Yamaha YPG635 Portable Grand Piano Package - with Wood Stand and Survival Kit Accessory Package - Yamaha

The Yamaha YPG635 88 Key Portable Grand Piano is an affordably priced 88-key weighted graded hammer action Keyboard that boasts an authentic grand piano-like touch.
The YPG635 features many more voices and styles than previous models along with brand new DSP effects for improved rotary organ sounds. The expanded 64-note polyphony adds to the lush sound palette especially when using the on board sequencer.

Yamaha YPG635 Features
•88 key Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) Weighted Action
•Large Wave ROM features extra high quality Live! Grand sample
•USB To Device: Connect USB devices (storage device optional)
•6-Track Sequencer: Record your own music
•64 Note Polyphony
•Decorative Wooden Stand, PA150 Adapter and Sustain Pedal included
•Backlit LCD displays lyrics, chords and notation
•Performance Assistant: Play melody and chords like a pro
•Interactive Lessons: Your Tempo mode helps you learn to play
•Yamaha XGlite/GM, Sweet!, Live!, Cool!, Split & Layer voices
The Yamaha (YPG635KIT) 88 Key Portable Grand Piano includes a Yamaha Survival Kit!
The Survival Kit is designed to provide you with everything you need to get started. It includes a Yamaha PA5D power adaptor, foot switch, two-year extended warranty, stereo headphones, bonus coupons, and a Yamaha Survival Kit DVD-ROM.

Top of the Line Yamaha Portable Grand Features Weighted Action
The YPG635 has an 88-key weighted graded hammer action keyboard with authentic grand piano-like touch — heavier in the low end, lighter in the high, and amazingly responsive! The cabinet has wood accents and an attractive matching stand that puts you and your keyboard at the correct recommended height. Also included is the adapter and sustain pedal. Rounding out the piano focus is a high resolution stereo piano sample. And to make sure you never run out of notes, the YPG635 features 64 notes of polyphony.

Lyric, Chord and Notation Display
Have you ever played a song and wondered what it would look like as sheet music? The YPG635 can display the score to a song whether it comes from the Internet, the internal selections or ones that you record yourself, and the pages scroll automatically when a song is played back – no more page turning! And for singers, the screen also displays chords and lyrics to XF compatible songs.

USB connectivity brings music directly to your keyboard
The YPG635 has 2 USB ports on the back, USB to Host and USB to Device.
•USB to Host is plug and play simple for recording and playing back MIDI files, as well as transferring data to and from your computer.
•USB to Device is for connecting optional peripheral USB storage devices like floppy disk drives and thumb drives. When a USB flash memory is inserted in this instrument's USB To Device terminal, user songs created on the instrument and the registered settings can be saved to or loaded from the memory medium. USB flash memory can also be used to transfer song data downloaded from the Internet to the instrument, where it can be used with the performance assistant technology and the Yamaha Education Suite features mentioned below. Furthermore, user songs saved to USB flash memory in MIDI file format can also be used with these features.

Ease of Operation
There are many tools in the keyboard that make it easy to be a power user from the first day you own the keyboard.
•Expandable Music Database: Complete keyboard setups by song title. The keyboard selects an appropriate voice for the right hand melody, the correct musical style and the correct tempo. Simply call up a song title and start playing.
•One Touch Setting (OTS): Provides you with a recommended voice with effects for each Style. For example, on a jazz style OTS might be piano, for a Latin style it might be acoustic guitar and for a rock style it might be a guitar with overdrive etc.
•Registration Memory: Set the keyboard up just the way you like and take a digital snapshot by memorizing it to one of the Registration buttons. Load and save up to 16 Registrations to User memory. The Registration buttons are conveniently located just above the keyboard.
•Performance Assistant Technology: Performance assistant technology is a feature from Yamaha that guarantees that you can't play a wrong melody note or chord. Here's how it works. Select a song, press the Performance
Yamaha Education Suite: Helps You Learn to Play
The YPG635 has 30 built-in songs plus 70 more on included CD-ROM for you to learn to play using the Yamaha Education Suite. The songs are separated into left and right hand parts, providing 7 levels of lessons plus a convenient chord dictionary.
•Three keyboard lessons for each hand
◦Waiting Mode – stops the playback of a song until you find the correct note and then continues.
◦Your Tempo Mode – Learn to play the correct notes with the correct timing. Song playback tempo will vary to match the speed you are playing at. The song will slow down when you play wrong notes, so you can learn at your own pace.
◦Minus One Mode – Here's where you can perfect your technique. The song will play at the normal tempo, minus the part you have chosen to play. Play along while listening to the song.
•Lesson Grading - Monitors your progress as you practice each lesson and gives you a grade.
•Repeat and Learn - The song location will move back four measures from the point at which you pressed the button, and playback will begin after a one measure count-in. This section will repeat allowing you to practice until perfect!
•Chord Dictionary - shows you how to play chords and tells you which chords you are playing by displaying the notes and chord names on the LCD screen.
6-Track Sequencer: Record Your Own Music
Imagine capturing your child's first performance or writing and recording your own songs. With the YPG635, you have the equivalent of a built-in multi-track recorder to record one or multiple instrument parts at a time and assign each part to a different track. Six tracks are provided to accommodate sophisticated melodies, chord accompaniment and rhythm parts.