User Manual
Harmony Director HD
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300 Feature Basics
This at-a-glance introduction shows how the HD-300 features can be used in various practice situations, and provides basic instructions.
Creating beautiful unisons and harmoniesCreating beautiful unisons and harmonies Keeping tempo and rhythmKeeping tempo and rhythm
Imagining correct pitch
Confirming complex rhythms
Demonstrating tempo and beat
Creating harmonies
Sharing performances
HD-300 function
HD Assistant app function
Manual Development Group
© 2020 Yamaha Corporation
Published 07/2021 MWES-B0
VFJ5750
Imagining correct pitch
Turn the function on, and then play
in the direction of the HD-300 to have it play the
correct pitch for the nearest reference note for a
specic period of time.
is lets you practice imagining and matching the
pitch as you perform.
Effectively practicing basic
techniques
In the mode, you can play back the
main practice pieces in the “JBC Band Method”
library.
is can be used to automate the accompaniment,
allowing the instructor to concentrate on listening to
the student’s performance when used by the
instructor. It also helps students practice
independently on their own when they use it.
Confirming complex rhythms
Using the metronome function deeper.
By using the function, you
can set and save an irregular meter or a frequently
used tempo.
Using the function of the app
enables you to create a set of rhythms of up to
2 measures by note input, and to play it on the
HD-300.
Sharing performances
Your performance can be recorded to a USB ash drive.
e button is used for normal recording.
While the function is on,
you can record a performance including even up to
10 seconds before you start the recording.
Owner’s Manual (page 29)
Owner’s Manual (page 30)
Tuning
Use the buttons and the dial to select
the desired Voice.
Use the function to continue playing
notes even aer you’ve released your nger from the
keyboard.
Use the slider to change the octave of
the keyboard sound.
Demonstrating tempo and beat
Using the metronome in its simple mode.
Use the [START/STOP] button to start/stop
playback.
Owner’s Manual (pages 18-19)
Owner’s Manual (pages 26-28)
Owner’s Manual (pages 22-23)
Owner’s Manual (pages 22, 24)
Developing one’s sense of
rhythm
By switching the rhythm playback mode to the
mode from the metronome, you
can play back various popular rhythms.
Rhythm styles include such as march, swing and
samba. Practicing while playing back these rhythms
helps develop a sense of rhythm that matches the
piece.
Owner’s Manual (pages 22, 25)
Creating harmonies
Select the pure and play a chord
so that the root key is automatically detected and a
pure-tempered chord sound is produced.
e buttons are useful when playing
the keyboard, while using a musical score written for
the transposing instrument.
Using on the app enables you to hear
minutely out-of-tune sounds (interference beats), or
to sense changes in the sound of chords when the
volume balance changes.
function enables you to determine
the chord from a performance, and play sounds
using an onscreen keyboard. function also
enables you to verify pitch on the app.
Owner’s Manual (pages 18-21)
Use Guide
A. Training one’s ability for listening and matching pitch
Use Guide
B. Training one’s ability to recognize areas needing improvement in a performance
Effectively practicing
basic techniques
Developing one’s
sense of rhythm
: Changes the time signature.
: Changes the tempo.
: e sliders adjust the volume of
each note type of the metronome.
Tuning
EN
VOICE
HOLD
OCTAVE
SOUND BACK
VOICE HOLD
OCTAVE
SOUND BACK REC TIME SHIFT RECORDING
TEMPERAMENT TRANSPOSE
Chord DetectorDemonstrate Tuner
BEAT TEMPO/TAP
METRONOME VOL
BEAT•TEMPO MEMORY
Rhythm Assistant
RHYTHM STYLETRAINING
BEAT
TEMPO/TAP
METRONOME VOL
Demonstrate
Chord Detector
Tuner
TEMPERAMENT
TRANSPOSE
REC
TIME SHIFT RECORDING
TRAINING
BEAT•TEMPO MEMORY
Rhythm Assistant
RHYTHM STYLE