Yamaha YPG535 88-Key Portable Grand Keyboard

The ability to quickly and accurately sight-read music is the secret skill that separates the great musicians from the good musicians, and there's no better tool for learning to read and understand music than the piano. Unfortunately, most of us don't have the room in our homes (or budgets) for a full-sized piano, nor do we all have time in our hectic daily lives for private instruction. The Yamaha YPG535, with its amazing stereo piano sounds and integrated learning and composition tools, fits any house, any budget and any lifestyle, no matter how busy. It makes starting to play easy, and learning to play fun and rewarding.

The Yamaha Education Suite: Learn At Your Own Pace
If you've ever been frustrated by educational software in the past, the straightforward simplicity of the Yamaha Education Suite, or Y.E.S., will be a breath of fresh air. Making use of the YPG535's large, highly visible LCD screen and three lesson modes, the Y.E.S. presents an easy-to-understand and effective learning system. Simply load up one of the YPG535's 30 internal songs (another 70 are included on CD-ROM) and the notes are presented on a music staff right in front of you. Next, choose one of the lesson modes: "Wait Mode" stops song playback until you play the correct note; "Your Tempo Mode" slows playback down when you play incorrect notes, so you can learn at your own pace, but start to get a feel for rhythm; "Minus One Mode" plays a song with one part removed, so that you can play along with the other elements of the music--think of it like piano karaoke, except you choose what part to play. These three modes follow a natural progression, each building on an ability mastered in the previous mode, and each lesson has seven levels of increasing difficulty to push those abilities even further. An automatic grading function provides you with honest feedback on your playing; no apples for the teacher here, just the hard, satisfying truth! There's even a chord dictionary for familiarizing yourself with common chordal voicings and intervals, with each chord being displayed in name and as notes on the LCD musical staff. Even if you're planning on eventually studying with a teacher, the Y.E.S. will give you a huge head-start and distinct learning advantage, making your private lessons that much more rewarding.

Access An Infinite Library Of Music
Once you're comfortable with sight-reading, you're going to want to play as many different pieces of music as you can find. The YPG535 can help you there, too. A USB input connects the keyboard to your computer, and from there, the internet. Any song saved in the popular MIDI format can be downloaded to the YPG535 and displayed on the LCD screen as a notated score. Your keyboard can even playback this file so you can hear it before you play it yourself. Having trouble finding a particular song? Load up Yamaha's Digital Music Notebook, an online service that lets you download transcriptions of the most popular music of today, as well as additional lesson books. Load the songs directly onto your YPG535, or use your computer to print them out as sheet music. The Yamaha YPG535 is your portal to a whole world of interactive, musical entertainment!

Six-Track Recorder: Compose Your Own Music
The ability to sight-read notation will have you understanding music in a whole new way, so it'll only be a matter of time before you'll want to start writing your own. For the budding Bachs, Beethovens, or Sufjans out there, the YPG535 has a six-track sequencer built right in. Record a chord progression, than layer melody, counter melody, harmony, or whatever you like on top. Experiment with combining different instrument sounds in one song--the YPG535 has over 361 beautiful sounds to select from, including organs, woodwinds, strings. . . even drums and guitar sounds are at your disposal. Save your favorite work by uploading to your computer, or use the YPG535's USB storage device port to connect an external hard disk or thumb drive.

Like Learning To Play On A Grand Piano
While the YPG535 has a ton of fantastic instrument sounds, the centerpiece of this, and all Yamaha keyboards, is the lush grand piano. You probably know that Yamaha makes some of the world's finest grand and baby grand pianos. It only makes sense, then, that their digital grand piano would sound a notch above the competition. The true, stereo-sampled grand piano is lifelike and rich, and it's reproduced beautifully on the YPG535's built-in, stereo, two-way speaker system. Adding to the real-piano-experience is the Graded Soft Touch keyboard. Comprised of semi-weighted keys--88 of them, just like a full-sized piano--it approximates the "action" of real, mechanical ivories. Plug a Yamaha FC4 sustain pedal in for dynamic damper effects and you've got complete and authentic control over your music. In addition to teaching you how to read music, the YPG535 will teach you what it sounds and feels like to play a top-of-the-line, finely crafted grand piano.

With on-screen notation display, interactive lessons, and the feel of a real, acoustic piano, the Yamaha YPG535 is the quickest and most effective way to start learning to read music. The inviting feel, the ease of use, and the beautiful grand piano sounds will make learning a joy, while the integrated recorder will have you well on your way to becoming the next world-famous composer. Music lessons and a fine instrument are two of the best investments you'll ever make, and both can be found in one keyboard: the Yamaha YPG535.

The Yamaha YPG535 88 Key Portable Keyboard gives to the sound and feel of a grand piano in a portable package at an affordable price. The YPG535 offers a graded soft touch action that everyone from the beginner to the professional will love. The YPG535 also includes a stand along with a sustain pedal and power adapter. For the beginner, the built-in interactive lessons provide a user definable tempo that allow for learning at your pace.

Features
88 piano-style keys with Graded Soft Touch

6-track sequencer allows you to record your own music

USB & Flash ROM to download new Songs and Styles for playing

5 types preset Master EQ

Interactive Lessons: Your Tempo mode helps you learn to play

Backlit LCD, panel lights, pitch bend wheel

Portable Grand Button: industry's best piano

Yamaha XGlite/GM voices plus Sweet!, Cool!, Split & Dual voice

Performance Assistant guarantees a rewarding music experience

Music Database 267 keyboard setups by song title

Add the Yamaha Survival Kit 88 and get headphones, a 2-year extended warranty, and hundreds of dollars of rebate coupons.

Technical Info

Keyboard: 88 Keys with Graded Soft Touch

Display: Large 320 x 240 B/W LCD

Lyric / Score: Yes / Yes

Voices: 500 GM and XGlite Compatible

Dual/Split: Yes/Yes

Polyphony: 32 Notes

Featured Voices: 8 Sweet, 3 Live, 5 Cool

Music Database: 300 Song titles

Songs: 30 Internal/70 CD-ROM + 5 User

Y.E.S. / Lessons: Interactive Lessons

Styles: 160 + User (SFF)

Style Sections: Intro/Ending + A/B + Fill x 2

Sequencer: 6 Track / 5 Songs / 10,000 Notes

PC Button: Yes

MIDI: USB Slave

Storage Device: 1.5MB Flash + USB to Device

Effects: 9 Reverb / 4 Chorus / 5 EQ

Harmony: 26 Types

In/Out Jacks: Headphone / Sustain

Speakers: 12cm x 2 / 3cm x 2

Amplifier: 6W + 6W

Power Supply: PA-150

Included Accessories: PA-150, CD, Music Rest, Pedal

Dimensions (WxDxH): 53.6 x 16.8 x 5.8 in.

500 voices, 32-note polyphony. 88 Graded Soft Touch keys. Includes power adapter.