Main Features Your Yamaha Electone is packed with many sophisticated functions. Yet it is amazingly easy to use. The main features are described here so that you can quickly understand the capabilities of your Electone. Included among the main features are: Astoundingly True-to-life Sounds The new AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation system provides authentic, dynamic voices, making the Electone a truly expressive musical instrument. (See page 13.
Table of Contents P a n e l C o n t r o l s ................................................... 2 1 . B a s i c O p e r a t i o n .......................................... 4 1. Basic Operation Getting Started ......................................................................... 4 Playing Back the Demonstration Songs ................................... 5 Playing Your Electone ................................................................6 2. Voice Sections BasicRegistrations ......................
Panel Controls Front Panel 1 REVERB Buttons (See page 15.) 7 PEDAL VOICE Section (See page 13.) Adjust the Reverb effect for the entire sounds. Selects the Pedal voices and adjusts the volume. 2 SUSTAIN Buttons (See page 15.) 8 BASIC REGIST. (Basic Registration) Buttons (See page 6.) Add the Sustain effects to Upper/Lower Keyboard and Pedalboard. Select the Basic Registrations. 3 Monitor Speakers 9 MASTER VOLUME Control (See page 4.) Built-in speakers for your monitoring.
Other Parts, Controls and Terminals 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 23 * Key Cover/Music Stand Å@ ( Upper Keyboard ) Lower Keyboard q MIDI Jacks w Expression Pedal (See page 4.) Used to adjust the entire volume level during the performance. # TEMPO Dial (See page 17.) Adjusts the rhythm tempo. e Pedalboard $ BAR/BEAT Indicator (See page 17.) r AUX. OUT Jack (RCA/Mono) Flashes to the first beat of every measure (or every beat).
1. Basic Operation No matter what your level of playing experience, we recommend that you take the time to go through this basic section. It shows you in the simplest possible manner how to start playing your Electone. Getting Started Once you've set up your Electone and plugged the power cord into an electrical outlet, you're ready to get started and play. 1 Turn on the Electone by pressing the POWER switch.
Playing Back the Demonstration Songs The Electone has five demonstration music pieces for your listening enjoyment. Try playing back the demos before you start to play. 1 2 Press and hold down the PEDAL/DEMO button. PEDAL DEMO The five lamps in the BASIC REGIST. section will start blinking. Release the PEDAL/DEMO button. The lamps above the Basic Registration buttons will go on blinking, indicating the Electone has entered the stand-by mode for playing back a demon- BASIC REGIST. 1 stration song.
Playing Your Electone As a performance aid, the Electone includes convenient Basic Registrations that let you instantly change the voices and other settings for all of the keyboards, even as you play. Each registration is pre-programmed to be used for a specific music style or instrumental combination. Basic Registrations BASIC REGIST.
Basic Registration 1 Symphonie No.9 L. Beethoven Try playing with your right hand.
Next, play the accompaniment parts with your left hand and foot in addition to playing the melody line.
Basic Registration 3 Romance de L’amour Spanish Folk Song Accompaniment pattern 5 4 32 1 Left hand Pedal Left foot Am 5 5 5 5 E E E E 3 3 C C 2 1 1 2 5 4 A 3 G 3 F F 2 1 E B 1 D A 5 A A 2 E D E7 3 3 2 F 4 D 3 3 C C 5 31 2 B 1 A E E7 4 G E 5 21 Am 2 2 2 2 B B B B E7 2 F E7 Am 5 A C 5 2 1 Dm Am E 5 A E D Dm 5 31 Am 5 3 5 31 Am Am 4 5 9 21 3 C 2 B 1 A Am 5 31 3 F 2 E
Basic Registration 4 Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star 10 French Folk Song
Basic Registration 5 Chopsticks Hilster 11
●Selecting Voices Try playing the voices not assigned in the Basic Registration section. Select the voice to play on the Upper Keyboards from the Upper Keyboard voices/Lead voices. The LED (s) will be lit above the selected voice button.