Yamaha EZ-200 - Manuals

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 7 Main features ............................................................. 6Supplied accessories ................................................. 6 Setting Up 8 Power Requirements ................................................. 8Connecting headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT Jack) ...

8 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Setting Up Be sure to do the following operations BEFORE turning on the power. Although the instrument will run either from an optional AC adaptor or batteries, Yamaha recommends use of an AC adaptor whenever possible. An AC adaptor is more environmentally friendly than batte...

Setting Up EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 9 Make all necessary connections BEFORE turning the power on. The EZ-200 speakers are automatically shut off when a plug is inserted into this jack. The PHONES/OUT-PUT jack also functions as an external output. You can connect the PHONES/OUTPUT jack to a keyboard amp...

10 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Panel Controls and Terminals ■ Front Panel q [STANDBY/ON] switch .................................... page 9, 26 w MASTER VOLUME [+] button ....................................................... pages 9, 26 [-] button ...........................................................

Panel Controls and Terminals EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 11 001 GrandPno -03 001 GrandPno -03 r t !8 !9 y !3 !2 !1 u !0 o i @2 @3 @1 @0 Voice List (page 58) Display (page 28) @7 @6 @5 @4 ■ Rear Panel • Playing while looking at the lights for a long period of time may cause eyestrain or stiffness in your n...

12 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual — Quick Guide — Step 1 Playing the Songs When turning the power on, bars appear at the left side in the display to indicate the value of the master volume. When you first turn on the power, make sure to turn down the volume of the instrument by pressing the MASTER VOLUME [-]...

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 13 Quick Guide Step 1 Playing the Songs This instrument has 100 built-in Demo Songs. To listen to the Songs, press the [DEMO] button. The Songs play back in the Song number order. Press the [DEMO] or [START/STOP] button again to stop the Song. Select the desired song number and...

14 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 2 Select the desired Song by using the number buttons [0]–[9], [+], [-]. Refer to the Song List on page 15. 3 Press the [START/STOP] button. The Song will begin playing.You can stop playback at any time by pressing the [START/STOP] button. ● Other Operations [REW] button ......

16 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Step 2 Changing the Voices In addition to the piano Voice, a wide variety of other instrument Voices can be selected and played, including guitar, trumpet and flute. The Voice selected here becomes the Main Voice. 1 Press the [VOICE] button. The Voice number and name are dis...

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 17 Quick Guide Step 2 Changing the V oices 3 Play the keyboard. Try selecting and playing different Voices. When you simply want to play a piano Voice, all you have to do is press one convenient button. Press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button. The Voice “001 Grand Piano” will automat...

18 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Drum kits are collections of drum and percussion instruments.When drum kits (Voice numbers 130–142) are selected, you can play different percussion sounds directly from the keyboard. 1 Press the [VOICE] button. 2 Select the desired Drum kit. Select one of the Voice numbers f...

20 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Step 3 Play with the metronome The instrument includes a metronome with adjustable tempo and time signature. Play and set the tempo that is most comfortable for you. Turn the metronome on and start it by pressing the [METRONOME ON/OFF] button. To stop the metronome, press th...

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 21 Quick Guide Step 3 Play with the metr onome Set the number of beats per measure. 1 Press and hold the [METRONOME ON/OFF] button for longer than a second. Current numerator appears. 2 Set the time signature numerator (0–60) by using the number buttons [0]–[9], [+], [-]. The f...

22 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button a number of times until “MetroVol” appears. 2 Set the metronome volume (000–127) by using the number buttons [0]–[9], [+], [-]. Setting the metronome volume Metronome volume 100 MetroVol

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 23 Quick Guide Step 4 Play with a Style — Quick Guide — Step 4 Play with a Style The Style feature provides backing and rhythm parts in a wide variety of musical categories, including rock, blues, disco and much more. Here’s how to play a rhythm of a Style. The rhythm sound con...

24 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual On the previous page, you’ve learned how to select your favorite rhythm of a Style. Here, you’ll learn how to expand on that rhythm with bass and chord backing, and use all of it as your accom-paniment as you play. 1 Press the [STYLE] button and then select a Style. Refer to...

26 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Basic Operation and Displays Basic Operation 001 GrandPno -03 Press the [STANDBY/ON] switch to turn on the power.Press the [STANDBY/ON] switch again to turn the power OFF. Turning the power on Pressing the MASTER VOLUME [+] and [-] buttons. Adjusting the volume Press the [-]...

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 27 Play with a Style When you select a basic function, the name and number of the currently selected Song, Style and Voice is shown. Also, the icon(s) of the currently selected Song, Style or Voice appears at the top on the display. From this display, you can select the desired...

28 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Play with a Style The Main display shows all of the current basic settings for Song, Style and Voice. Display 001 GrandPno 003 Displays the melody and chord notes of a Song when the Song is playing, or the notes of chords you specify when the Dictio-nary function is in use. ...

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 29 Song Lesson Yamaha Education Suite 5 You can select any Song you like and use it for a left-hand, right-hand, or both-hands lesson. Song Lesson teaches you how to play Songs in three separate steps. ■ The practice methods: Lesson 1 (Listen & Learn) ....... Listen and lea...

Song Lesson 30 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Lesson 1 (Listen & Learn) There’s no need to play the keyboard in Lesson 1.The model melody/chords (in other words, the musical material you should learn) of the part you selected will sound and the appropriate keys will automatically light. Listen to it care...

Song Lesson EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 31 3 Start Lesson 1. Press the [LISTEN & LEARN] button to start Lesson 1.The melody of the part you selected in Step 2 will sound. Listen to it carefully and learn it well. 4 Stop the Lesson. You can stop the Lesson at any time by pressing the [START/STOP] butto...

Song Lesson 32 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual When the lesson Song has played all the way through in Lesson 2 or 3, your performance will be evaluated in four levels: OK, Good, Very Good, or Excellent. OKGoodVery GoodExcellent Lesson 3 (Waiting) In this mode, try playing the correct notes. The notes you shou...

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 33 Song settings Changing the Melody Voice You can change a Song’s melody Voice to any other Voice you prefer. 1 Select the Song and play it. Refer to the section “Playing the Songs” on page 12. 2 Select the voice. Press the [VOICE] button, and then select a desired Voice by us...

Song settings 34 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 2 Press the [FUNCTION] button a number of times until “SongVol” appears. 3 Set the Song Volume by pressing the number buttons [0]–[9], [+], [-]. The range is from 0–127. Mute The Song is made up by several tracks.You can mute Track 1 or Track 2 during Song play...

Song settings EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 35 Practice Makes Perfect You can repeatedly practice a section you find difficult. This function lets you specify a section of a Song you want to practice—“A” is the start point and “B” is the end point—for repeat playback. 1 Play the Song and press the [A-B REPE...

36 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Handy Performance Features Setting the Split Point The Split Point setting can be changed as desired. The initial default Split Point is key number 54 (the F # 2 key), but you can change it to another key. When you change the Split Point, the auto accom-paniment range also c...

Handy Performance Features EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 37 Transpose The overall pitch of the instrument can be shifted up or down by a maxi-mum of 1 octave in semitone increments. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button a number of times until the “Transpos” appears. 2 Use the number buttons [0]–[9], [+], [-] to se...

Handy Performance Features 38 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual One Touch Setting Sometimes selecting the ideal Voice to play with a Song or Style can be confusing. The One Touch Setting feature automatically selects the most suitable Voice for you when you select a Style or Song. Simply select Voice number “00...

Handy Performance Features EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 39 Touch Response Keyboard touch response can be turned on by pressing the [TOUCH ON/OFF] button. When touch response is on you can control the volume of notes according to how hard you play the keys. Press the [TOUCH] button a second time to turn tou...

Handy Performance Features 40 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Adjusting the Main Voice Parameters The volume and octave (the pitch of the instrument can be shifted by up or down in octaves) for the main voice can be adjusted. ● Main Voice Parameters (page 53) • Main Voice Volume• Main Voice Octave You can adj...

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 41 Play With a Variety of Effects Adding Reverb Reverb adds the ambience of a room or concert hall to the sound that youplay on the keyboard. Press the [FUNCTION] button a number of times until “on Reverb” or “oFF Reverb” appears.Default setting is on. Set this to on or off by ...

Play With a Variety of Effects 42 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button a number of times until “RevLevel” appears. 2 Set the desired Reverb depth by using the number buttons [0]–[9], [+], [-].The range is from 0–127. Adding Panel Sustain This function adds a fixed sustain to the keybo...

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 43 Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions Various ways to start and stop Style playback The following three methods can be used to start Style playback. In all cases you will need to press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto accompaniment on before actually starting Style playb...

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 44 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual The following three methods can be used to stop Style playback. ■ Immediate Stop Playback will stop as soon as you press the [START/STOP] button. ■ Stop and Enter Sync Start Mode If you press the [SYNC START] button during Style playback,...

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 45 Pattern Variation (Sections) The instrument features a wide variety of Style “sections” (patterns) that allow you to vary the arrangement of the accompaniment to match the Song you are playing. 1 Press the [STYLE] button and then select a...

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions 46 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 4 Press the [MAIN/AUTO FILL] button. 5 Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. 6 As soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the Intro of the selected Style starts. For this example, play a C major chord (as shown below). For informa-t...

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 47 Adjusting the Style Volume This procedure allows you to adjust the balance between Style playback and the notes you play on the keyboard by setting the volume of the play-back sound. 1 Press the [STYLE] button. 2 Press the [FUNCTION] butt...

48 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords You’ve learned in the section “Play with a Style (Accompaniment)” on page 23 that the “feel” of the Style changes every time you play a chord on the left-hand side of the key-board. Here, you’ll learn the types of the chords and how to play ...

Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 49 ● Recognized Standard Chords Chart * These chords are not shown in the Chord Dictionary function. Chord Name/[Abbreviation] Normal Voicing Chord (C) Display Major [M] 1 - 3 - 5 C C Add ninth [(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 C(9) C(9) Sixth [6] 1 - (3) - ...

Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords 50 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Looking up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in “chord dictionary” that shows you the individual notes of chords. It is ideal when you know the name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn ...

Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 51 ■ About chords Playing two or more notes together simultaneously creates a “chord.” Playing a note together with two other notes spaced three notes (steps) apart—such as the notes C, E and G—creates a harmonious sound. Chords like these are ...

52 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Function Settings The [FUNCTION] button gives you access to a variety of operations related to adjust-ing or enhancing the sound and making settings for connection to external devices. Select the item and change the value There are 19 different items that can be set. 1 Press...

Function Settings EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 53 ● Function Setting List Item Display Range/settings Description Style Volume StyleVol 000–127 Determines the volume of the Style. Song Volume SongVol 000–127 Determines the volume of the Song. Transpose TransPos -12–00–12 Determines the pitch of the instrum...

54 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual About MIDI The instrument features a MIDI terminals that can be connected to other MIDI instru-ments and devices for expanded musical functionality. What is MIDI? MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a world-standard interface for communication between electronic m...

About MIDI EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 55 Transferring Performance Data To and From Another Instrument By connecting the EZ-200 to other MIDI devices or a computer, the perfor-mance data of the instrument can be used on those other MIDI devices or com-puter, and also the performance data from other MIDI d...

About MIDI 56 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual ■ MIDI settings These settings should be made when transmitting/receiving performance data to a connected MIDI device or computer. Local Control determines whether or not notes played on the instrument are sounded by its internal tone generator system; the interna...

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 57 Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution When the instrument is turned on or off, a popping sound is temporarily produced. This is normal and indicates that the instrument is receiving electrical power. When using a mobile phone, noise is pro-duced. Using a mobile...

58 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Voice List ■ Maximum Polyphony • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The instrument has 32-note maximum polyphony. This means thatit can play a maximum of up to 32 notes at once, regardless ofwhat functions are used. Auto accompaniment uses a number ofthe available notes...

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 63 Drum Kit List • “ ” indicates that the drum sound is the same as “Standard Kit 1”. • Each percussion voice uses one note.• The MIDI Note # and Note are actually one octave lower than keyboard Note # and Note. For example, in “Standard Kit 1”, the “Seq Click H” (Note# 36/Note...

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 67 Effect Type List ● Reverb Types No. Reverb Type Description 01–03 Hall 1–3 Concert hall reverb. 04–05 Room 1–2 Small room reverb. 06–07 Stage 1–2 Reverb for solo instruments. 08–09 Plate 1–2 Simulated steel plate reverb. 10 Off No effect.

68 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual MIDI Implementation Chart YAMAHA [ Portable Keyboard ] Date:18-Jan-2007 Model EZ-200 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...

MIDI Implementation Chart EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 69 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 :All Sound OFF x o(120,126,127) Aux : Reset All Cntrls x o(121) :Local ON/OFF x...

70 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual NOTE: 1 By default (factory settings) the instrument ordinarily functions as a 16-channel multi-timbral tone generator, and incoming data does not affect the panel voices or panel settings. However, the MIDI messages listed below do affect the panel voices, auto accompanimen...

EZ-200 Owner’s Manual 71 Specifications Keyboards • 61 standard-size keys (C1–C6), with Touch Response and Light Guide Display • LCD display Setup • STANDBY/ON • MASTER VOLUME: [+], [-] buttons Panel Controls • [L], [R], [LISTEN & LEARN], [TIMING], [WAITING], [A-B REPEAT]/[ACMP ON/OFF], [REW]/[I...

72 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Index A-B REPEAT button ................................................. 35ACMP ON/OFF button .............................................. 24DEMO button ............................................................. 13FF button ................................................

74 EZ-200 Owner’s Manual Limited Warranty 90 DAYS LABOR 1 YEAR PARTS Yamaha Corporation of America, hereafter referred to as Yamaha, 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 th...