provided below 2 Deliver the unit to be serviced under warranty to the retailer selling the product an authorized service center or to Yamaha with an...

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Page 64: ...M D G EMI Division Yamaha Corporation 2000 Yamaha Corporation V524140 00 PO 01A0 Printed in China...

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