ELB-02 Playing the ELB-02 Tutorial EN
About This Manual Welcome to the Wonderful Musical World of the Electone ELB-02! As you read this book and play along, you’ll learn important, basic information on the Electone—helping you to master it and get the most out of it in your playing. Open the door to the world of the Electone, get a glimpse of its beauty and power, and take your first step into the amazing musical life that awaits you. Come inside, and enjoy! Table of Contents Sitting and playing the Electone...................................
Sitting and playing the Electone Sitting Proper posture and position is important! As a rule of thumb, sit on the bench so that your ‘belly button’ is roughly in line with the central “E” key on the Lower keyboard. This is the Upper Keyboard. This is the Lower Keyboard. Make sure your back is straight and you support your weight with your abdominal muscles—yet don’t be too tight. Relax your shoulders, too. You’re going to have fun! Put your right hand on the Upper Keyboard.
Turning on the Power Press the [P] (Standby/On) button to turn on the power to the Electone. Decreases the volume Increases the volume [MASTER VOLUME] dial Use this to adjust the volume of the entire instrument, changing it to match the size of the room and the performance environment. Factory Set (Initializing the Electone) Initializing resets the Electone to its default “factory” settings. In general, you won’t need this function very often.
Panel Familiarize yourself with the panel of the ELB-02. The panel is divided into several important and distinct sections. You should know the names and roles for these sections. Voice section MDR (Music Data Recorder) section Rhythm section Display and the Data Control dial Registration Menu Memory buttons for storing your Registrations For connecting a USB flash drive.
Voice sections Now, let’s take a look at the all-important Voice section—which is actually divided into four sections. Upper Keyboard Voice 1 Lead Voice 1 For adjusting the volume. TO LOWERD/U This conveniently lets you play the Lead Voice and/or Pedal Voice from the Lower Keyboard. Lower Keyboard Voice 1 Pedal Voice 1 And there you have it. Four sections in one set! However, the ELB-02 gives you one more set to play with… Pressing the button (lights) switches to Voice section 2.
Voice Display Pressing the [VOICE DISPLAY] button calls up the Voice display, letting you quickly and easily check which Voices are being used for each keyboard! You can also check the status of each Voice section—it is on and sounds, or off and will not. [VOICE SECTION 2] button [VOICE DISPLAY] button Let’s take a closer look at the Voice Display...
Voice Menu Each Voice button is actually a category of Voices, with many Voices inside. For example, check out the Strings Voices contained in the [STRINGS] button in the UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 section. 1 2 Press the button. The Voice Menu will appear, allowing you to select the Strings Voices. Rotate the DATA CONTROL dial to call up (in order) the various Strings Voices. A wide range of Strings Voices are available.
2 3 Rotate the DATA CONTROL dial to select “11: Clarinet 1.” Try playing some of the keys on the Upper Keyboard, and check out the Clarinet sound! Adding a Strings sound to the Lower Keyboard Up until now, only the Piano sound of the Lower Keyboard Voice 1 is heard. Here’ we’ll turn on Strings for the Lower keyboard Voice 2, and add the selected Strings sound to the Piano! 1 2 3 Press button (lights up). This lets you select the Voice of Voice section 2.
Rhythm Section The Electone also gives you a variety of dynamic drum and percussion patterns for your playing. Let’s listen to the current preset Rhythm. Increase the tempo After initialization, this lights up by default Decrease the tempo Adjust the volume Start/stop the Rhythm After initialization, the button lights up in the rhythm section. The default selected Rhythm pattern is “Simple 8Beat Pop,” Main: B, and a Tempo of 1 2 3 = 120. Press the INTRO [1] button.
Rhythm Menu Just as a Voice button contains many related Voices, the [POPS] button contains various Pops rhythm patterns. Let’s take a look at the Rhythm Menu and see what’s inside! 1 2 Press the button. Now that you’re in the Pops category, you can select one of the Pop music rhythms. The POPS button contains various Pop music rhythm patterns.
Changing Rhythm Patterns Let’s select a new Rhythm pattern: “07: British Rock,” in the Rock category. 1 Press the 2 Rotate the DATA CONTROL dial to select “07: British Rock.” 3 Press the Press the 12 button. button to listen to the pattern. button again to stop it.
Sheet Music, and the Keys/Pedals Let’s take a short break from listening to Voices and Rhythms, and see how the keys and pedals of the Electone correspond to music notation.
How to Read and Play Sheet Music Music notation designed for playing the Electone has several parts: one shows the chord names, and there are three staffs with notes for the keyboards and pedalboard. When playing with three staffs, play the notes exactly as shown in the notation. In case of Example 1, which shows just a single staff, the notes you’ll actually play are shown in Example 2.
Performing with the Registration Menu The Registration Menu is a simple, highly convenient way to instantly change all the Electone settings for playing in specific music styles. Try out these dynamic, professional-sounding controls in your own performance! Use the buttons at the left of the display.
Ode to Joy Backing pattern For important instructions on how to prepare for your performance, see page 18. First, perform part A , which simply has just two chords! Once you feel comfortable playing it, go on and try playing part B . 16 Playing the ELB-02 — Tutorial Composer L.v.
How to Play Chords If your unfamiliar with chords, the illustrations below will help you find the proper notes to play for the particular chords used in this piece (C, G, Am, E7 and D7). C G E7 D7 Am Practice the following chord patterns repeatedly until you can play them smoothly and confidently, and master basic chord changes.
Preparing to Perform Simply select the proper Registration from the Registration Menu and start playing the song. 1 2 Press the Registration Menu button. Select “09: Choral No.9” by using the DATA CONTROL dial. This completes the setting. Take a look at the score below, and check through the steps you’ll need to follow. 3 Play the C chord. 1 Backing pattern Ode to Joy Composer Lv.Beethoven 4 Play the notes indicated with “8va---” one octave higher with your right hand.
Using the Registration Memory In this section, try playing “Ode to Joy” once again, but using a different Registration Menu different from one before. Notice how you can completely change the mood and feeling of the very same piece by simply switching Registrations! Once you’ve gotten used to performing in this way, try switching to other Registrations by using the Registration Memory buttons while you are playing.
4 When the Registration is stored, the LED of the [1] button flashes momentarily. This completes the first Registration. Simply pressing this button recalls the stored Registration anytime you want it. 4-2 Press the desired numbered button. 4-1 While holding down the [MEMORY] button... 5 Next, create the second Registration you’ll use. Turn the UPPER 2 Voice “OctBrass 8” and PEDAL 2 Voice “JazzOrgan4” to ON in the Voice display. Change the Rhythm to Main D.
6 Memorize the settings to the Registration Memory [2] button. 6-2 6-1 Press the desired numbered button. While holding down the [MEMORY] button... This completes the settings! 7 Perform while using the score on page 16. Perform A using Registration Memory [1] B using Registration Memory [2]. Press the Registration Memory [1] button, then start playing.
Saving the Registration Data to a USB Flash Drive Save the memorized Registrations to a USB flash drive (sold separately). Please make sure that the USB flash drive you’re using is listed in the Compatible USB Device List downloadable from the Yamaha website: http://download.yamaha.com/ 1 2 3 4 22 Connect the compatible USB flash drive to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal. Press the [MDR] button to call up the MDR display, SONG Page.
5 6 Press the [B] “SAVE” button in the UNIT EDIT display. Now you have saved your Registrations as “UNIT 1” in the Song named “SONG_001” in the USB flash drive. Press the [D] “EXIT” button, and you’re finished! You can change the Song name as desired. For details on how to edit the Song name, see “Changing the Song/Folder Name” in the Owner’s Manual, Chapter 6 “MDR.” In this case, giving it the Song title “Ode to Joy” makes it easier to find the Song containing the desired Registrations in the future.
Loading Recorded Registrations from a USB Flash Drive In this section, you’ll load back the Registrations in the USB flash drive to the Electone, so that you can use the settings for performing “Ode to Joy.” 1 2 3 4 Connect the compatible USB flash drive to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal. Press the [MDR] button to call up the MDR Display, SONG Page. Select the Song to which the Registrations of “Ode to Joy” have been saved. Press the MUSIC DATA RECORDER [PLAY/ PAUSE] button.
Recording Your Performance as Audio Are you confident in your playing yet? Do want to hear your performance and use it to improve? Simply record it directly with the Electone itself. You can record your performances as exceptionally high-quality, digital audio files (.WAV format) to a USB flash drive. For optimum protection of your data, first read the NOTICE at the beginning page of Chapter 7 in the Owner’s Manual.
Play Back Your Recorded Performance 1 Connect the compatible USB flash drive containing the recorded audio file to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal, then press the [AUDIO] button to call up the AUDIO Display. 2 Select the audio file to which your performance has been saved. 3 Press the [C] “PLAY” button to call up the AUDIO PLAY Display. 4 Press the [C] “PLAY” button to play back the recorded audio file.
Electone Chords Major Minor Seventh C Cm C7 ( ) ( ) Major seventh Minor seventh Minor seventh flatted fifth CM7 ( ) –5 Cm7 ( ) Cm7 ( ) ( ) –5 D Dm D7 DM7 Dm7 Dm7 E Em E7 EM7 Em7 Em7 F Fm F7 FM7 Fm7 Fm7 G Gm G7 GM7 Gm7 Gm7 A Am A7 AM7 Am7 Am7 B Bm B7 BM7 Bm7 Bm7 –5 –5 –5 –5 –5 Playing the ELB-02 — Tutorial 27
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