The DGX500 features an extra-high-quality stereo piano sample, general MIDI (GM) compatibility, and a selection of Yamaha's famous XG Lite voices, all of which work in concert to give you remarkably good sound quality. The quality is enhanced by the keyboard's two-way speakers with bass-enhancing ports.

Polyphony is the ability for a keyboard to sound multiple tones simultaneously. Some keyboards in this price range have 16-, 24 -or 28-note polyphony; the DGX500 has a full 32-note polyphony so you can play intricate instrumental arrangements and dense musical passages without "running out" of notes or sounds.

When you want to record your playing, just press the front panel's record button, the track button for the track you want to record on, and start playing. It's that easy. When you're done, save your song internally or to the keyboard's 3.5-inch floppy disk drive as a standard MIDI file (SMF) to make it compatible with other general MIDI keyboards as well as most computers. Imagine recording your child's first song onto a disk, placing it in your computer and attaching it to e-mail so friends and family can hear.

Call up your favorite style of music like Rock, Big Band, Gospel or Country, press a chord or play Single Finger mode, and the DGX500 will follow you through a piece of music, providing all of the drums, bass, piano, guitar, horn and string parts for you. And even though the DGX500 comes with 135 built-in music styles, the disk drive opens up the ability to load even more. The disk drive will allow you to save and organize your favorite data for years to come.

Another feature to simplify song playing is the music database. Pull out your favorite music book, select a song from any of the over 200 songs in the database, and the entire keyboard sets itself up. Start playing and the keyboard will follow your every chord--with no other buttons to press.

The DGX500 comes with 100 built-in songs with its songbook feature. But if you've never played before, where do you start? Well, if learning to play music is important to you, the Yamaha Education Suite II, a set of music training functions, makes learning music incredibly easy. Seven types of lessons are available as well as a convenient chord dictionary.

And finally, no matter what level of playing ability your at, you'll appreciate being able to build combinations of your favorite sounds. Pressing the "Split" button divides the instrument into two parts, allowing you to have two different sounds on the keyboard at the same time, like piano on the right and bass on the left. That's when you really appreciate the 88 keys.

In addition, "Layer" mode lets you combine two sounds across the keyboard range. For example, you could layer piano and strings and play both sounds at the same time. With over 600 voices to choose from, the combinations are only limited by your imagination.

What's in the Box
Keyboard, stand, and a user's manual. (PA5D power adapter and UX16 USB-MIDI interface are not included.) ]]> http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-dgx-500-portable-grand-piano-w-wooden-bench/feed/ 0 http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-ydp141-digital-piano-with-bench/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-ydp141-digital-piano-with-bench/#comments Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:00:09 +0000 PianoMan http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-ydp141-digital-piano-with-bench/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-ydp141-digital-piano-with-bench/feed/ 0 http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-pkbx2-double-x-portable-keyboard-stand/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-pkbx2-double-x-portable-keyboard-stand/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:39:53 +0000 PianoMan http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-pkbx2-double-x-portable-keyboard-stand/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-pkbx2-double-x-portable-keyboard-stand/feed/ 0 http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/casio-px-330-88-key-digital-stage-piano-with-tri-sensor-scaled-hammer-action/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/casio-px-330-88-key-digital-stage-piano-with-tri-sensor-scaled-hammer-action/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 05:57:41 +0000 PianoMan http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/casio-px-330-88-key-digital-stage-piano-with-tri-sensor-scaled-hammer-action/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/casio-px-330-88-key-digital-stage-piano-with-tri-sensor-scaled-hammer-action/feed/ 0 http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-ydp181-electronic-piano-with-bench-rosewood/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-ydp181-electronic-piano-with-bench-rosewood/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:21:16 +0000 PianoMan http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-ydp181-electronic-piano-with-bench-rosewood/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-ydp181-electronic-piano-with-bench-rosewood/feed/ 0 http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/roll-up-electric-piano/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/roll-up-electric-piano/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 12:34:41 +0000 PianoMan http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/roll-up-electric-piano/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/roll-up-electric-piano/feed/ 0 http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-pa150mm-keyboard-ac-power-adapter/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-pa150mm-keyboard-ac-power-adapter/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:10:09 +0000 PianoMan http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-pa150mm-keyboard-ac-power-adapter/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-pa150mm-keyboard-ac-power-adapter/feed/ 0 http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-pa130mm-120-volt-keyboard-ac-power-adaptor/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-pa130mm-120-volt-keyboard-ac-power-adaptor/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:16:04 +0000 PianoMan http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-pa130mm-120-volt-keyboard-ac-power-adaptor/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-pa130mm-120-volt-keyboard-ac-power-adaptor/feed/ 0 http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-fc-5-sustain-pedal-for-portable-electronic-keyboards/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-fc-5-sustain-pedal-for-portable-electronic-keyboards/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:42:40 +0000 PianoMan http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-fc-5-sustain-pedal-for-portable-electronic-keyboards/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/yamaha-fc-5-sustain-pedal-for-portable-electronic-keyboards/feed/ 0 http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/schoenhut-25-key-elite-spinet-piano/ http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/schoenhut-25-key-elite-spinet-piano/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:27:37 +0000 PianoMan http://www.pianoscentral.com/store/schoenhut-25-key-elite-spinet-piano/
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