Yamaha PSR Series
Yamaha PSR is Yamaha’s most popular series in the 5-octaves category.
The Yamaha PSR electronic keyboards have been around for many years now and I myself have owned the PSR-420, PSR-520 and the PSR-550 models at some time in my life.
At the top end, you have some serious stuff like PSR-1500 and PSR-3000 targeted at the professional players.
Why Are They Popular?
The best thing about Yamaha PSR keyboards:
• Their superior sound – almost perfect sound.
• Superb accompaniments.
• The range of models they offer – whether you are a student or teacher, beginner or pro, you will find a model which will meet your needs.
• YES system. Built-in music teacher for the beginners.
Standard Electronic Keyboard Benefits
Almost all the Yamaha PSR keyboards contain the standard musical keyboard features like:
Sounds, Accompaniments, Digital Effects
Sequencer - for recording your own music
Equalizer - control the sound produced
External Connectivity - Headphone, Pedals, MIDI, USB
Yamaha Specific Benefits
In addition to the above features, you will find that the Yamaha PSR models employ certain other features which are aimed towards learning and mastering the instrument.
Anyone who is genuinely interested in improving his skills will find these features extremely useful.
You will find these only in Yamaha keyboards. Those features are...
Yamaha Education Suite(YES)
If you want to learn to play by yourself, this feature in the PSR keyboards can help you go a long way. There are enough built-in songs to help you hone your skills and it has a grading mechanism as well to grade your performance.
There are exercises to train both your hands at various levels of complexity.
A quick look at some of the features of YES in your Yamaha PSR keyboard:
• The built-in songs are divided into left and right hand parts, providing lessons at various levels of complexity
• Playback Song's tempo varies to match the speed at which you play. You can even mute any part of the play back song and
play that part while listening to the song
• Get a grade for your performance as you practice each lesson
• Practice difficult sections in the song by repeating them
• Built-in Chord Dictionary shows you how to play chords
Portable Grand
One Touch Button for Piano Sound
Most of the Yamaha PSR keyboards feature a Portable Grand button. When it is time to practice you just need to press this button and your keyboard will be set to a piano sound.
Yamaha is well known for its acoustic pianos and that experience is reflected in the sound produced when you press the Portable grand piano button.
If you intend to practice piano pieces, get yourself a sustain pedal which you can connect to the Sustain Pedal jack at the back of the keyboard.
Digital Music Notebook
It is a library of popular songs, sheet music, learn-to-play music books, riffs, and a host of other things which will help you to master your instrument.
You can download any of these by connecting your Yamaha PSR keyboard to the internet and play back with your keyboard, you can even view them as notations on the LCD screen of your PSR keyboard.
Various Models
Here are the various models in the PSR series:
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