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3. Playing Along with the Internal Songs
HereOs how you can play along with the internal songs.Indication of the tempo during song
You can slow down the playback tempo of the song, or playback
play back each hand separately.While the song is playing, the initial tempo of the song
Before you try playing the song, listen to it several times to will continue to be displayed, regardless of tempo
get a general feel for the song.changes during the song.
For details on operation, refer to OSelecting a Song and For more about the display for the internal songs, refer
Playing It� on page 12.to p. 12.
Adding a Count-in to Match the
Changing the Tempo
Timing (Count-In)
If the song has a rapid tempo, you can slow down the When youOre playing along with a song, you can make
tempo so that you can practice it more easily. It is effective sure that your playing is in time with the song by
to gradually raise the tempo as you practice. sounding a count before the song starts playing.
NOTESome of the internal songs have tempos that change during Sounding a Ocount sound� leading up to playback of a
the song.
song is called OCount-In.�If you turn on the metronome while the song plays back,
On the ep 880, if you playback a song while the
the metronome will sound at the beat and tempo of the
metronome is sounding, two measures of lead-in count song.
will be heard at the beginning of the song. See also
OSounding the Metronome� (p. 19).
1.Select the song that you want to play back (p. 12).NOTEDuring the count-in, the count measure is indicated in the
2.Press the [SONG/TEMPO] button, getting its display as O�2� then O�1.�
indicator to light in green.
The tempo appears in the display.
Correspondence between beat
and tempo display
BeatTempo value
2/2 =10�125
x/4 =20�250
x /8 =40�500
Each time you press the [SONG/TEMPO] button, the
tempo and the currently selected song number
(prefixed by OS.�) will be displayed alternately.
While the tempo is displayed, the [SONG/TEMPO]
button indicator will light in green. While the song
number is displayed, it will light in red.
3.Press the [-] or [+] button to adjust the tempo.
The tempo can be adjusted in a range of q = 20~250.
You can also change the tempo during playback.
Pressing the [+] button once increases the tempo by
one unit. Holding down the button increases the
tempo continuously.
Pressing the [-] button once decreases the tempo by
one unit. Holding down the button makes the tempo
change (slow down) continuously.
If you press the [-] and [+] buttons simultaneously,
you will return to the basic tempo of the song (the
tempo before you modified it).
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