Operation Manual

Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data
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PSR-A1000
The metronome provides a click sound, giving you an accurate tempo guide when you practice, or letting you hear and
check how a specific tempo sounds.
The metronome starts by pressing the [METRONOME] button. Adjust the
tempo by using the TEMPO[ ] [ ] buttons (see below).
To stop the metronome, press the [METRONOME] button again.
This section shows you to adjust the playback tempo — which not only affects the metronome, but also the playback of
a song or an accompaniment style.
Using the Metronome
METRO-
NOME
The sound, volume level,
and the beat (time signature)
of the metronome can all be
changed (page 132).
Adjusting the Tempo
TEMPO
TAP TEMPO
RESET
Songs and accompaniment
styles have been given
default (initial) tempo
settings, designed to best
suit the song/style.
TEMPO
TAP TEMPO
RESET
EXIT
Press either the TEMPO [ ]
button or the [] button.
Adjust the tempo by using either the TEMPO [ ]
[] buttons or the [DATA ENTRY] dial.
The number in the display indicates how many
quarter-note beats there are in one minute. The
range is between 5 and 500. The higher the value,
the faster the tempo.
When you change the tempo, both tempos of the
current song and style will be changed to the same
tempo. To restore their respective default (initial)
tempo settings, press both the TEMPO [ ] [ ]
buttons simultaneously. Also refer to the “Tempo
Indications — MAIN display” (page 48) for more
about tempo.
1 2
Press this to
close the
TEMPO display.
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