Yamaha Tyros 4 Owners Manual

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Songs – Recording Your Perfor mances and Creating Songs –
Song Position markers (SP 1–SP 4) can be  placed in the Song data. This not only lets you navigate quickly and easily 
through the Song data, but also lets you set up convenient playback loops—allowing you to create dynamic Song 
arrangements “on the fly,” as you perform.
Entering Song Position Markers
1Select a Song and start playing back (steps 1–4 on page 58).
2When the Song reaches the point you wish to enter a...

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Using Markers in Loop Playback
In this section, the loop playback method is explaine d as an example of loop playback between SP 1 and SP 2. 
1Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start playback from the top 
of the Song.
2After passing the [SP 1] point, press the [LOOP] button to turn 
the loop function on.
The Song plays back up to the [SP 2] point, then goes back to [SP 1] and loops 
between the two points.
3To turn the loop function off, press the [LOOP] button again.
When you...

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Advanced Features
Refer to the Reference Manual on the website,  Chapter 3.
Editing Music Notation settings: [SCORE]  [1  ]–[8  ] buttons
Editing Lyrics/Text display settings: [LYRICS/TEXT]  [1   ]–[8  ] buttons
Using the Auto Accompaniment Features with 
the Song Playback: [ACMP] 
 STYLE CONTROL [SYNC START]   
SONG [STOP] + [PLAY/PAUSE]   STYLE CONTROL [START/STOP]
Song Playback related parameters:
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Multi Pads
– Adding Musical Phrases to Your Performance –
The Multi Pads can be used to play
 a number of short pre-recorded 
rhythmic and melodic sequences that  can be used to add impact and 
variety to your keyboard performances.
Multi Pads are grouped in Banks of four each. The Tyros4 features a 
variety of Multi Pad Banks in a variety of different musical genres. 
1Press the MULTI PAD CONTROL [SELECT] button to call up the 
Multi Pad Bank Selection display, then select...

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While holding the MULTI PAD CONTROL [SELECT] button,  press one of the MULTI PAD CONTROL [1]–[4] buttons 
to put the Multi Pad playback in standby. The corresponding button will flash in red. You can even play two, three, or 
four Multi Pads at the same time.
The Multi Pad currently set to standby will start playing when you play back a Style, press 
any note on the keyboard (when [ACMP] is off), or play a chord with...

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Music Finder
– Calling Up Ideal Panel 
Settings (Voice, Style, etc.) for Each Song –
If you want to play in a certain ge nre of music but don’t know which 
Style and Voice settings would be appropriate, the convenient Music 
Finder function can help you out. Simply select the desired music 
genre (or song title) from among the  Music Finder panel settings, and 
the instrument automatically makes al l appropriate panel settings to let 
you play in that music style. More over,...

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Music Finder – Calling Up Ideal Panel Setti ngs (Voice, Style, etc.) for Each Song –
Even after replacing the Music Finder 
records, you can restore them to their 
original factory settings by selecting the 
“MusicFinderPreset” file in PRESET 
display of the step.
NOTE
5Use the TAB [][] buttons to call up the USB display containing the panel set-
tings file downloaded from the website.
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1Press the [MUSIC FINDER] button to call up the MUSIC FINDER 
display.
In the ALL display, all the records are shown.
2Use the [2  ]/[3 ] buttons to select the desired Panel Set-
tings.
You can also use the [DATA ENTRY] dial and the [ENTER] button.
3Play the chords in the left-hand section (page 35) of the key-
board.
Selecting the Desired Song fr om among the Panel Settings
Refer to page 71 for information on 
selecting SONG and AUDIO records.
NOTE
Sorting the records
Press...

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You can search the records by specifying a song title or  keyword, using the Search function of the Music Finder.
1From the ALL page of the MUSIC FINDER display, press the [6 
] (SEARCH 1) button to call up the Search display.
2Enter the search criteria.
To cancel searching, press the [8  ] (CANCEL) button.
3Press the [8  ] (START SEARCH) button to start the search.
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By registering the song (Song/Audio) data saved in various places (Song Sel ection display: page 58; Audio (Simple) File 
Selection display: page 80) into Music Finder, the instrument can call up song data easily from the song title. 
1Display the song data.
Song data (SONG) in the Song Selection display
1-1Press any of the SONG [I]–[IV] buttons to display the song data (Song file) 
in the SONG Selection display.
1-2Press the TAB [ ][] buttons to select the location of the...