Listening to the Demos
Built into the Poetry are 60 preprogrammed songs. Of
these, 10 are Sound Demo Songs that highlight the quality
of various internal sounds. The other 50 are familiar Piano
Songs and etudes.
During playback of a sound demo song, you can play
using the keyboard; however, the sound cannot be
changed by using the sound buttons.
During playback of a sound demo song, the settings for
effects (reverb and chorus) cannot be changed.
Listening to a Sound Demo Song
The Poetry features 10 built-in Sound Demo Songs that use
different sounds. Listen to the Sound Demo Songs to hear
their typical sounds. (Refer to "Sound Demo Song List" on
page 98.)
1. Simultaneously press the PIANO SONG button and
the TRANSPOSE button.
The PIANO SONG button blinks, and the sound but-
tons are lit sequentially. In addition, the number for the
sound demo song (d01) appears in the display.
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After about 3 seconds, the PIANO button blinks, the
Play/Pause button lights up, and playback of the Sound
Demo Song begins.
When playback of Sound Demo Song d01 is finished,
the remaining Sound Demo Songs will play back se-
quentially. When playback of d10 is finished, playback
begins again with d01. At this time, the sound button for
the song being played back blinks.
2. When the sound buttons are blinking sequentially,
press the sound button for the demo song that you
want to hear.
If a different sound button is pressed, even while a song is
being played, playback of the corresponding demo song
will begin after a few seconds. In addition, a song can be
selected by pressing the + or - button beside the display.
3. Press the Stop button to end playback, and press the
Play/Pause button to return to the beginning of the
song.
While the song is stopped, the PIANO SONG button
blinks, and the sound buttons light up sequentially.
4. Press the PIANO SONG button again to exit playback
of Sound Demo Songs.
The tempo cannot be changed during playback of a
Sound Demo Song. In addition, the metronome cannot
be used.
The playback of a Sound Demo Song cannot be paused.
Listening to a Piano Song
Two types of performances have been prepared for each
Piano Song: one with the Italian grand piano sound and
one with the Pleyel piano sound. Listen to and compare the
two performances.
Various functions useful for practice are available, such as
changing the tempo or muting the right- or left-hand part
to focus on one hand. (Refer to "Piano Song List" on page
98.)
1. Press the PIANO SONG button.
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2. Press the PIANO button or PLEYEL button to select
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3. Press the Play/Pause button to begin playback of the
4. Use the Play/Pause button to toggle between playback
5. Press the Stop button to end playback and return to
6. Press the DISPLAY button, and then, after the SONG
7. To change the sound, press the PIANO button or
8. Press the PIANO SONG button again to exit playback
The PIANO SONG button lights up and the number for
the piano song (001) appears in the display.
The PIANO button lights up and the PLEYEL button
blinks.
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the desired sound.
For the Italian grand piano sound, press the PIANO
button; for the Pleyel piano sound, press the PLEYEL
button.
The button for the selected sound lights up, and the
other button blinks.
You can select either the Italian grand piano sound
or the Pleyel piano sound.
Piano Song.
When playback of the first piano song is finished, play-
back continues sequentially with the second, third, etc.
When playback of the fortieth piano song is finished,
playback begins again with the first piano song.
If no sound was selected in step 2, the Piano Song
with the PIANO sound automatically begins to
play back after about 3 seconds.
(button lit) and pause (button blinks).
the beginning of the song.
LED is lit, press the + or – button beside the display to
select a song.
PLEYEL button, and then press the Play/Pause button.
of Piano Songs.
Playback will begin automatically after the Piano Song
number is changed. However, playback will not begin
automatically after the sound (PIANO or PLEYEL) is
changed. In that case, press the Play/Pause button to
begin playback of the Piano Song.
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