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Let's listen and
Inside the PSS-7, there are 10 songs. First, let' s lis-
ten to the first song in the SONGS list, "Mickey
play!
Mouse March", and then try playing along with it.
1
Start "Mickey Mouse March".
Press the blue SONGS
You know this song very well. It's "Mickey
Mouse March".
Press the red
button, and "Mickey Mouse
March" will stop.
Next, let' s try to play along with the song.
2
Try playing along with the song.
If you are ready, try playing along with the song
on the keyboard. The melody disappears and you
can hear the notes you play.
Try playing the melody to "Mickey Mouse March"
karaoke style.
How did you do? If it was too hard to play, try
playing it at a slower tempo (the song's speed).
3
"One, two, three, four!". Try start-
ing the song like this.
Press the red
button to stop the song.
Tap the
button four times like this. "One,
two, three, four".
Did the song play at the speed you tapped?
Is this an easier tempo to play along with?
You can also use the tempo
adjust the tempo.
One, two,
three, four.
If you think it' s a little too fast, press the
button. You will hear a "PON", and the tempo will
slow down a little.
If you think it' s a little too slow, press the
button. You will hear a "PON", and the tempo will
speed up a little.
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The STAND BY — ON switch.
Slide the STAND BY—ON switch to the "ON"
position and you will be greeted with a fanfare
and can play PSS-7. Slide the switch to the
"STAND BY" position to turn the PSS-7 off.
• If you leave the switch "ON"...
If the switch is left "ON", the PSS-7 will sound an alert. Make sure you slide the switch to the
"STAND BY" so that you don't waste battery power.
If the switch is still left "ON", and the keyboard is not touched for a period of 10 minutes, a
confirmation alert will sound. If the keyboard is still not touched, the alert will sound every 10
minutes.
The
,
VOLUME buttons
Press the
volume button, the "PON" sound you
hear will be a little louder.
Press the
volume button, the "PON" sound you
hear will be a little softer.
• If you press the
or
button and you don't hear "PON", the sound level is
at its highest or lowest setting and cannot be adjusted further.
• Simultaneously press the
and
mum setting.
• The volume is set to its maximum setting STAND BY—ON switch is set to "ON".
When you press the blue SONGS
ton, the first song in the song list, "Mickey Mouse
March" will start. The next time you press it, the
button one time.
second song "Little Brown Jug", starts, and so on.
After the tenth song in the list, "Over the Rainbow", the next
song to be selected will be the first song in the list "Mickey Mouse
March".
• To start playback from the beginning of the selected song, press
the red
button to stop playback, then press the
start playback of the song from the beginning.
Try playing the song "Gallant Pig" with a pig's voice.
Choose the seventh song in the song list "Gallant
Pig". Next, choose "Pig" from the instruments list.
What do you think will happen?
Doesn't that sound funny? It sounds like a pig is sing-
ing "Gallant Pig". Try to play the melody yourself.
Try the same thing using other animal voices like
"Cat", "Dog" or "Cow" for the melody.
• If the keyboard is not played for one measure,
the PSS-7 will play the melody again.
• When you press the
button to select a song,
the PSS-7 will automatically select an instrument
that matches the song for you to play on the key-
board.
• If the song is in 3/4 time, tap the
button 3
times.
• If you tap the
button while the song is play-
ing, the song's tempo will adjust to the same speed
that you tapped.
• If you tap the
button too slowly, the tap func-
buttons to
tion will not operate. If you tap the
button too
fast, the tempo will be set to 240 beats per minute.
• The tempo can be adjusted between q q q q q =40-240.
• If you press the
or
button and you don't
hear a "PON", the tempo is at its highest or lowest
setting and cannot be set any faster or slower.
• Simultaneously press the
,
buttons to return
the tempo to its original setting.
Try playing
in the band.
1
Start "Für Elise".
the third song, "Für Elise", in the
start playing.
playing.
2
Become a band member
(piano/electric guitar, etc.)
buttons to set the volume level to its maxi-
ent instrument plays. Use your ear to find the
piano sound, which is the first instrument in the
yellow
play along with the melody.
just played on the keyboard (PIANO) will change
to E GUITAR, the second instrument in the yel-
but-
low
play along.
SAXOPHONE, E BASS, or PERCUSSION parts in
the group.
button to
3
"One, two, three!" Start the band!
two, three".
tapped?
One, two, three.
did for the song, by using the tempo
tons.
Selecting normal instruments.
There are100 types of instrument sounds in the
PSS-7. Let's try to play some of the
All of the instruments listed on the panel have three varia-
25 normal instrument sounds (shown
tions (25 x 3 = 75 types).
on the panel).
Look at the instrument list and try to select and play some
of the different types of instruments (Effect/Phrase/
Press the yellow
Funny).
button once
and the instrument
To select a variation instrument, press the orange
that sounds will be
button. Every time you press the
the first instrument
Normal m Effect m Phrase m Funny m Normal m ...
in the
IN-
variations will be selected in that order.
STRUMENTS list (Keyboard / String).
For example, when the piano (normal) is selected, and the
Press the yellow
button once and the instrument that sounds
button is pressed,
will be the first instrument in the
INSTRUMENTS list
m Sustain Piano m Ragtime Piano m Game Over m Piano
(Wind+ / Sound Effect).
The next time you press either of the buttons, the next instru-
will be selected in that order.
ment in the list will be selected.
• When you press the
Inside the PSS-7 there are 30 different kinds of band (accompaniment) performances. In the
Bands
list you'll find some great rhythms to play along with,
pieces with melodies, and
has some fun pieces to play along with.
First, let' s listen to "Für Elise", which is the third song in the BANDS
a member of a five-piece band (COMBO), play along with the band.
If you press the green
button three times,
list will
Press the red
button, and the band stops
in the
Try pressing the yellow
button.
you press, the second song "Gymnopedies", starts, and so
What kind of instrument do you hear?
on. After the tenth song in the list, "Waltz", the next song
to be selected will be the first song in the list "Music Box".
Every time you press the
button, a differ-
same manner, the first song in the
start. Also, every time you press the
list (COMBO).
button, the next song in the list will start. The first song
Are you feeling like a pianist? See if you can
will be selected after the tenth song in the list.
Press the yellow
button and the sound you
list.
instrument in the list will be selected. After that, every time
Are you feeling like a guitarist? See if you can
you press the button, the next instrument in the list will be
selected. You can select from five instruments (combo) in the
dard instruments.
Press the
button again and try playing the
will be piano.
• If you press the yellow
Press the red
button to stop the band.
Tap the
button three times like this. "One,
• Tap the
Did the band start playing at the speed you
• If you tap the
• If you tap the
You can change the band' s tempo, just like you
but-
Selecting variation instruments.
See the "Instrument List" on the reverse side.
Have fun playing percussion.
Press the yellow
on the keyboard and you will hear many different percussion instru-
ments.
Press the green
button,
OK, are you feeling like a drummer? Let' s play along with the band
performance.
(Effect)
(Phrase)
(Funny)
(Normal)
button, the selected instrument will sound
Bass Drum
and then you can play the instrument.
has some nice classic
list. Just as if you are
• The band performance will con-
tinue to repeat until the red
button is pressed.
When you press the green
button, the first song
• To start the band performance
list, "Music Box" will start. The next time
from the beginning of the selected
performance, press the red
button to stop playback, then
press the
-
button to
start playback of the performance
Press the green
button/
button, and in the
from the beginning.
list/
list will
• When you select a band perfor-
button/
mance, the tempo that matches
that performance will be auto-
matically selected.
When you press the
button for the first time, the first
button list. The combo is a preset band composed of stan-
After you select percussion, the next instrument selected
,
or,
button, the selected in-
strument will sound and then you can play that instrument on the
keyboard.
button 4 times if the band performance is
4/4 time.
button while the band performance
is playing, the performance tempo will adjust to the
same speed that you tapped.
button too slowly, the tap function
will not operate. If you tap the
button too fast, the
tempo will be set to 240 beats per minute.
button so that "Percussion" is selected, play
button, and play the "Safari" or "Carnival" .
Agogo
Wood Block
Agogo
Wood Block
High
Low
High
Click
Low
Closed
Open
Snare
Rim Shot
Hi-hat
Hi-hat
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