Den, When you know about these things you can bring them in to what you're playing. So thanks for pointing them out to us. The Fade in/Fade out of course can be achieved by using the Expression (Volume) Pedal .. if you have one. But I particularly liked your explanation of how to do a Stop the Style...

Whatever tune you are going to play, you first have to decide on a STYLE that will suit the song. Mind you, you can get any song to fit any rhythm if you play around with the melody. Here is Jon D with one of his songs played in this way. Click the back-arrow after listening to get back to this page...

That is pretty brilliant! Do they have this feature on the SX series or the Genos?

Hugh

If you have a TYROS 5, here is a way to find a suitable STYLE for a song. You press the RECOMMEND button, play a few bars of the melody of your song .. and up comes a list of suitable STYLES to go with what you've just played. And they're 'live' so you can hear what they sound like. Reminds me of wh...

Here's another Registration Memory Bank that I have set up for playing Melodie d'Amour . I have set up 3 REGISTRATION MEMORIES (for playing just this one song) and used them accordingly as I have played through it. REGISTRATION MEMORY 1 STYLE: Bossa Nova, VARIATION B . Strings in R1 ; Suitcase EP in...

In this video the Tyros Tipsters explain how to create Registrations, put them into the Registration Memories, and SAVE all this to the keyboard. Saving Some Of Your Favourite Settings Into The Blue Buttons On Yamaha Tyros LsLddwL-gZY Two things to point out in this video. He is putting a setup for ...

How to SAVE a Registration once you have done it Assuming you have completed the Registration you were doing, and that you have the MAIN screen showing: http://www.ar-group.org/Files/Tyros4MainView.jpg First, you press the REGIST button (button J ) and in the next screen, press the SAVE showing und...

Den, Thanks for that. Strangely enough, I did find listening with headphones a bit 'deep' and muffled (and you were not easy to hear), but when I removed the headphones and had the sound coming out of the 'tinny' speakers of my laptop your speaking was crystal clear. I found the same when joining in...

Setting up my REGISTRATION to play Grandfather Clock To set up a REGISTRATION BANK we need to start with the MAIN page (the one you get when you turn the keyboard ON). http://www.ar-group.org/Files/Tyros4MainView.jpg First, press button D next to STYLE . I now need to choose one of the Style Catego...

Seems to me there are a few ways of using this keyboard to actually play something. 1. You can let Yamaha set it up with Voices they think would go well with some of their Styles. 2. Choose a song from the MUSIC FINDER and again, the keyboard will be set up with a suitable Style and Voices. 3. You c...

If you look at the bottom right hand corner of the MUSIC FINDER picture in the post above you will see that the 'NUMBER OF RECORDS' is 135. That's not very many! As mentioned in the Tyros Tipsters videos above there are many more songs available. If you go to the UK Yamaha Website you can find a Dow...

Seems to me there are a few ways of using this keyboard to actually play something. 1. You can let Yamaha set it up with Voices they think would go well with some of their Styles. 2. Choose a song from the MUSIC FINDER and again, the keyboard will be set up with a suitable Style and Voices. 3. You c...

To recap the post above, you can choose a STYLE, set the TEMPO, make sure the ACMP and the OTS LINK buttons are ON, and then play something. If you change the setup via the Style MAIN VARIATION buttons A, B, C and D then the VOICE setups in the ONE TOUCH SETTINGS 1, 2, 3 and 4 change too. If you kee...

Seems to me there are a few ways of using this keyboard to actually play something. 1. You can let Yamaha set it up with Voices they think would go well with some of their Styles. 2. Choose a song from the MUSIC FINDER and again, the keyboard will be set up with a suitable Style and Voices. 3. You c...

First things first. I have three foot switches connected, so lets get those operational first. The page for setting this up is one of the FUNCTION options and one would have to delve into that to find the correct page. But .... The Tyros 4 has a 'short cut' button you can press, and immediately afte...

When you turn the keyboard ON (the switch is behind the keyboard on the left hand side) what you will see is the MAIN screen. Rather like clicking on Board Index in this Forum to get back to the 'Home' page and navigate on from there, it is always a good idea to get back to the MAIN screen, check wh...

Having played an AR80 organ for several years I now have a Tyros 4 keyboard. It was all Den's idea (Dennis Oyston from Victoria, Australia) who has a Tyros 4 himself, and he reckoned I should get to grips with playing a keyboard. As I play my AR80 'keyboard style' anyway, with STYLES and a 'split po...

Looking down the list of songs in MUSIC FINDER on my Tyros 4 I came across this one: http://www.ar-group.org/Files/BeautifulDreamerMusicFinder.jpg When selecting this song, a REGISTRATION was set up for me to play it. http://www.ar-group.org/Files/BeautifulDreamerMain.jpg Looks promising, with Guita...

Den,

You can replace "I am a conductor of an orchestra" with "I have just got a keyboard and am learning how to play it".

Hugh

Hi Ken,

Yes, very nice. It has to be said, you did very well to keep it all playing at that speed! That was a very good recording.

Hugh

Now I have a Tyros 4 I am doing a Topic on my experiences with setting up and playing it. Do a right-click to open this up in a New Tab. http://www.tierce-de-picardie.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=449&t=9018 I'm sure that most of what I say will apply to all Yamaha keyboards .. only with the PSR-SX seri...

Brian007 found this one for us in June of this year.

Telstar - steel guitar



And here's an explanation on how the Pedal Steel Guitar works.

Steve Fishell explains how pedal steel guitar works

Don't know about you but I just love this instrument!

Stranger on the Shore - steel guitar

Hi Norman,

That's an interesting intro! A drum rhythm! But then the original does that too. Just as well we have a drum kit on our keyboards. Nicely sung,with a bit of harmony again.

Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia



Hugh

Hi Norman, Glad you have managed to get your post up. Getting a Box Account and finding the right LINK is not easy! You had the Harmony Echo on, which was very effective. A nice bit of harmony with your voice. Here's another version of this song with some nice harmony in it. Cliff Richard & Elai...

James,

You are getting too technical for me at the moment. I'm still working out how to play the Tyros 4! I.m sure Dennis will be able to answer your question.

Hugh

Hi Mike, Loved that! You have a great voice and your keyboard accompaniment really suited the song. Hope you will get JohnT to post some more of your music for you so we can listen to more from you. I'm sure you are all missing the Musicmakers Club in the North East. There's nothing like having a ge...

Tony, They do say, "There's nothing like the oldies", so when I saw your first Hymn, Thou whose almighty word I was hoping it would not be to some 'modern' tune but the one I remember from days gone by. And it was. Moscow. This Hymn has some beautiful harmonies in it, and you have played i...

So far we haven't had any church organists showing us how they would change their sounds by 'pushing/pulling the stops in/out', or electronically, using the buttons to change the sound. Of course it does help having two or more manuals on an organ as you can then move from one manual to another with...

What you will find below is an Alphabetical List of Topics in the Arranger Keyboards (Tutorials) Category. I'm sure that most of what is in these Topics will apply to all Yamaha keyboards .. only with the PSR-SX series and the Genos there will be a different way of doing things as these are 'touch s...

Two people playing on one piano is no problem. I do that often with my grandchildren. But what about two people playing one guitar? Love the way one of them is playing the 'bass part' in this one. Four Hands Guitar i4BYMvVvMg0 And here's another one ... Tico Tico no Fubá - Duo Siqueira Lima - 4 Hand...

RnL&Jordan Rudess w. iPads - Another One First 2 minutes of this track are played only on iPad apps, and joined by the traditional instruments for the last minute. Everything you see in the video is the actual recorded performance. I5oXtFAThuw Apps used : MorphWiz Wizbot Nlog PRO ThumbJam Loopt...

Hi James, Nice sounding LOUD STRINGS to the right of the split, and I really like the contrast you have with the AnalogPad to the left of the split. Nice and 'rounded'. I use DarkSawPad on the left of the split for the same reason. You asked for comments. To be honest, there is not a discernible dif...

Hi Tony, That was a very clever bit of multi-tracking for Amazing Grace , and for And can it be. And a very clever bit of multi-videoing for both of them too! Liked the harmony accompaniment from the organ. You Laid Aside Your Majesty had a wonderful variation of sound, with electronic piano and gra...

Hi Charles,

Another piece of classical music brilliantly played by you. Love the sound of your AR80.

Hugh