Yamaha 2 EZ-AG, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...EZ GUITAR EZ GITARRE EZ GUITARE EZ GUITARRA ...

Page 2: ...OCATION The name plate is located on the bottom of the product The model number serial number power requirements etc are located on this plate You should record the model number serial number and the date of purchase in the spaces provided below and retain this manual as a permanent record of your purchase Model Serial No Purchase Date SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION 92 BP bottom 1 IMPORTANT NOTICE DO NOT...

Page 3: ...usic by Nuno Bettencourt and Gary Cherone Copyright 1990 COLOR ME BLIND MUSIC All Rights Administered by ALMO MUSIC CORP All Rights Reserved Used by Permission Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay Words and Music by Steve Cropper and Otis Redding Copyright 1968 1975 IRVING MUSIC INC Copyright Renewed All Rights Reserved Used by Permission Stand By Me Words and Music by Ben E King Jerry Leiber and Mike St...

Page 4: ...ays follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others or damage to the instrument or other property These precautions include but are not limited to the following When removing the electric plug from the instrument or an outlet always hold the plug itself and not the cord Unplug the AC power adaptor when not using the instrument or during electr...

Page 5: ... experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears consult a physician Saving and backing up your data Data in the instrument s internal memory can be lost due to operational errors or malfunction Be sure to save any important data to external media via a computer connected to the instrument Connections Maintenance Handling caution Saving data 3 Always turn the power off when the instrument is no...

Page 6: ...8 The CHORD play mode indicates the fingering for the chords you should play on the EZ AG s illu minated frets an ideal practice and learning tool See Page 19 New songs can be downloaded from the internet using your computer then transferred to and played on the EZ AG MIDI interface required see page 22 Play using a wide range of different sounds See Page 12 No tuning required The EZ AG is always ...

Page 7: ...h the Songs 18 PLAY 1 STRUM 18 PLAY 2 CHORD 19 PLAY 3 BOTH 19 Connecting To MIDI Devices 20 What is MIDI 20 Some Example MIDI Applications 20 Connecting To a Computer 21 Loading Song Data Into the EZ AG Using the Song Filer Application 22 Turning Local Control On or Off 23 Setting the MIDI Clock 23 Troubleshooting 24 MIDI Implementation Chart 26 Song Chord Chart 30 Commonly used Chords 33 Specific...

Page 8: ... balance between the played and accompaniment sound Control Section Frets EZ AG frets 1 through 6 are illuminated and will glow red when pressed When the PLAY MODE is set to CHORD or BOTH the appropriate frets will glow to indicate the frets you should press When the CAPO function is used an entire column of frets will glow at the capo position Strings The strings can be played either with a pick ...

Page 9: ...BOTH Buttons Starts playback of the selected song using the corre sponding playback method q Power Switch STANDBY ON This is the EZ AG power switch Press the switch in to turn the power ON Press the switch again to return it to the extended STANDBY position and turn power off w DC IN 12V Jack The AC Power Adaptor PA 3C can be connected here e PHONES OUTPUT Jack This jack can be used to connect a p...

Page 10: ...low q Open the battery compartment cover located on the instrument s bottom panel w Insert the six new batteries being careful to follow the polarity markings in the battery compartment e Replace the compartment cover making sure that it locks firmly in place Power Requirements Use ONLY a Yamaha PA 3C or PA 3B AC Power Adaptor or other adaptor specifically rec ommended by Yamaha to power your inst...

Page 11: ... PHONES OUTPUT jack on the EZ AG Using the MIDI Terminals The EZ AG also features MIDI terminals allowing you to interface the EZ AG with other MIDI instruments and devices Make sure that power to all external devices is OFF when connecting the EZ AG to avoid possible electric shock and damage to the equipment Also start with all volume controls on external devices turned down to minimum to preven...

Page 12: ... the instrument s volume for the desired overall listening level 1 Press the VOLUME button once or twice so that u u u uo o o oL L L L appears on the display uoL will show on the display while the VOLUME button is held then the current volume setting will appear when the button is released 2 Use the VALUE and buttons to set the desired volume level PLAY MODE 2 VALUE TEMPO CAPO VOLUME TUNING RESET ...

Page 13: ... Bass 20 Grand Piano 4 Jazz Guitar 13 Fretless Bass 5 Octave Guitar 14 Slap Bass 6 Clean Guitar 15 Synth Bass 7 Mute Guitar 16 Hi Q Bass 8 Overdrive Guitar 17 Dance Bass 9 Distortion Guitar Selecting Different Sounds PLAY MODE 2 VALUE TEMPO CAPO VOLUME TUNING RESET STRUM START STOP CHORD START STOP BOTH START STOP DEMO START STOP SOUND SELECT SONG SELECT 3 1 1 The number of the currently selected ...

Page 14: ...ing of 12 lowers the pitch by a full octave This makes it easy to play the EZ AG in any key to match the range of a singer for example The EZ AG also provides four alternative tunings which can be selected by pressing the button beyond the 12 setting Drop D Open D Open G and Open E Using the CAPO Function PLAY MODE 2 VALUE TEMPO CAPO VOLUME TUNING RESET STRUM START STOP CHORD START STOP BOTH START...

Page 15: ...Don t Be Cruel To A Heart That s True 14 I VIm IIm V7 21 I I7 IV IVm 3 Stand By Me 15 I VIm IV V7 22 VIm7 II7 IV I 4 Day Tripper 11 Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay 16 I VIm IV V7 23 I II7 IV I 5 More Than Words 17 I IIIm IV V7 24 I VIm V IV I 6 Hound Dog 12 Yesterday Once More 18 IIIm7 VIm7 IIm7 V7 25 IV IIm IIIm VIm 7 You Are So Beautiful Listen To the Songs and Play Along PLAY MODE 2 VALUE TEMPO C...

Page 16: ... to start playback the and buttons can be used to select a specific song All remaining songs will play back in sequence following the selected song If a play mode is selected i e the STRUM CHORD or BOTH button is pressed the selected song will play repeat edly Songs loaded from a computer will be stored in memory num bers F 1 F 2 etc following the pre programmed song data 1 25 and can be selected ...

Page 17: ...ALUE and buttons to set the desired bal ance The accompaniment volume can be adjusted from 0 minimum through 127 maximum to achieve the best balance with what you play on the instrument s strings The initial default accompaniment volume setting is 64 Adjust the Balance PLAY MODE 2 VALUE TEMPO CAPO VOLUME TUNING RESET STRUM START STOP CHORD START STOP BOTH START STOP DEMO START STOP SOUND SELECT SO...

Page 18: ...e the fret buttons have no effect on playback so you can play anywhere with your left hand without changing the playback sound Press the STRUM button again to stop playback If you want the frets to glow up to the sixth fret to indicate the fingerings of the chords being played press the STRUM button while simultaneously holding the SOUND and SONG buttons PLAY 1 STRUM PLAY MODE 2 VALUE TEMPO CAPO V...

Page 19: ... techniques using play modes 1 and 2 try playing using both hands 1 Press the SONG button and use the and buttons to select the song you want to play 2 Press the BOTH button to begin playback in the PLAY 3 BOTH mode The song will begin after count in Play with both your right and left hands in the same way you did in the STRUM and CHORD play modes to play the entire song as smoothly as possible Pr...

Page 20: ...evices Using the EZ AG s MIDI capabilities you can for example transfer performance data between two EZ AGs or between an EZ AG and a MIDI equipped personal computer to load songs into the EZ AG Song data cannot be transmitted by the EZ AG Performance data transferred between two EZ AGs Song data downloaded from the internet can be loaded into the EZ AG via computer What is MIDI MIDI cables are so...

Page 21: ...nter and Modem ports use a MIDI interface as shown in the diagram below Connecting To a Computer EZ AG MIDI IN MIDI OUT UX16 USB To the EZ AG MIDI IN connector To the EZ AG MIDI OUT connector USB MIDI Interface Computer If you use the Yamaha UX16 be sure to install the supplied driver on your computer MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI OUT MIDI IN Computer EZ AG EZ AG MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI OUT MIDI IN Macintos...

Page 22: ...e Song Filer connect the EZ AG to your computer After making the required connections and turning the EZ AG on it will be possible to transfer song data from the computer to the EZ AG Refer to the PK CLUB home page URL listed above for online instructions on using the Song Filer Loading Data Into the EZ AG The song file data must be transmitted to the EZ AG from the computer Loaded song data will ...

Page 23: ...ttons 2 Set local control as required Use the and buttons to turn local control on or off as required turns local control on while turns it off Normally EZ AG song playback is synchronized to its own internal clock Use this function when you want to synchronize EZ AG playback to a MIDI clock signal from an external device Internal Clock Int This is the normal setting EZ AG song playback is synchro...

Page 24: ... the PHONES OUTPUT jack Is Local Control turned OFF The EZ AG will not produce any sound unless Local Control is turned ON The displays flicker on and off and don t function normally Are the batteries run down Song playback will not start Is the MIDI clock set to Etr Try setting it to Int The EZ AG is picking up noise Are you using the EZ AG near a mobile phone Try turning the mo bile phone off or...

Page 25: ...25 EZ AG Memo 89 ...

Page 26: ...umber True voice 0 127 Velocity Note ON o 9nH v 1 127 o 9nH v 1 127 Note OFF o 9nH v 0 o 9nH v 0 or 8nH After Key s x x Touch Ch s x x Pitch Bend x o 0 32 o o Bank Select 1 x o Modulation wheel 6 38 x o Data Entry 7 o o Part Volume Control 10 o o Pan 11 x o Expression Change 64 x o Sustain 71 x o Harmonic Content 72 x o Release Time 73 x o Attack Time 74 x o Brightness 91 93 94 x x Effect Depth 96...

Page 27: ...3 o 3 Song Pos x x Common Song Sel x x Tune x x System Clock o o Real Time Commands o 4 o 4 Aux All Sound OFF x o 120 126 127 Reset All Cntrls x o 121 Local ON OFF x o 122 All Notes OFF x o 123 125 Mes Active Sense o o sages Reset x x Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO o Yes Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO x No ...

Page 28: ...ter Tuning verwendet Werte für ll werden ignoriert MIDI Master Tuning F0H 43H 1nH 27H 30H 00H 00H mm ll cc F7H Durch diesen Befehl wird die Stimmung für alle Kanäle gleichzeitig geändert Die Werte von mm und ll werden für das MIDI Master Tuning verwendet Der Standardwert beträgt für mm 08H und für ll 00H Für cc kön nen beliebige Werte verwendet werden EZ AG Native Parameter Change F0H 43H 7FH 00H ...

Page 29: ...ales Universal System Exclusive Exclusivo del Sistema Universal Los valores de mm se usan para la afinación principal MIDI Los valores para ll se omiten MIDI Master Tuning Afinación principal MIDI F0H 43H 1nH 27H 30H 00H 00H mm ll cc F7H Este mensaje cambia simultáneamente el valor de afinación de todos los canales Los valores de mm y ll se usan para la afinación principal MIDI Los valores inicial...

Page 30: ... als Bund 1 bezeichnet Wenn dieser Bund abweichend von dieser Regel mit einer Nummer bezeichnet ist dann bezeichnet diese Nummer den äußersten linken Bund Wenn das Barré Symbol angezeigt wird drücken Sie alle Bund Tas ten gleichzeitig mit dem Ringfinger q q Song No Chord Names and Fret Positions Indicated During Playback Akkordnamen und Bundpositionen werden während der Wiedergabe angezeigt Em A F...

Page 31: ...traste situado más a la izquierda está indicado con un número es el número del traste situado más a la izquierda Cuando aparece el símbolo barra utilice el dedo índice para pulsar todos los botones de trastes indicados a la vez q q Song No Noms des accords et positions des frettes indiqués pendant la reproduction Nombres de acordes y posiciones de trastes indicados durante la reproducción G G7 Em ...

Page 32: ...q q w e r w e r w e w e w e q w e q w e q w e q w e q w e q w e w q e r q w e q w e q w e q w e q w e w e w q e r w q w q w e w e r q r w e w e q w e q w r w w q e r w e q w e q w e q w r w q q w e w q e r q w e q w e q w e q w e w q e r r w e w e q w e w q e r q w r w e q w e 96 Song Chord Chart Song Akkordtabelle Partition des accords de morceau Gráfica de acordes de canciones ...

Page 33: ... Am A7 Am7 Adim Asus4 Eb Ebm Eb7 Ebm7 Ebdim Ebsus4 B C D A Bb E F G D Eb F Gb G Ab C Db Bb Bbm Bb7 Bbm7 Bbdim Bbsus4 B Bm B7 Bm7 Bdim Bsus4 C Cm C7 Cm7 Cdim Csus4 C C m C 7 C m7 C dim C sus4 D Dm D7 Dm7 Ddim Dsus4 E Em E7 Em7 Edim Esus4 F Fm F7 Fm7 Fdim Fsus4 F F m F 7 F m7 F dim F sus4 G Gm G7 Gm7 Gdim Gsus4 Ab Abm Ab7 Abm7 Abdim Absus4 97 Commonly used Chords ...

Page 34: ...ior notice Since specifications equipment or options may not be the same in every locale please check with your Yamaha dealer Die technischen Daten und Beschreibungen in dieser Bedienungsanleitung dienen nur der Information Yamaha Corp behält sich das Recht vor Produkte oder deren technische Daten jederzeit ohne vorherige Ankündigung zu verändern oder zu modifizieren Da die technischen Daten das G...

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