What is a keyboard for, after all? Creating music! Songs of whatever type you may want. Of course, one great advantage of the Yamaha arranger keyboards is that not only can you use them to play your song, you can record that song right on your keyboard and then replay it whenever you want. You can also save that song you created and share it with others who can then play it on their keyboards. It will be just like you were in the room providing the entertainment!
The files that you create on your Yamaha are called MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) files. On the latest models, you can also create WAV files that, in turn, can be saved as MP3 files. MP3 files are compressed audio files that reproduce the original song recording even if the listener does not have a Yamaha keyboard or any keyboard for that matter. In this section of the PSR Tutorial you find over 5,700 midi files and over 3,200 MP3 files that you can listen to and and/or download to your own systems.
Our "Songs" section is divided into five sub-sections.
- Performers - We wouldn't have any songs if we didn't have PSR Tutorial "Performers" that record and share their music. Over the years, many people joined the ranks of the PSR Performers and added their contributions to the web site. Some of the performers are professional musicians, some play gigs primarily for fun, some do not play in public at all, but are talented home players. Men and women, young and "senior", working and retired, a great mix of talent and people and instruments. Each performer has a page where you can listen to and download their songs. You also find a brief musical biography and one or more photos of the performer. Performers are listed alphabetically by first name and a navigational bar on the left side of each page lets you jump to any other performer's page. Next and Previous buttons on each page let you navigate to the next or previous performer.
- Perf MP3 Files - Each Performer's page shows all that performer's songs any of which you can listen to and/or download. This MP3 section provides an alphabetical list of all the Performer songs, as well as any other MP3 files available on this site. There is a link for each file so you can audition and/or download the MP3 file.
- Perf Midi Files - There are thousands of midi files found in the PSR Tutorial archives. You can see each performer's files on their page. But, if you are not interested in any particular performer, but are interested in a particular song, then this section is for you. All of the midi songs are listed alphabetically by song title. Looking for "In the Mood"? Just go to the "I" page and scroll down until you find (the many recordings and variations) of that song. The tables here indicate the performer so you can easily go to that performer page and download other midi songs from that performer.
- Yamaha - Over the years, Yamaha has provided some midi files freely to keyboard owners. You'll find those files on this page. The Yamaha page also includes a Jukebox so you can sample some of the files to see what they are like.
This page updated on September 19, 2024 .