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Keyboard percussion, Playing the psr-4000 – Yamaha PSR-4000 User Manual

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Playing the PSR-4000

Use the page-number LCD [/] controls the

select the page containing the voice you want if
more than one page is available, then press the LCD
button corresponding to the desired voice. You can
also use either of the

SELECT LCD [/] controls

to select any of the voices within the selected group.

V

Play & Adjust Volume

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You can now play the selected voice or voices on

the keyboard. Use the [MASTER VOLUME] con-
trol to adjust the overall volume level, and the
MIXER MAIN VOLUME LCD [/] controls to
set the desired balance between the parts.

Keyboard Percussion

When one of the RIGHT ORCHESTRA [DRUM KIT]

voices is selected, you can play 61 different drums and
percussion instruments on the keyboard. The drums and
percussion instruments played by the various keys are
marked by symbols above the keys. Some of the instru-
ments in the different drum kit voices sound different
even though they have the same name, while others are
essentially the same.

NOTES

• When the DRUM KIT voice OCTAVE parameter is set to “–1”, 11

different instruments are available in the lowest octave.

• The Transpose, Tune, Sustain, Harmony, Left Hold, Modula-

tion, and Pitch Bend functions do not affect the DRUM KIT
voices.

• See page 129 for a complete listing of the keyboard percussion

drum instrument assignments.