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Yamaha's Internal Music Finder Database

Well, you've heard a lot of talk about the Music Finder.  Let's take a look at it.  Just press the Music Finder button located just to the right of the Main Screen.  This will launch the main Music Finder screen.   Below is a picture of a Music Finder database as seen through the MUSIC FINDER screen.  But, wait a minute, that's not exactly what you see.  The screen format is the same, but the information in the MUSIC column doesn't match what you see on your PSR-2000 screen.  You're MUSIC list may very well start out looking like the titles in the table shown below.

 

A Bossa Out Of Tune?

A Bridge To Cross Troubled Water

A Feeling Of Love Tonight

A Flowers Kiss?

A March For Radetsky

A Nine Stone Cowboy

A Sad Song To Make Jude Better


These song names don't really seem to ring a bell.  Well, they're not quite the correct song titles.  For whatever reason, Yamaha choose to fill its Music Finder database with popular songs, but they altered the song title slightly.  For example, that first song, "A Bossa Out Of Tune?"  is really "Desafinado."  You can probably guess the correct name to the second song -- "Bridge Over Troubled Water."  The third song is "Can You Feel the Love Tonight."   A Nine Stone Cowboy?  That's "Rhinestone Cowboy."  Have you figured out the last one?  It's a pretty long-winded way to say "Hey Jude." 

The Correct Song Titles

You don't have to figure out all the translations yourself.  Table 1 (below) shows the original Yamaha song name and the translation to the correct name.  The table also shows the suggested style and the suggested tempo.  So, even if you don't have a PSR-2000, you can use the suggestions to set up a style and tempo for your own keyboard.  I have also provided this information in a Microsoft Word file and a Microsoft Excel file for those who have these programs.

The Correct Database

The value of a database filled with incorrect song titles isn't completely worthless, but it will not gain many fans.  In fact, if it had to stay this way, we wouldn't even bother writing about the Music Finder in the Yamaha PSR-2000.  But, it doesn't have to stay that way.  Not long after the PSR-2000 was released, some enterprising users in the Yamaha community translated all those songs and came up with a "corrected" Music Finder database shown in the table.  You may not have realized it, but that corrected database has been available in the PSR Files section for quite some time.  You don't have to go there and check it out, however, the correct file is provided below. Download this file if you don't already have it.  (See our lesson on downloading if this is new to you.)  You will probably download it to your personal computer hard drive.  Keep it there as your backup and put a copy of it on a floppy disk.  I suggest you might want to take a new floppy and labeled it Music Finder.  You can store your Music Finder databases on that floppy disk.

Music Finder Databases Are Keyboard Specific

A Music Finder databases created on the PSR-2000 will only work on the PSR-2000. It can not be loaded into the PSR-2100 or the Tyros or even the PSR-1000. The database includes records that refer to internal styles and each of these keyboards have different sets of available internal styles. However, there are utilities that will allow you to translate a Music Finder database formatted for one PSR to a version formatted for a different PSR. These utilities are discussed in the lesson on Music Finder Utilities. For your convenience, I am providing a "corrected" Music Finder database for the PSR-2100 and the Tyros as well as the PSR-2000. These files are also available in the PSR Files section.

Model
Text File
Music Finder Database
PSR-2000
PSR-2100
TYROS

 

Table 1. The PSR-2000 Internal Music Finder Database
with Correct Song Titles

Yamaha Preset Song Title

Translation (Style Tempo)

This Night Has Been A Hard Day!

A Hard Day's Night  (CountryPop1 172)

Safari Swing

A Swinging Safari (HappyReggae 90)

Quickstep In The Black Forest

A Walk Through the Black Forest (60's8Beat 126)

White And Pale

A Whiter Shade of Pale (SingerSongWriter 106)

Please Give Me Some Cream

Aber Bitte Mit Sahne (HeartBeat 148)

Millions Of Stars

AberDichGibt'sNurEinmalFurMich (60'sRock1 142)

Everyone? Absolutely!

Absolutely Everybody (Ibiza 128)

March For High Aces

Aces High / Luftwaffe March (CountryWaltz 143)

Breaky Achy Country

Achy Breaky Heart (EuroTrance 128)

Aga Doo

Agadou (60's8Beat 116)

Rag Band Time For Alex?

Alexander's Ragtime Band (SingerSongWriter 106)

At Once Ballad

All at Once (PianoBallad 95)

All On My Own

All by Myself (CountryPop1 180)

Dreaming Is All You Have To Do

All I Have to Do Is Dream (DetroitPop1 182)

All Of My Loving

All My Loving (OffBeat 130)

All Shaken Up

All Shook Up (CountryShuffle 130)

Aloha Hawaii

Aloha Oe (SaturdayNight 110)

Naturally, I'm Alone Again

Alone Again Naturally (SaturdayNight 110)

Waltz All Ways

Always (70'sDisco1 120)

I Always Will, I Always Have

Always Have, Always Will (DiscoPhilly1 118)

Forever In My Mind

Always on My Mind (DiscoFunk 126)

PolkaPop For A Boss

Amboss Polka (70'sDisco1 123)

Big Band Patrol

American Patrol (70'sDisco3 122)

Beautiful Blue River

An Der Schonen Blauen Donau (70'sDisco2 126)

Polka For Anneliese

Anneliese, Ach Anneliese (70'sDisco1 120)

Song For Annie

Annie's Song (70'sDisco2 128)

Those Days In Paradise

Another Day in Paradise (70'sDisco1 120)

Guitar For An Apache

Apache (DiscoHands 122)

Goodbye And Ciao To Roma

Arrivederci Roma (70'sDisco1 104)

At The Shop

At the Hop (70'sDisco1 125)

Where Music Comes From

Aus Boehmen Kommt Die Musik (70'sDisco2 124)

Is Autumn Leaving?

Autumn Leaves (LoveSong 70)

Ave Maria No More

Ave Maria No Morro (8BeatModern 90)

This Is Love, Baby!

Baby Love (16Beat 76)

Take It Back For Good

Back for Good (PopBallad 77)

Buy Me Bailame, Please

Baila Me (DiscoLatin 100)

By La Moss

Bailamos (PopSamba 100)

Buy Lando

Bailando (DiscoSamba 122)

Adeline's Ballad

Ballade Pour Adeline (Tijuana 200)

Bambolatin

Bamboleo (Espagnole 120)

At Daylight The Bananaboat Comes

Banana Boat Song (Quickstep 220)

Start The Beguine

Begin the Beguine (Swing2 152)

You Are Beautiful In German

Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Swing2 148)

She Believes In Life After Love

Believe (Slowfox 108)

Kiss Me Again

Besame Mucho (60's8Beat 106)

Better Alone

Better Off Alone (BigBandShfl1 138)

La Mer Is Swinging

Beyond the Sea (La Mer) (6-8Orchestral 64)

I'm A Big Big Girl

Big Big World (60'sGtrPop 134)

Dancing Bird

Birdie Song (HeartBeat 134)

Blanket

Blanket on the Ground (6-8SlowRock2 68)

Blue Trance

Blue (Da Ba Dee) (60's8Beat 122)

Rocking Blue Shoes

Blue Suede Shoes (CountryBallad 82)

Blue Grass Bonanza

Bonanza (60's8Beat 134)

Boom On My Room

Boom Boom Boom Boom (DetroitPop2 136)

Boogie For Boots?

Boot Scootin' Boogie (JumboReggae 96)

Samba Brazil

Brazil (BigBandShfl1 138)

A Bridge To Cross Troubled Water

Bridge Over Troubled Water (Quickstep 192)

Girl With Brown Eyes

Brown Eyed Girl (60'sGtrPop 128)

Building A Buttercup

Build Me Buttercup (DiscoHands 132)

Goodbye Blues

Bye Bye Blues (PolkaPop 128)

Girlie Calendar

Calendar Girl (Jive 168)

Doodah! Doodah!

Camptown Races (Rock&Roll 186)

Can Can Orpheus?

Can Can (60'sRock2 163)

A Feeling Of Love Tonight

Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (CrocoTwist 174)

Candle On The Piano

Candle in the Wind  (60'sRock&Roll 174)

Fall In Love? I Can't Help It!

Can't Help Falling in Love (Rock&Roll 174)

Fall In Love? I Can't Help It!

Can't Help Falling in Love (Jive 174)

Capri Beat

Capri Fischer (Twist 174)

Whispering Ballad

Careless Whisper (8BeatModern 112)

Cavatina's Guitar

Cavatina (Clubdance 128)

It Is A Cool Celebration

Celebration (EuroTrance 138)

Main Reaction

Chain Reaction (DiscoLatin 100)

Charles On

Charleston (PianoBallad 82)

Charmaine's Waltz

Charmaine (8BeatModern 100)

Chatta Boogie

Chattahoochie (Hoedown 128)

Cherry And Apple - Coloured

Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White (Beguine 113)

Windy City

Chicago (Tarantella 136)

Real Chicken

Chicken Reel (Showtune 146)

Children In Trance?

Children (GypsyRumba 166)

Claire's Song

Claire (EnglishWaltz 90)

Play Polka On A Clarinet

Clarinet Polka (Hawaiian 102)

Come On Ca Va

Comment Ca Va (Tarantella 136)

Congratulations Are In Order

Congratulations (ScottishReel 124)

At The Copa

Copacabana (RumbaIsland 118)

County Coward

Coward of the County (ScottishReel 110)

This Song Is Crazy!

Crazy (DiscoFunk 126)

Croc Rockin'

Crocodile Rock (Twist 174)

Dee Eye Ess See Oh!

D.I.S.C.O. (Jive 176)

Run, Run? Yes, Do, Do!

Da Doo Ron Ron (CrocoTwist 176)

Swedish Queen

Dancing Queen (SoulBeat 125)

Thank You In Germany

Danke Schoen (VienneseWaltz 184)

Believe In A Daydream

Daydream Believer (TechnoParty 130)

Deep In Texas's Heart

Deep in the Heart of Texas (EuroTrance 136)

A Bossa Out Of Tune?

Desafinado (DiscoLatin 100)

The Little Pub

Die Kleine Kneipe (EuroTrance 140)

Melody of Dolannes

Dolannes Melodie (TechnoParty 124)

The Waltz Of The Danube

Donauwellen (Danube Waves) (EuroTrance 137)

I Won't Be Cruel

Don't Be Cruel (RootRock 134)

Argentina Cry

Don't Cry for Me Argentina (16BeatBallad1 64)

Don't Break My Heart Beat

Don't Go Breaking My Heart (PianoBallad 70)

Do Not Leave Me That Way

Don't Leave Me This Way (PianoBallad 74)

Don't Misunderstand Me

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Showtune 136)

Don't Let The Sun Set For Me

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (Bluegrass2 124)

On The Rivers Side

Down by the Riverside (DiscoParty 132)

Going Down Town

Downtown (Country8Beat2 170)

Black Gipsy

Du Schwarzer Zigeuner (8BeatAdria 118)

Easy Like Sunday

Easy (6-8Orchestral 62)

The Sound Of Edelweiss

Edelweiss (6-8Orchestral 62)

Limbo Bimbo

El Bimbo (CountrySwing1 152)

El Pasa Condor

El Condor Pasa (60's8Beat 148)

El Ranchero

El Cumbachero (CountrySwing1 128)

Serenade In Elizabethian Time

Elizabethian Serenade (BandMarch 96)

Orchestral Madigan

Elvira Madigan (PolkaOberkrainer 124)

Boys At The End Of The Road

End of the Road (PolkaPop 124)

He Belongs To Me

Er Gehoehrt Zu Mir (GermanMarch1 110)

No Beer on Hawaii

Es Gibt Kein Bier Auf Hawaii (Jive 176)

Everything's Changed

Everything Changes (8BeatRock 116)

Everything I Do

Everything I Do I Do It for You (RootRock 125)

Tiger's Eye

Eye of the Tiger (Bluegrass1 140)

Feeling Ballad

Feelings (DetroitPop1 194)

For Nando

Fernando (8BeatModern 92)

Golden Fields

Fields of Gold (FastBossa 132)

Two Foot Five

Five Foot Two (FastBossa 132)

Five - hundred Mile Journey

Five-hundred  Miles (BrazilianSamba 96)

Flight To The Moon

Fly Me to the Moon (BossaNova 140)

Once There's Gospel In My Life

For Once in My Life (Beguine 110)

No Desires Left For Me

Free From Desire (ChaChaCha 132)

Watching From A Distance

From a Distance (PopSamba 124)

The Snowman's Frosty

Frosty the Snowman (ChaChaCha 132)

Funiculi Tarantella

Funiculi Funicula (JazzBallad1 70)

The Riders Are Ghosts!

Ghost Riders in the Sky (GypsySwing 232)

Jiving Gigolo

Gigolo (Swing1 200)

The Girl Is Walking At Ipanema

Girl From Ipanema (GypsySwing 232)

Go In A Westerly Direction

Go West (Swing2 130)

Golden Finger

Goldfinger (JazzClub 172)

Love's Goodbye

Goodbye to Love (Jive 146)

Great Fire Balls

Great Balls of Fire (Swing1 154)

Home's Green Grass

Green Green Grass of Home (JazzBallad1 60)

Have You Been In Guantanamera

Guantanamera (JazzClub 158)

Hands Up Party

Hands Up (BigBandMid2 130)

Here Are Happy Days Again

Happy Days Are Here Again (Dixieland1 218)

That Polka Is Happy!

Happy Polka (JazzClub 164)

Did You Meet Miss Jones?

Have You Met Miss Jones? (Tango1 130)

Merry little Christmas

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (60'sRock1 176)

Let's Make The World Better

Heal the World (ChaChaCha 132)

Heart Beat Rock

Heartbeat (RockChaCha 118)

Hello, Do You Hear Me Playing?

Hello (RockChaCha 120)

You Can Help Yourself

Help Yourself (FastBossa 190)

Ballad Of Rainy Days

Here's That Rainy Day (HappyReggae 80)

Wildecker Heart

Herzilein (Caribbean 112)

A Sad Song To Make Jude Better

Hey Jude (Beguine 113)

Hopeless Devotion

Hopelessly Devoted to You (RumbaIsland 110)

It's So Horny

Horny (BigBandBallad 96)

This Stuff's Hot

Hot Stuff (MoonlightBallad 98)

Son Of The Rising House

House of the Rising Sun (GypsySwing 236)

Deep Love

How Deep Is Your Love (ChristmasSwing 192)

If He Loves Me

How Will I Know (16BeatBallad2 66)

Do You Believe You Can Fly?

I Believe I Can Fly (8BeatModern 100)

Don't Know Why Blues

I Don't Know Why I LoveYou But I Do (8BeatModern 102)

Dream Of The Miserables

I Dreamed a Dream (16Beat 80)

Falling Pieces

I Fall to Pieces (PianoBallad 80)

I Have All That Rhythm

I Got Rhythm (Showtune 140)

Swedish Dream

I Have a Dream (6-8Orchestral 62)

Called To Say

I Just Called to Say I Love You (Swing2 122)

I Know He's So Well

I Know Him So Well (FunkyFusion 98)

San Francisco Heart

I Left My Heart in San Francisco (BigBandMid2 130)

Do You Love To Love?

I Love to Love (ChristmasWaltz 92)

I Love It When You Smile

I Love Your Smile (USMarch 116)

Missing You Like Crazy

I Miss You Like Crazy (PianoBallad 76)

You Only Want To Be With Me

I Only Want to Be With You (8BeatAdria 110)

I Sway Her

I Swear (6-8SlowRock2 72)

Wanting To Break Free

I Want to Break Free (DetroitPop1 192)

I Will Love You Forever

I Will Always Love You (SoulShuffle 108)

Disco Survival

I Will Survive (LoveSong 78)

Right The Songs

I Write the Songs (16BeatBallad2 66)

I Am Like You In Germany

Ich Bin Wie Du (8BeatAdria 112)

Like To Teach The World A Song

I'd Like to Teach World to Sing (DiscoChocolate 120)

Turning Back Time

If I Could Turn Back Time (GospelBrothers 108)

If You Don't Soul By Now

If You Don't Know Me by Now (CowboyBoogie 180)

If You Leave Me? It's Cool Now

If You Leave Me Now  (6-8Orchestral 56)

I Will Be There For You

I'll Be There (8BeatModern 100)

Never Fall In Love

I'll Never Fall in Love Again (SlowBossa 114)

Don't Get Excited!

I'm So Excited (Showtune 122)

Are You Standing Still?

I'm Still Standing (PianoBallad 80)

Always Sundays Again

Immer Wieder Sonnstags (LoveSong 76)

Just A Little Spanish City

In a Little Spanish Town (PianoBallad 70)

Munichs House

In Munchen Steht Ein Hofbrauhaus (USMarch 118)

The Ghetto Is In Me

In the Ghetto (USMarch 116)

In The Big Band Mood

In the Mood (RockBallad 76)

I Land On The Sun

Island in the Sun (LoveSong 80)

Little World March

It's a Small World (GuitarSerenade 104)

This Isn't Usual

It's Not Unusual (EuroTrance 134)

You Are Under My Skin

I've Got You Under My Skin (LoveSong 80)

Lay A Jamba

Jambalaya (DiscoLatin 100)

Jealous Tango

Jealousy (70'sDisco1 122)

Christmas Jingle

Jingle Bells (8BeatModern 92)

You're Just OK!

Just the Way You Are (Ibiza 126)

As I Most Needed You

Just When I Needed You Most (Ibiza 128)