USB Player
This keyboard enables you to read MP3 songs on a USB
Flash drive (Pen Drive) when it is connected to a USB
port at the back of the instrument.
After connecting the device, the first song will automa-
PAUSE
PLAY
tically start playing and will be heard from the speakers
on the keyboard. To adjust the volume, keep the
PAUSE
the song, press
next or previous song, press
COMPOSING A SONG
Each song is printed on a separate page.
Under the title there is information regarding:
SOUND: the sound needed to create the tune
STYLE: the rhythm of the song
TEMPO: the speed of the song
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
SOUND
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You can use this information to configure the keyboard
S I N G L E C H O R D
and play the song at its best. This manual tells you how
F
to select sound, rhythm and tempo.
Numbers that indicate the notes
to be played with the right hand
The song also indicates:
A LITTLE LAMB
Line showing how long the chord lasts
SINGLE CHORD: the easy chords for song accompani-
Accompaniment
Name of
ment
with left hand
chord
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CLASSIC CHORD: the classic chords for song accompa-
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
niment
S I N G L E C H O R D
F
C
The song is marked by a continuous grey strip that
indicates the numbers used to play the melody with
Numbers that indicate the notes
to be played with the right hand
your right hand. Each key must be pressed for some
time, depending on the distance that separates each
number on the grey strip from the next.
showing how long the chord lasts
me of
hord
Basically, above the numbers you will notice a sequence
of alternating black and grey sections within the grey
Accompaniment
strip. The distance between one black section and ano-
with left hand
ther represents the unit of musical time known as "beat",
which corresponds to the movement of the metronome
pointer from one
end to the other.
Every black and grey
section represents a
half "beat".
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SOUND
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PAUSE
⑧
button pressed
PAUSE
PLAY
PLAY
or
Line showing how long the chord lasts
Accompaniment
Name of
with left hand
chord
STYLE
16 POPS
C L A S S I C C H O R D
C
F
C
6
5
4
5
6
6
6
F
A
A
A
G
G
F
Mar _ y
had
a
lit
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lamb
STYLE
16 POPS
C L A S S I C C H O R D
SOUND
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F
F
6
5
4
5
F
A
G
G
F
Numbers that indicate the notes
to be played with the right hand
Mar _ y
had
a
Line showing how long the chord lasts
Name of
chord
HALF
HALF
ONE BEAT
A BEAT
A BEAT
one -
and
two
-
and
three
The instructions (meaning squares with letters) are
found under this strip in order to use your left hand to
STYLE
play the accom-
paniment chords.
S I N G L E C H O R D
F
C
All musical notes of the song, which use classical wor-
PLAY
ding, are under the grey strip.
; to pause
; to go to the
Numbers that indicate the notes
.
to be played with the right hand
For now, it is sufficient to remember that each note has
a name: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, in anglo-saxon notation which
correspond to LA, SI, DO, RE, MI, FA, SOL, in Latin nota-
tion and A, H, C, D,
E, F, G, in German
notation. This corre-
spondence is illu-
TEMPO
16
strated on the next
diagram.
HOW TO PLAY THE SONG IN EASY MODE
simplified
writing
MELODY
traditional
writing
A
Numbers 1 to 15 indicate the keys to play a melody with
the easy musical scores at the end of this manual.
TEMPO
16
Each note corresponds to a number on the grey strip.
STYLE
C
To play the melody, read the sequence of numbers con-
tained in the grey band and press, one after the other,
the white keys which correspond to the same numbers
S I N G L E C H O R D
on the strip above the keyboard. The black keys corre-
C
simplified
6
6
6
writing
spond to the numbers for example on the music method
grey band followed by the "+". The black key after white
key 1 corresponds to the symbol 1+.
traditional
writing
A
A
A
Now that you know which key corresponds to which
note, try and play the tune following the numbers on
lit
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lamb
the grey strip.
CHORDS
The letters on the left indicate the name of the notes in
order to compose a chord in SINGLE (from C1 to F#1)
and CLASSIC (from C1 to F#2) mode (refer to the relative
section).
-
and
four
-
and
To use accompaniment, press each chord with SINGLE
or CLASSIC mode for the time indicated by the line next
to the letter that represents the chord, until you come to
the next one.
16 POPS
Line showing how long the chord lasts
Accompaniment
Name of
C L A S S I C C H O R D
with left hand
F
C
6
5
4
5
6
6
6
F
A
A
A
A
G
G
F
Mar _ y
had
a
lit
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lamb
16 POPS
C L A S S I C C H O R D
F
C
6
5
4
5
6
6
F
A
A
A
G
G
F
Mar _ y
had
a
lit
_ tle
Numbers that indicate the notes
to be played with the right hand
TEMPO
16
chord
simplified
writing
traditional
writing
Anglo-saxon notation
Latin notation
German notation
TEMPO
16
simplified
6
writing
traditional
writing
A
lamb