Electronic Keyboard User Manual

Playing back a song > Accessing the Song Play mode
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Playing back a song
The C-720 incorporates a multitrack recorder, with which you
can record and play back songs. Since you can turn off a single
part (say, the left hand), and leave another part playing (say,
the right hand), this can be very useful for practicing.
Together with the C-720 come a huge number of classical
songs (185), with which you can play along for practicing or
for enjoying your preferred tunes. Songs are organized in “al-
bums”, that include famous lesson books (Beyer, Burgmüller),
a collection of famous songs, and all the pieces included in the
supplied SongBook.
The recorder can also read 16-track songs in the Standard
MIDI Files (SMF) format, that can be created on a computer
or easily found on the market or in the public domain. Please
note that, while the C-720 complies with General MIDI (GM)
sound mapping, it does not include all GM sounds. For a de-
tailed list of sounds, see page 68.
Accessing the Song Play mode
After you press the SONG button, the Song Play page appears: To return to the Main page, just press one of the sound selec-
tion buttons to select a sound, or press the EXIT button. The
selected song will still be active, but you will no longer see its
name in the display, until you press the SONG button again.
How to select a song
To play a song, you must first select it from an album. Songs
are contained into a permanent memory, and are preserved
when turning the instrument off.
1. If you are in the Main page, press the SONG button twice.
If you are already in Song Play mode, press the SONG but-
ton once to access the Song Selection page:
2. Use the +/YES and -/NO buttons to select one of the avail-
able songs inside the selected album. If the name is longer
than the display, it will scroll up to the end, then returns to
the beginning.
3. To select a different album, use the SCROLL 

button to
move the cursor to the first line of the display:
As an alternative, you can use the first six sound select
buttons to choose an album. See table on the next page.
4. Use the +/YES and -/NO buttons to select one of the avail-
able albums. Various song albums are available (see
page 72 for a detailed list of the included songs):
01-Prelude 1
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Song name
Current measure
Tempo
Time signature
Album:SongBook
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01-Prelude 1
Album
Song
Album:SongBook
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01-Prelude 1
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Album:SongBook
01-Prelude 1
Scroll 
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Album Content
Correspondin
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UserSong Songs created using the internal
recorder, or created with an exter-
nal sequencer and then trans-
ferred to the C-720 via a USB
connection (see page 53)
(1) PIANO 1
SongBook All the songs of the supplied
SongBook
(2) PIANO 2
Classics A collection of famous classical
pieces
(3) E.PIANO 1
Beyer A The “Preparatory School, Op. 101”
lesson book by Ferdinand Beyer,
splitted in two separate parts (A
and B)
(4) E.PIANO 2
Beyer B (5) HARPSI/
CLAV
Burgmlr Burgmüller’s “25 Easy and Pro-
gressive Studies, Op. 100” lesson
book
(6) VIBES/
GUITAR
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