Yamaha 205M User Manual

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Playing Voices
Quick Guide
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Playing Voices
The Clavinova features a stunning variety of over 800 dynamic, rich and realistic voices. Try playing 
some of these voices now and hear what they can do for your music. Here, you’ll learn how to 
select individual voices, combine two voices in a layer, and split two voices between your left and right hands.
Playing a Voice
 
1
Press the [F] button to call up the menu for selecting the MAIN voice. 
If the MAIN screen is not displayed, press the [DIRECT ACCESS] button followed by the [EXIT] button.
 
2
Select a voice group. 
Reference 
Voice related buttons
F
G
H
I
J
VOICE PART
ON / OFF
LAYER
LEFT
The voice you’re selecting 
here belongs to the MAIN 
part, and is called the MAIN 
voice. (See page 57 for more 
information.)
You’ll want to hear the MAIN 
voice all by itself — so make sure 
that the LAYER and LEFT parts 
are turned off.
VOICE
PIANO & HARPSI.
BRASS
E.PIANO
ORGAN & ACCORDION
PERCUSSION
GUITAR
BASS
WOODWIND
STRINGS
CHOIR & PAD
SYNTH.
XG
USER
For this example, STRINGS 
is selected.
Press the [BACK]/[NEXT] 
button to select the memory 
location of the voice. For this 
example, PRESET is 
selected.