Yamaha EN Keyboard manuel d'utilisation

Owner ’ s Manual EN Ke yboard Stand Assemb ly F or information on assembling the ke yboard stand, ref er to the instructions on page 116 of this manual.[...]

2 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual PLEASE KEEP THIS MANU AL This product utilizes batteries or an e xternal power supply (adapter). DO NO T connect this product to an y power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate , or specifically recommended b y Y amaha. This product should be used only with the comp[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 3 1. IMPORT ANT NO TICE: DO NO T MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instr uctions con- tained in this manual, meets FCC requirements . Modifications not e xpressly appro ved by Y amaha ma y void your authority , granted b y the FCC , to use the product. 2. IMPORT ANT : When [...]

4 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual (3)-9 1/2 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this man ual in a saf e place f or future ref erence. W ARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or o[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 5 • Before connecting the instrument to other electronic components, turn off the power for all components. Before turning the power on or off for all components, set all volume levels to minimum. Also, be sure to set the volumes of all components at their minimum levels and gradually raise the volume con[...]

6 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual The followings are the titles, credits and copyright notices for three (3) of the songs pre-installed in this electronic keyboard: Mona Lisa from the Paramount Picture CAPT AIN CAREY , U.S.A. W ords and Music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans Copyright © 1949 (Renewed 1976) by F amous Music Corporation Int[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 7 Congratulations and thank you for purc hasing the Y amaha DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 P ortable Grand! Please read this o wner’ s manual carefully before using the instrument in order to tak e full advantage of its various features. Mak e sure to k eep this manual in a safe and handy place even after you ?[...]

8 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Special Features of the DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Graded Hammer Standard Keyboar d (DGX-620/YPG-625 Only) Thanks to our e xperience as the wor ld’ s leading manuf acturer of acoustic pianos, we’v e dev eloped a ke yboard with action that’ s vir tually indistinguishab le from the real thing. Just as o[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 9 Copyright Notice ....................................................................... 6 Panel Logos ............................................................................. 6 Accessories .............................................................................. 7 Special Features of the DGX-62[...]

10 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Setting Up Be sure to do the follo wing operations BEFORE turning on the power .  Make sure that the [ST ANDBY/ON] switch of the instrument is set to ST ANDBY .  Connect the A C power adaptor to the po wer supply jack.  Plug the A C adaptor into an A C outlet. Make all necessary connections belo[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 11 Setting Up Connect the instrument’ s USB terminal to the USB ter- minal of a computer , and you can transfer performance data and song files between the two (page 99). T o use the USB data-transfer features you’ll need to do the fol- lo wing: • First, make sure the PO WER switch on the instru- men[...]

12 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Panel Contr ols and T erminals q [ST ANDBY/ON] s witch .................... page 11 w [MASTER V OLUME] contr ol .... pages 11, 62 e FILE CONTROL [MENU], [EXECUTE] buttons ................. pages 91–96 r [L YRICS] button ............................... page 34 t [SCORE] button ..........................[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 13 Panel Controls and Terminals @4 Dial ............................................ pages 63, 87 @5 CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] buttons ..................................... pages 63, 87 @6 Number buttons [0]–[9], [+] and [-] buttons .................... pages 63, 87 @7 [DEMO] button .........................[...]

14 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Changing the Display Language This instrument allows y ou to select English or Japanese as the display language. The default displa y language is English, but if y ou switch to Japanese the lyrics, file names, demo displa y , and some messages will be display ed in Japanese where app[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 15 Q u i c k G u i d e T ry Playing a V ariety of Instrument V oices In addition to piano, organ, and other “standar d” keyboar d instruments, this instrument has a large range of v oices that includes guitar , bass, strings, sax, trumpet, drums and percussion, sound effects … a wide vari- ety of musi[...]

Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices 16 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Y ou can select a second voice which will play in addition to the main v oice when you play the keyboard. The second voice is known as the “dual” voice. 1 Press the [DU AL ON/OFF] button. The [DU AL ON/OFF] button turns the dual voice on or off. When turned [...]

Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 17 4 Play the ke yboard. T ry selecting and playing a range of dual v oices. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display . In the split mode you can play different voices to the left and right of the k eyboard “split point”. The main and dual voices c[...]

Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices 18 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 3 Select the desired split v oice. W atch the highlighted split voice and rotate the dial until the v oice you want to use is selected. The voice selected here becomes the split voice which will play to the left of the k eyboard split point. For this example try[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 19 Fun Sounds This instrument includes a range of drum kits and unique sound effects y ou can use for entertainment. Laughter , babbling br ooks, jet fly-bys, eerie effects, and mu ch more . These sounds can be a great wa y to enhance the mood at par ties. ◆ Drum Kit Selection Procedure ➔ (refer to ste[...]

20 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e The Metr onome T urn the metronome on and start it by pressing the [MET - RONOME ON/OFF] b utton. To stop the metronome, press the [METRONOME ON/OFF] button again. 1 Press the [TEMPO/T AP] button to call up the tempo set- ting. 2 Use the dial to select a tempo from 11 to 280. Start th[...]

The Metronome DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 21 In this example we’ll set up a 5/8 time signature. 1 Press and hold the [METRONOME ON/OFF] b utton for longer than a second to select the function “Time Signa- ture–Numerator”. 2 Use the dial to select the number of beats per measure. A chime will sound on the fi rst beat of each m[...]

The Metronome 22 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] buttons to select the Met- r onome V olume item. 3 Use the dial to set the metronome v olume as required. Adjusting the Metronome Volume f r Metronome v olume[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 23 Q u i c k G u i d e Playing Styles This instrument has an auto accompaniment feature that pr oduces accompaniment (rhythm + bass + c hords) in the style y ou choose to match chor ds you pla y with y our left hand. Y ou can select from 150 dif- ferent styles co vering a range of musical genres and time si[...]

Playing Styles 24 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Y ou learned how to select a style rhythm on the preceding page. Here we’ll see how to add bass and chord accompaniment to the basic rh ythm to produce a full, rich accom- paniment that you can play along with. 1 Press the [STYLE] button and select the desired style. 2 T urn automatic ac[...]

Playing Styles DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 25 When sync start is on, the bass and chord accompaniment included in a style will start playing as soon as you play a note to left of the k eyboard split point. Press the button a second time to turn the sync start function of f. 4 Play a left-hand c hord to start the style. Y ou can still [...]

Playing Styles 26 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Styles Are More Fun When Y ou Understand Chor ds Chords, created by playing multiple notes at the same time, are the basis for harmonic accompaniment. In this section we’ll take a look at sequences of different chords played one after another, or “chord sequences. ” Since each chord [...]

Playing Styles DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 27 —3-chor d boogie-woogie— This progression provides varied harmonic backing with just three chords. When you get a feel for the progression in the score, try changing the order of the chords! —Bossa nov a with jazz-style chords— This progression includes jazzy “tw o-five” (II-V[...]

Playing Styles 28 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual There are two ways of playing auto-accompaniment chords: ● Easy Chords ● Standard Chor ds The instrument will automatically recognize the dif ferent chord types. The function is called Multi Fingering. Press the [A CMP ON/OFF] b utton to turn auto-accompaniment on (page 24). The k eybo[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 29 Q u i c k G u i d e Using Songs With this instrument the term “song” refer s the data that makes up a piece of music. Y ou can simply enjo y listening to the 30 internal songs, or use them with just about any of the man y functions pro vided—the performance assistant tec hnology feature, lessons, a[...]

Using Songs 30 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 3 Listen to the song. Press the [ST AR T/STOP] b utton to begin playback of the selected song. Y ou can stop playback at any time by pressing the [ST AR T/STOP] but- ton again. These are just like the transport controls on a cassette deck or CD player , letting you fast forward [FF], re wind [...]

Using Songs DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 31 ● Song List These 30 songs include songs that effectively demonstrate the instrument’ s Easy Song Arranger feature, songs that are ideally suited for use with the performance assistant technology feature, and more. The “Sug- gested Uses” column provides some ideas as to how the songs [...]

Using Songs 32 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual The following three types of songs can be used by the DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525. ● Preset Songs (the 30 songs built into the instrument) ................ Song numbers 001–030. ● User Songs (recordings of your own perf ormances) .................. Song numbers 031–035. ● External song[...]

Using Songs DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 33 This instrument is capable of display the scores of songs. Scores are displayed for the 30 internal preset songs as well as songs stored in USB fl ash memory or fl ash memory . And although user songs you record yourself cannot display a score as is, the y can be con verted to SMF (Standard[...]

Using Songs 34 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual If a song contains lyric data, the lyrics can be made to appear on the display . No lyrics will be displayed for a song that contains no lyric data e ven if the [L YRICS] button is pressed. 1 Select a song. Select a song between 16, 20, and 30 by performing steps 1 and 2 described on page 29.[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 35 Q u i c k G u i d e The Easy W ay to Play Piano This instrument includes a perf ormance assistant technology feature that lets y ou play along with a song and sound like a great pianist (e ven though y ou might be making lots of mistakes)! In fact, you can pla y any notes and still sound good! Y ou could[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano 36 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 1 Press the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button. This turns on the performance assistant technology feature. The indicator lights when the performance assistant technology feature is on. 2 Select the CHORD type. Press and hold the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button for longer than a second so that [...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 37 4 Press the [ST ART/ST OP] button. Song playback will begin. The basic pattern will play repeatedly . Listen to the basic pattern for four measures while getting a feel for the basic pattern, then be gin play- ing yourself from the fi fth measure. The keys you should play will[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano 38 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 1 Press the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button. This turns on the performance assistant technology feature. The indicator lights when the performance assistant technology feature is on. 2 Select the CHORD/FREE type. Press and hold the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button for longer than a second so [...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 39 4 Press the [ST ART/ST OP] button. Song playback will begin. The left-hand keys you should play will be shown on the display . 5 Play on the ke yboard. Play to the right of the split point with your right hand, and to the left of the split point with your left hand. Play the No[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano 40 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual See page 44 for some hints on how to play melodies. 1 Press the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button. This turns on the performance assistant technology feature. The indicator lights when the performance assistant technology feature is on. 2 Select the MELOD Y type . Press and hold the [P [...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 41 4 Press the [ST ART/ST OP] button. Song playback will begin. Because the Melody type has been selected, the song melody will not sound. Y ou can enjoy playing the melody yourself (step 5). 5 Play on the ke yboard. To begin, try to feel the rhythm of the song. Then tap a key wit[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano 42 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 1 Press the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button. This turns on the performance assistant technology feature. The indicator lights when the performance assistant technology feature is on. 2 Select the CHORD/MELOD Y type . Press and hold the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button for longer than a second[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 43 4 Press the [ST ART/ST OP] button. Song playback will begin. The basic pattern will repeat. Listen to eight measures while memoriz- ing the basic pattern. It’ s your turn to play the part from the ninth mea- sure. 5 Play on the ke yboard. Play to the right of the split point [...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano 44 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Use the P erformance Assistant to Pla y Like a Pro! Here are a few hints for using the Chord type. If you select Chord/Free or Chord/Melody, the left-hand section of the ke yboard becomes the Chord type section, so use these hints on the left- hand section of the keyboard. To b[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 45 Make Use of the Score in the Melody T ype. If you want to play the melody with the correct rh ythm, use the onscreen score feature. Displaying the Score. After performing steps 1 to 4 on page 40, press the [SCORE] b utton. The melody score will appear. The marker will indicate [...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano 46 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual When using the performance assistant technology or in other situations in which the tempo of the song is too fast or too slow for you, you can change the tempo as required. Press the [TEMPO/TAP] b utton. The tempo display will appear and you can use the dial, the [+] and [-] b [...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 47 Q u i c k G u i d e[...]

Select a Song For a Lesson 48 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 3 Select the part you want to practice. Press the [R] button for a right-hand lesson, [L] button for a left-hand lesson, or press both the [R] and [L] b uttons simultaneously for a both- hands lesson. The currently selected part is shown in the upper right cor- ner of the displ[...]

Select a Song For a Lesson DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 49 Play the notes shown in the on-screen score. The next note to be played is indicated by a dot ( ● ) on the appropriate key of the graphic on-screen ke yboard. When you play the correct note the mark er will move to the next ke y to be played. Playback will pause and w ait for[...]

Select a Song For a Lesson 50 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Learn to play the correct notes with the correct timing. Song playback tempo will v ary to match the speed you are playing at. The song will slow down when you play wrong notes, so you can learn at your o wn pace. 1 Select the song and part you want to practice (steps 1 and 3 o[...]

Select a Song For a Lesson DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 51 Here’ s where you can perfect your technique. The song will play at the normal tempo, minus the part you hav e chosen to play . Play along while listening to the song. 1 Select the song and part you want to practice (steps 1 and 3 on page 47). 2 Start Lesson 3. Each time the [...]

Select a Song For a Lesson 52 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Use this feature when you w ant to start again just ahead of a section on which you made a mistak e, or to repeatedly practice a section you fi nd difficult. Press the [REPEA T & LEARN] button during a lesson. The song location will move back four measures from the point [...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 53 Q u i c k G u i d e Play Using the Music Database Y ou want to play m usic in y our fav orite style , but y ou’ re not sure how to select the best v oice and style for the type of m usic you want to pla y ... simply select the appr opriate style from the Music Database. The panel settings will automati[...]

54 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Change a Song’ s Style In addition to each song’ s default style, you can select an y other style to play the song with the Easy Song Arranger feature. This means that y ou can play a song that is normall y a ballad, for e xample, as a bossa nov a, as a hip-hop tune, etc. Y ou can[...]

Change a Song’s Style DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 55 3 Listen to the song. Press the [ST AR T/STOP] b utton to begin playback of the song. Mo ve on to the next step while the song is playing. 4 Press the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button. The Style Select display will appear. The currently selected style name and number will be highlighte[...]

56 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Recor d Y our Own Performance Y ou can record up to 5 of y our own performances and sa ve them as user songs 031 through 035. Once your perf ormances have been sa ved as user songs, they can be con ver ted to SMF (Standard MID File) f or- mat files and saved to USB flash memory (pag[...]

Record Your Own Performance DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 57 1 From the MAIN displa y press the [SONG] button, then use the dial to select the user song number (031–035) y ou want to record to. 2 Select the track(s) y ou want to record to and confirm y our selection on the display . ◆ Record a Melody T rack and the Accompaniment T [...]

Record Your Own Performance 58 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 3 Recording will start when y ou play on the ke yboard. Y ou can also start recording by pressing the [ST AR T/STOP] button. The current measure will be shown on the display during recording. 4 Stop recording b y pressing the [ST AR T/ST OP] or [REC] button. If you press the [[...]

Record Your Own Performance DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 59 This function clears an entire user song (all tracks). 1 From the MAIN displa y select the user song (031–035) you want to clear . 2 Press and hold the SONG MEMOR Y [1] b utton for longer than a second while holding the SONG MEMOR Y [A] b utton. A confirmation message will [...]

Record Your Own Performance 60 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual This function lets you delete a specifi ed track from a user song. 1 From the MAIN displa y select the user song (031–035) you want to clear . 2 Press and hold the SONG MEMOR Y track b utton ([1]–[5], [A]) corresponding to the track y ou want to clear f or longer than a s[...]

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62 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Basic Operation Overall DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 control is based on the follo wing simple operations. 1 Press a b utton to select a basic function. Basic Operation 1 Press a button to select a basic function. 2 Use the dial to select an item or value. 3 Start a function. Display (pages 64, 65) ● V olu[...]

Basic Operation DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 63 2 Use the dial to select an item or v alue When you select a basic function, the item corresponding to that function will be listed in the display . Y ou can then use the dial or the number b uttons [0]–[9] to select the desired item. ■ Changing V alues ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●[...]

Basic Operation 64 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual ● Display Names All operations are carried out while w atching the display . A number of display types are pro vided for differ - ent modes and functions. The name of the current display appears at the top of the display. ● MAIN Display ● FUNCTION Display (page 87) The FUNCTION disp[...]

Basic Operation DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 65 The MAIN display shows all of the current basic settings: song, style, v oice. It also includes a range of indicators that sho w the on/off status of a range of functions. MAIN Display Items * Adjust the LCD CONTRAST contr ol on the rear panel of the instrument for opti- mum displa y legi[...]

R e f e r e n c e 66 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Play with a V ariety of Ef fects This feature adds harmony notes to the main voice. 1 Press the [HARMONY ON/OFF] b utton to turn Harmony feature on. To turn Harmony of f, press the [HARMONY ON/OFF] button again. 2 Press and hold the [HARMONY] b utton for longer than a second. The curren[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 67 Play with a Variety of Effects Re verb lets you play with a rich concert hall type ambience. When you select a style or song the optimum re verb type for the voice used is automatically selected. If you want to select a different re verb type, use the procedure described below . Refer to the Effect T ype[...]

68 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Play with a Variety of Effects The chorus effect creates a thick sound that is similar to man y of the same voices being played in unison. When you select a style or song the optimum chorus type for the v oice used is automatically selected. If you want to select a different chorus type, use the procedur[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 69 Play with a Variety of Effects This function adds sustain to the k eyboard voices. Use it when you want to add sustain to the voices at all times, regardless of footswitch operation. The sustain function does not af fect split voice. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the FUNCTION display . 2 Use t[...]

R e f e r e n c e 70 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Handy Performance Featur es Y ou can start the song/style by simply tapping the [TEMPO/TAP] b utton at the required tempo—4 times for time signatures in 4, and three times for time signatures in 3. Y ou can change the tempo during song playback by pressing the button just twice. Y ou [...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 71 Handy Performance Features Sometimes selecting the ideal voice to play with a song or style can be confusing. The One T ouch Setting feature automatically selects a well-balanced v oice for you when you select a style or song. Simply select v oice number “000” to activ ate this feature. 1 Select voic[...]

72 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Handy Performance Features Fi ve dif ferent master equalizer (EQ) settings are pro vided to give you the best possible sound when listen- ing through different reproduction systems—the instrument’s internal speakers, headphones, or an external speaker system. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. The curren[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 73 Handy Performance Features ◆ Large Pitch Chang es (T ranspose) The ov erall pitch of the instrument can by shifted up or down by a maximum of 1 octave in semitone increments. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] but- tons to select the T ranspose item. 3 Use the dial to set t[...]

R e f e r e n c e 74 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions Basic operation of the Style (auto-accompaniment) feature is described on page 23 of the Quick Guide. Here are some other ways y ou can play the styles, the style v olume adjustment proce- dure, how y ou can play chor ds using the styles, and more . [...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 75 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions 1 Press the [STYLE] button and then select a style . 2 Press the [A CMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto accompaniment on. 3 Press the [SYNC ST ART] button to turn synchro start on. 4 Press the [MAIN/A UT O FILL] button. 5 Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. Y ou’ re n[...]

76 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions 7 Press the [MAIN/A UT O FILL] button. When the fill-in is fi nished, it leads smoothly into the selected main section A/B. 8 Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. This switches to the ending section. When the ending is fi nished, the auto accompa- niment stops aut[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 77 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions The initial default split point is key number 54 (the F # 2 key), b ut you can change it to another k ey using the procedure described below . 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] but- tons to select the Split point item. 3 Use the dial to s[...]

78 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions When auto accompaniment is on (the A CMP ON icon is showing) and Synchro Start is off, you can play chords in the left-hand accompaniment range of the k eyboard while the style is stopped and still hear the accompaniment chords. This is “Stop Accompaniment”, and a[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 79 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions Tw o or more notes played together constitute a “chord”. The most basic chord type is the “triad” consisting of three notes: the root, third, and fifth degrees of the corresponding scale. A C major triad, for example, is made up of the notes C (the root), E ([...]

80 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions ■ Recognized Standard Chor ds ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● All chords in the chart are “C-root” chords. * These chords are not shown in the Dictionar y[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 81 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions This instrument features 150 internal styles, b ut other styles, such as those pro vided on the CD-ROM and others that can be obtained from the internet (only styles with the “.sty” suf fix), can be loaded into style number 151 and used in the same w ay as the in[...]

82 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions The Dictionary function is essentially a b uilt-in “chord book” that shows you the individual notes of chords. It is ideal when you know the name of a certain chord and w ant to quickly learn how to play it. 1 Press and hold the LESSON [ST ART] button f or longer [...]

R e f e r e n c e DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 83 Song Settings 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] but- tons to select the Song V olume item. 3 Use the dial to set the song volume between 000 and 127. Y ou can specify a section of a song—“ A” is the start point and “B” is the end point—for repea[...]

84 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Song Settings Each “track” of a song plays a different part of the song—melody , percussion, accompaniment, etc. Y ou can mute individual tracks and play the muted part on the keyboard yourself, or simply mute tracks other than the ones you w ant to listen to. Use the SONG MEMOR Y [1]–[5] and [A][...]

R e f e r e n c e DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 85 Memorize Y our Favorite Panel Settings This instrument has a Registration Memory feature that lets y ou save y our fav orite set- tings for easy recall whene ver they’ re needed. Up to 16 complete setups can be saved (8 banks of two setups eac h). 1 Set the panel controls as required?[...]

86 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings 1 Press the [MEMOR Y/BANK] b utton. A bank number will appear in the display when you release the button. 2 Use the dial or the [1]–[8] n umber but- tons to select bank you want to recall. Y ou can check whether the panel settings are stored in registration memory [...]

R e f e r e n c e DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 87 The Functions The “Functions” pr ovide access to a range of detailed instrument parameter s for tun- ing, setting the split point, and adjusting the v oices and effects. T ake a look at the func- tion list starting on the opposite page . There are 46 function parameters in all. When[...]

88 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual The Functions ● Function Setting List Category Function Item Range/Settings Description V OLUME Style V olume 000–127 Determines the volume of the Style. Song V olume 000–127 Determines the volume of the Song. O VERALL Tr anspose -12–+12 Deter mines the pitch of the instrument by semitone increme[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 89 The Functions * All these settings can be con veniently reset to their initial def ault values by pressing the [+] and [-] b uttons simultaneousl y. (The e xception to this is Initial Send, which is an oper ation, not a setting.) HARMONY Harmony T ype 01–26 Deter mines the Har mony type. (See the list [...]

R e f e r e n c e 90 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Using USB Flash Memory USB flash memory is a memory medium used for storing data. When a USB flash memory is inser ted in this instrument’ s USB T O DEVICE terminal, user songs created on the instrument and the registered settings can be saved to or loaded from the memory medium. US[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 91 Using USB Flash Memory 1 Connect a USB fl ash memor y to the USB TO DEVICE terminal, being careful to inser t it with the proper orientation. 2 Check that the file control icon is shown in the MAIN display . Y ou can go to the FILE CONTROL display from which you can access USB fl ash memory operations[...]

92 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Using USB Flash Memory Ne w USB flash memory must be formatted before the y can be used by this instrument. 1 After connecting the USB fl ash memor y to be formatted to the instrument’ s USB TO DEVICE terminal, check that the icon is showing in the MAIN display . 2 Press the FILE CONTROL [MENU] but- [...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 93 Using USB Flash Memory Three types of data are sav ed to one “User File” by this operation: user song, style file, and registration mem- ory data. When you sav e a user song the style file and registration memory are also sa ved automatically . 1 Make sure that a properly formatted USB flash memor[...]

94 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Using USB Flash Memory This operation conv erts a user song (song numbers 031–035) to SMF F ormat 0 and saves the file to USB flash memory . 1 Make sure that a properly formatted USB flash memor y has been properly connected to the instrument’s USB T O DEVICE terminal, and that the icon is showing[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 95 Using USB Flash Memory User files, style files, and styles residing on a USB fl ash memory can be loaded into the instrument. If the required style file has already been transferred to the instrument from a computer using the Musicsoft Downloader application, start from step 2, below . Refer to “ T[...]

96 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Using USB Flash Memory This procedure deletes user fi le and SMF fi le from a USB flash memory . 1 Make sure that the USB fl ash memor y containing the file(s) you want to delete has been properly connected to the instrument’ s USB T O DEVICE terminal, and that the icon is showing in the MAIN disp[...]

R e f e r e n c e DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 97 Connections q USB TO DEVICE terminal This terminal allows connection to USB stor- age devices. Refer to “Connection to a USB Storage Device” on page 97. w USB TO HOST terminal This terminal allows direct connection to a per- sonal computer . Refer to “ Connecting a Per- sonal Comp[...]

98 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Connections Backing up the instrument data to a com- puter Once you’ ve sav ed data to a USB storage device, you can copy the data to the hard disk of your com- puter , then archiv e and organize the files as desired. Simply reconnect the device as shown below . Copying files from a computer hard dis[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 99 Connections The following functions become av ailable when this instrument is connected to a computer. ● Perf ormance data can be transferred between the instrument and the computer (page 100). ● Files can be transferr ed between the instrument and the computer (page 102). The connection procedure is[...]

100 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Connections By connecting the instrument to a computer, the instrument’ s performance data can be used on the com- puter , and performance data from the computer can be played on the instrument. ● When the instrument is connected with computer, it transmits/receives performance data. ■ MIDI settin[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 101 Connections ■ PC Mode ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● A number of MIDI settings need to be made when you want to transfer performance data between the computer and the instrument. The PC Mode item can con veniently make multiple settings for you in one opera[...]

102 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Connections This function lets you send the panel setup data to a computer. Before you record performance data to a sequencer application running on your computer, it is a good idea to fi rst send and record the panel setup data before the actual performance data. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use t[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 103 Connections ■ Use Musicsoft Downloader To T ransf er Songs From the Accessory CD-ROM T o the Instrument’ s flash memory ● ● ● ● ● 1 Install the Musicsoft Downloader and USB MIDI driver to your computer , then connect the computer and the instru- ment (page 107). 2 Inser t the included CD-[...]

104 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Connections 9 To pla yback a song stored in flash memory , press the [SONG] button. Use the dial to select the song you want to play , then press the [ST ART/ST OP] button to start playback. Style files (files with the “.STY” e xtension) can be transferred to Flash memory using the same procedure[...]

R e f e r e n c e DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 105 Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide This CD-R OM is copy-protected. Y amaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to an y problems while attempting to copy the CD-R OM or software and cannot be held responsible for the results of attempts to copy the data. • The software[...]

106 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide In order to view PDF scores , you will need to install Adobe Reader in your computer . Y ou can download the Adobe Reader . Please check the follo wing URL: http://www .adobe.com/ ■ Using the CD-R OM ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Please read the Softwa[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 107 Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide ■ Installing the USB-MIDI Driver ● ● ● ● In order to be able to communicate with and use MIDI devices connected to your computer, the appropriate driv er software must be properly installed on your computer . The USB-MIDI driver allo ws sequence software and[...]

108 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide Installing the driver on Windows 98/Me 1 Start the computer . 2 Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD- ROM drive. A star t window will appear automatically . 3 First, make sure the PO WER switch on the instrument is set to OFF , then use a USB cable to connect the US[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 109 Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide Installing the driver on Windows XP 1 Start the computer and use the “Adminis- trator” account to log into Windows. 2 Select [Start] ➔ [Control P anel]. If the control panel appear s as “Pick a cate- gory”, clic k “Switch to Classic Vie w” in the upper l[...]

110 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide ■ Tr oubleshooting • Is the USB cable connected corr ectly? Check the USB cable connection. Disconnect the USB cable, then connect it ag ain. • Is the USB function enabled on your com- puter? When you connect the instrument to the computer for the first time, i[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 111 Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 4 Disconnect the USB cable. 5 Re(4)c6.8p5 0 n67ler[...]

112 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Tr oubleshooting ■ For the Instrument Prob lem P ossible Cause and Solution When the instrument is tur ned on or off, a popping sound is temporarily produced. This is normal and indicates that the instr ument is receiving electrical power . When using a mobile phone, noise is produced. Using a mobile [...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 113 Troubleshooting The appropriate display does not appear when the [SONG], [EASY SONG ARRANGER], [STYLE], or [V OICE] button is pressed. Is another displa y showing? T ry pressing the [EXIT] button to retur n to the MAIN displa y , and then pressing one of the mentioned buttons. The wrong notes sound when[...]

114 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Messages LCD Message Comment Access error! Indicates the failure in reading or writing from/to the media or the flash memor y . All Memor y Clearing... Displa yed while erasing all data in the flash memory . Nev er tur n the power off during data transmission. Are you sure? Confirms whether Song Clea[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 115 Messages Rename File Display ed while rewriting the file name in the Musicsoft Downloader . Sav e OK ? Confir ms whether saving is e x ecuted or not. Sav ed data is not found. Displa yed when the data to be sa ved doesn’t e xist. Saving... Displa yed while saving data in the memory . Nev er tur n th[...]

116 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Keyboar d Stand Assembly The par ts shown in the “Assembly P ar ts” illustr ation will be used. F ollow the assemb ly instructions and select the par ts as needed. z Attach the stand bases. Making sure that the boards are facing the proper direc- tion (the holes should face inside). The left and rig[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 117 Keyboard Stand Assembly x Attach the bac k board. Attach the back board, using the 6 x 30 mm roundhead scre ws e . DGX-620 and YPG-625 owners : Check the back-to-front orientation for the side boards. Make sure the non-colored surface is f acing down. c DGX-620 and YPG-625 owner s: please fol- low these[...]

118 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Scor es This demo is an example of how the Easy Song Arranger can be used to change styles throughout a piece. Hallelujah Chorus Song No . 9 q q q q =123 (Function Demo f or Easy Song Arranger)[...]

Scores DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 119[...]

Scores 120 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual This score is provided with the intent that the pitch will be corrected by the performance assistant technol- ogy feature. If you play the “Play These Notes” part using the performance assistant technology feature, the part will be corrected and played so that it matches the backing part. Ave[...]

Scores DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 121[...]

Scores 122 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual This score is provided with the intent that the pitch will be corrected by the performance assistant technol- ogy feature. If you play the “Play These Notes” part using the performance assistant technology feature, the part will be corrected and played so that it matches the backing part. Noc[...]

Scores DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 123[...]

124 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual V oice List ■ Maximum P olyphony ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● The instrument has 32-note maximum polyphon y . This means that it can play a maximum of up to 32 notes at once, re gard- less of what functions are used. Auto accompaniment uses a number of the av[...]

Voice List DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 125 ● XGlite V oice/XGlite Optional V oice* List 101 000 113 076 Sweet! P an Flute 102 000 112 074 Flute 103 000 112 073 Piccolo 104 000 112 076 P an Flute 105 000 112 075 Recorder 106 000 112 080 Ocarina SYNTH LEAD 107 000 112 081 Square Lead 108 000 112 082 Sawtooth Lead 109 000 115 082 Analo[...]

Voice List 126 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 231 000 000 030 Overdriv en Guitar 232 000 043 030 Guitar Pinch 233 000 000 031 Distor tion Guitar 234 000 040 031 F eedback Guitar 235 000 041 031 F eedback Guitar 2 236 000 000 032 Guitar Harmonics 237 000 065 032 Guitar F eedback 238 000 066 032 Guitar Harmonics 2 XG BASS 239 000 000 033 A[...]

Voice List DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 127 The voice n umber with an asterisk (*) is XGlite optional voice. XG SYNTH PAD 368 000 000 089 New Age P ad 369 000 064 089 F antasy 370 000 000 090 W arm Pad 371 000 000 091 P oly Synth Pad 372 000 000 092 Choir P ad 373 000 066 092 Itopia 374 000 000 093 Bowed P ad 375 000 000 094 Metallic P[...]

128 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Drum Kit List Voice No. 128 129 130 131 132 133 MSB (0–127) / LSB (0–127) / PC (1–128) 127/000/001 127/000/002 127/000/009 127/000/017 127/000/025 127/000/026 Keyboard MIDI Key Off Alternate assign Standard Kit 1 Standard Kit 2 Room Kit Rock Kit Electronic Kit Analog Kit Note# Note Note# Note 25 C[...]

Drum Kit List DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 129 Voice No. 128 134 135 136 137 138 139 MSB (0–127) / LSB (0–127) / PC (1–128) 127/000/001 127/000/113 127/000/033 127/000/041 127/000/049 126/000/001 126/000/002 Keyboard MIDI Key Off Alternate assign Standard Kit 1 Dance Kit Jazz Kit Brush Kit Symphony Kit SFX Kit 1 SFX Kit 2 Note# N[...]

130 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Style List Style No. Style Name 8BEAT 001 8BeatModern 002 Cool8Beat 003 60’sGuitarPop 004 8BeatAdria 005 60’s8Beat 006 BubblegumPop 007 BritPopSwing 008 8Beat 009 OffBeat 010 60’sRock 011 HardRock 012 RockShuffle 013 8BeatRock 16BEAT 014 16Beat 015 PopShuffle1 016 PopShuffle2 017 GuitarPop 018 16B[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 131 Music Database List MDB No. Song Name POP 001 AlvFever 002 CoinLane 003 Croco Rk 004 DayPdise 005 DwnTown 006 EasySday 007 GoMyWay 008 HowDeep! 009 HurryLuv 010 I breath 011 I’lBTher 012 I’m Torn 013 Imagine 014 ISurvive 015 JustCall 016 JustWay 017 LeadPack 018 LoveFeel 019 LoveMeT 020 LveMeDo 021 [...]

132 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual Songs Pr ovided On the Supplied CD-ROM The easy song arranger can only be used with songs that include chord data. File Name Song Name Composer 001Nutcr.mid Danse des Mirlitons from “The Nutcracker” P.I. Tchaikovsky 002Orphe.mid “Orphée aux Enfers” Ouverture J. Offenbach 003Slavo.mid Slavonic D[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 133 Ef fect T ype List ● Harmony T ypes ● Reverb T ypes ● Chorus T ypes No. Harmony T ype Description 01 Duet Harmony types 01–05 are pitch-based and add one-, tw o- or three-note harmonies to the sin- gle-note melody pla yed in the right hand. These types sound when chords are pla yed in the auto a[...]

134 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual MIDI Implementation Chart YAMAHA [ Portable Grand ] Date: 17-NOV-2005 Model DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 MIDI Implementation Chart Version:1.0 Transmitted Recognized Remarks Function... Basic Default 1 - 16 1 - 16 Channel Changed x x Default 3 3 Mode Messages x x Altered ************** x Note 0 - 127 0 - 12[...]

MIDI Implementation Chart DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 135 Prog o 0 - 127 o 0 - 127 Change : True # ************** System Exclusive o o : Song Pos. x x Common : Song Sel. x x : Tune x x System : Clock o o Real Time: Commands o o Aux :All Sound OFF x o(120,126,127) : Reset All Cntrls x o(121) :Local ON/OFF x o(122) :All Notes OFF x o(12[...]

136 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual MIDI Data Format NO TE: 1 By default (f actor y settings) the instrument ordinar ily functions as a 16-channel multi-timbral tone generator , and incoming data does not affect the panel v oices or panel settings. How- ev er , the MIDI messages listed below do aff ect the panel voices , auto accompanimen[...]

DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 137 Specifications Ke yboards • DGX-620/YPG-625: 88 Graded Hammer Standard keys (A-1–C7), with Touch Response. • DGX-520/YPG-525: 88-key box type (A-1–C7), with Touch Response. Display • 320 x 240 dots LCD display (backlit) Setup • STANDBY/ON • MASTER VOLUME: MIN–MAX • LCD CONTRAST P anel[...]

138 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual +/– .................................................. 13, 63 ........................................................ 64 0–9 .................................................. 13, 63 A-B REPEAT ................................. 12, 83 ACMP ON/OFF ............................. 12, 24 CATEGORY [ ] an[...]

Index DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual 139 Metronome ........................................... 20 MIDI ................................................... 100 MIDI Data Format .............................. 136 MIDI Implementation Chart ............... 134 Music Database .................................... 53 Music Rest ................[...]

140 DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual L imited W arr anty 90 D A YS LABOR 1 YEAR P AR TS Y amaha Corporation of America, hereafter referred to as Y amaha, warrants to the original consumer of a product included in the categories listed below , that the product will be free of defects in materials and/or workmanship for the periods indicated[...]

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