Lowrey EZ 10 User manual

Owner’s Guide

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . 2
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Let’s Get Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Volume Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Master Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ABC’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
MCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Auto Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Pedal Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Listen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Style Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Song Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Music Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Style List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Selecting A Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Style Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Style Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Drum Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tempo/Downbeat Indicator . . . . . . . . 15
Tempo Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Lock Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
EASY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MCS-Music Chord System . . . . . . . 15
Red, Blue, Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Major Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Minor Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seventh Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
No Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Intro Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Thank you for choosing the Lowrey EZ10 Virtual Orchestra for your home!
This guide offers complete operational information to help you enjoy your new musical instrument.
Please read the guide and keep it close by for future reference.
Table of Contents
Minor Chord Intro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Start Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Upper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Organs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Vibra Trem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Orchestral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Dual Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Orchestral On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Orchestral to Right Split . . . . . . . . . . 21
Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fake It! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Lower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Dual Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Lower Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Glide / Sustain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Bass/Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Bass Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
1. Keyboard Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2. Organs Sustain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3. Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4. Drums Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5. Keyed Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6. Bass Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
7. Orch. Octave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8. Orchestral Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
9. Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
MCS Chord Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Song Setup List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Assembling The Bench. . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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1. Power - Page 8
2. Volumes - Page 8, 14, 24, 25
Control the volume level of various sections of the EZ10.
3. Home - Page 8
Pressing the Home button returns the EZ10 to its original power on setting.
4. ABC’s - Page 9
Illuminate the musical alphabet to guide your playing.
5. Pedal Magic - Page 9
Always play the right bass note.
6. Music Styles - Page 13
Select fully-orchestrated musical accompaniments.
7. Performer - Page 13
Each Music Style features three distinctive types of orchestration: Full Band, Pianist or Guitarist.
8. Style Controls - Page 14
Control aspects of each Style.
Intro Ending - Add a professionally composed Introduction and Ending to your songs.
Start Stop - Starts and Stops a Style.
Fill - Add a rhythmic break or fill-in to your song.
Easy activates Lowrey easy play features: MCS Chords, Chord Memory and Auto Bass.
MCS - Individual control of the easy play chord feature.
Memory - Individual control of the chord memory feature.
9. Drum Volume - Page 15
Control the volume level of the drums portion of a Music Style.
10. Style Setup - Page 12
Select from among six complete sound presets for each Music Style.
11. Tempo - Page 15
Speed up or slow down the tempo of any Music Style. Tempo value is shown in the display.
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12. Songs - Page 10
Listen to prerecorded musical performances loaded in the EZ10.
13. Song Setup - Page 12
Select a complete sound preset for a song from a list of titles loaded in the EZ10.
14. Setups - Page 11
Select a from among six complete sound presets.
15. Display
Used along with many features. Shows data, values and feature choices.
16. Feature Controls - Page 26
Scroll - show different feature options
Select - Implement a feature option
Feature - A list of EZ10 control parameters
Contrast - Set the display contrast
17. Sounds - Page 19
Select from a variety of musical instrument sounds for the upper keyboard.
18. Vibra Trem - Page 20
Adds motion to organ sounds.
19. Bass / Pedals - Page 25
Select from a variety of musical instrument sounds for the bass pedals.
20. Lower - Page 23
Select from a variety of musical instrument sounds for the lower keyboard.
21. Fake It! - Page 23
Add solos and ‘riffs’ to your music with just one finger.
22. Harmony - Page 22
Select different types of one finger harmonies.
23. Headphones - Connect a set of stereo headphones.
Control Panel
TEMPO CHORD KEY
123 C C
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When the Volume Pedal volume level is to loud,
or too soft, use the Master Volume control to
decrease or increase the volume level.
- The top button increases the volume level.
- The bottom button decreases the volume level.
You may need to press either button several
times to reach the desired level.
Pedal Set to Minimum Volume
Pedal Set to Maximum Volume
Volume Pedal
Place your right foot on the Volume Pedal while playing. Moving
this pedal controls the overall volume level of the EZ10.
- Pressing the pedal all the way down is maximum volume.
- Pressing the pedal all the way back is minimum volume.
The Volume Pedal allows the player to add expression (changes in
the volume level) to their music.
Home
Press the Home button anytime to return the EZ10 to the original Power
On setup.
Power
Turn the EZ10 on by pressing the Power button on the left end of the
control panel. The instrument will fully power up in just a few seconds.
An Orchestra sound is on the upper keyboard. A Grand Piano sound is
on the lower keyboard. Orchestra and Piano is the Power On setup.
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Memory
Memorycontinues sounding the last MCS chord played, even after the key or keys have been
released. This feature frees your hand to turn a page of music or prepare for the next chord to be
played. Chord Memory also becomes active when you press the Easy button or select a Music
Style.
Auto Bass
Auto Bass is the feature that plays bass along with you automatically, creating a full, rich sound.
Auto Bass is not a button. It is a feature that becomes active when you press the Easy button or
select a Music Style and play a lower keyboard/left hand chord. When you play your own bass ped-
als Auto Bass stops in order for your playing to take priority. When you stop playing bass pedals Auto
Bass begins to play again.
- A long pedal will be the root note of your left hand chord.
- A short pedal will be the 5th of your left hand chord.
Try alternating between any long and short pedal in tempo with a Music Style.
When using Pedal Magic without a Music Style turn off the Easy button to silence the Auto Bass
feature.
Pedal Magic
Pedal Magic enables you to play bass pedals and always play the right
note. While playing a lower keyboard/left hand chord (MCS or conven-
tional) press any pedal with your foot in the tempo you desire.
MCS
MCS - Music Chord System is Lowrey’s easy-play feature that makes
playing left hand chords easy. With MCS, you can play major chords
with just one finger and obtain a full-sounding, musically correct chord.
MCS also becomes active when you press the Easy button or select a
Music Style. When MCS is active the Red, Blue, and Green Chord
Lights above the lower keyboard become illuminated. These lights
match the color-coded bars printed in the music of your Lowrey
Songbook and in Lowrey Magic class books. Red is for C, blue is for F,
and green is for G chords. See page 15.
ABC’s
Each key on the EZ10 is clearly labeled with a lighted musical alphabet.
Press the button to turn the lights on and off.

Play
There are 20 songs in the Lowrey Songbook (that is included with the purchase of the EZ10) with
color-coded MCS chord bars. Your right plays the ABC’s and your left plays the color-coded chords.
ABC’s and Color-Coded Chords are used throughout Lowrey Magic, a leading recreational music
making class, which focuses on providing a unique and accessible opportunity for each person to
become musical in their own way rather than emphasizing the conventional method of musical
competition and performance.
Listen
Performance of a demonstration song and 39 songs from the first four books of the Lowrey Magic
course are in the EZ10.
- Press the Songs button. The Display will show Demo Songs.
-Press the bottom Scroll button for Chain Loop, which will play all 40 titles in sequence repeatedly.
To begin Chain Loop play press the Start/Stop or Select button.
-Press the Start/Stop button to end play.
-To play individual titles press either Scroll button to select single titles.
Press a Scroll button repeatedly to find the desired title.
-Press Start/Stop or Select to begin play of the title.
1. Demo Songs 11. It’s A Small World After All
2. Music! Music! Music! 12. Amazing Grace
3. Jingle Bells 13. This Land Is Your Land
4. Marianne 14. Beer Barrel Polka
5. When The Saints Go Marching In 15. Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
6. Beautiful Brown Eyes 16. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra
7. Little Brown Jug 17. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
8. Love Me Tender 18. Aloha Oe
9. I Walk The Line 19. Rocky Top
10. Bye Bye Love 20. Paper Roses
Scroll & Select
1. Demo Songs
TEMPO CHORD KEY
123 C C
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When headphones are plugged into the headphone jack the speaker system is muted. The volume
of the headphones will be controlled with the Volume Pedal,just like the speaker system of the EZ10.
SLOWLY increase the headphone volume to a comfortable level.
The EZ10 features six complete upper and lower keyboard sound setups.
-When you first turn the EZ10 on you get Virtual Orchestra - the Power On sound, which is...
Upper Keyboard: Orchestral Strings + French Horn
Lower Keyboard: Grand Piano
Setups
Pedal Set to Minimum Volume
Pedal Set to Maximum Volume
Before plugging in a set of headphones be sure that the Volume
Pedal is set to minimum volume - toe-end of the pedal all the way
up, as illustrated here.
Headphones
You can plug in a set of stereo headphones (USE STEREO ONLY) into the
Headphone jack, located on the right end of the control panel, so you
can play music in private.
21. Spanish Eyes 31. Do Re Mi
22. Release Me 32. Stars & Stripes
23. Take Me Out to the Ball Game 33. Ramblin’ Rose
24. Edelweiss 34. Can’t Help Falling In Love
25. You Are My Sunshine 35. Country Roads
26. Puff The Magic Dragon 36. Easter Parade
27. Silent Night 37. I Fall To Pieces
28. Blueberry Hill 38. House Of The Rising Sun
29. Your Cheatin’ Heart 39. Yellow Submarine
30. Proud Mary 40. Turn, Turn, Turn
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Press one of the five numbered buttons to get a different sound for the upper keyboard and
lower keyboard, right of the split point.
1. Upper Keyboard: Piano
Lower Keyboard: Vibes
2. Upper Keyboard: Spanish Guitar
Lower Keyboard: Breathy Flute
3. Upper Keyboard: Lowrey Organ
Lower Keyboard: Breathy Tenor Sax
4. Upper Keyboard: 102 Strings
Lower Keyboard: Violin
5. Upper Keyboard: Tabernacle Choir
Lower Keyboard: Chimes
Style Setup
The Style Setup button uses the same five numbered Setups buttons as above and provides six
complete upper and lower keyboard sound setups for each Music Style.
-Press a Music Style button and any one of the Performer buttons.
-The Style Setup button will be lighted red.
The first complete sound setup for the selected Music Style is already active.
-Press any one of the numbered Setups buttons for a different sound setup for the selected Music
Style.
To select your own sounds for a selected Music Style press the Style Setup button off.
- Press the Song Setup button.
With Ach Du Lieber shown in the Display...
Pressing the bottom Scroll button moves to the very end of the list.
Pressing the top Scroll button moves to the next selection at the top of the list.
The complete Song Setup List is on page 31.
-Press either Scroll button to choose from the 110 setups.
-Press and hold either Scroll button to accelerate through the listing.
-The Display shows the active selection.
-Press the Select button when the desired title is shown in the Display.
-Begin playing your song.
You will discover that Song Setups are appropriate for many different songs, not just the one given in
the EZ10 For example, the setup for Anytime works well with many country music songs. Amazing
Grace is a good setup for many hymns.
Song Setup
Song Setup gives you 100 great sounding setups that are inspired by certain
song titles, plus 10 classic organ setups. A listing of the song titles is in the
back of this guide. Song Setup takes the guesswork out of selecting Styles
and Sounds for many songs.
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Selecting a Style
Press one of the Style buttons. The LED will light red.
The Full Band Performer button lights red along with the Start/Stop,Easy and Style Setup buttons.
To select a different Performer group for the chosen Style simply press Pianist or Guitarist.
Button Name Full Band Pianist Guitarist
Standards Frank & The Count 2-Beat Piano Guitar Swing
Country Roadside Cafe’ Rinkie Tink Basic Country
Broadway Opener Awesome Piano The Train
Smooth EZ 4/4 Heart Songs Guitar 4/4
Rock 8-Beat Rock Memphis Piano 50’s Guitar Rock
3/4 EZ Waltz Southern 3/4 Guitars 3/4
Traditional March / Polka Classical Piano Jazz Guitar
Gospel Hand Clappin’ Gospel Ballad Guitars
Latin Ballroom Latin Piano Bossa Latin Guitar
Ballad Wonder Full World 50’s Love ballad 6/8 Guitar
Pop Pop Shuffle Ragtime Piano Guitar Standard
Mix Aloha Candelabra Piano Basic Shuffle
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The lower keyboard splits, as shown below. See Features to adjust the Split location.
- Play your melody notes on the upper keyboard and on the lower keyboard right of the split point.
-Play your accompaniment chords on the lower keyboard left of the split point.
Control volume with the Style volume buttons.
- The top button increases the volume level.
- The bottom button decreases the volume level.
You may need to press either button several
times to reach the desired level.
Style Controls
A number of features can operate along
with or control aspects of the Music
Styles.
Keyboard
Split - F#3
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- Press either button repeatedly to achieve the desired Tempo.
- Press and hold either button to accelerate the change in value.
-The value of the Tempo can be seen in the Display along with...
Chord - lower keyboard chord/bass pedal being played
Key - the key at which the EZ10 is set
Lock Tempo keeps the tempo setting from changing, even though different Styles or Style Setups
may be selected that would normally change the tempo.
-Press both Tempo buttons at the same time to lock the current tempo setting.
-To unlock the tempo press either Tempo button.
EASY - Just as Style Setup takes care of the right hand/upper keyboard,
EASY sets up sounds for the left hand/lower keyboard. EASY also
activates three features that support lower keyboard play: Auto Bass,
Chord Memoryand MCS (Music Chord System).See page 9.
MCS lights above the lower keyboard match the color-coded chord
symbols in your black Lowrey Songbook and the music used in the
Lowrey Magic course.
TEMPO CHORD KEY
123 C/ C C
Tempo - Each Style has a preset
Tempo.
To increase or decrease the
Tempo press the up or down
buttons.
Control the volume of the Drum sounds within a Style using the
Drum volume buttons.
- The top button increases the volume level.
- The bottom button decreases the volume level.
You may need to press either button several times to reach the
desired level.
Downbeat Indicator - When a Style is playing the four buttons of the
Drum volume and Tempo flash in time with the tempo. The bottom
Drum volume flashes on the the Downbeat of the Style - the first
beat of a measure.
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Red is C, blue is F, green is G. MCS responds in a musically correct fashion when you play
multi-fingered chords or single-fingered chords.
Major Chord - Any major chord can be played with the conventional three notes or a single note.
For example, to play a C Major chord with one finger play the second Ckey in the left hand / lower
keyboard section of the keyboard.
Minor Chord - Any minor chord can be played with the conventional three notes or with two notes.
The two note Minor Chord formula for MCS is... chord letter name + three notes up.
- The first note to play is the letter name of the chord.
-The second note to play is three up (to the right) of the first note.
For example, to play a C Minor (Cm) chord play the Cnote and the black Ebnote to the right of C.
Play both keys at the same time.
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Seventh Chord - Any seventh chord can be played with the conventional four notes or with two notes.
The two note Seventh Chord formula for MCS is... chord letter name + two notes down.
- The first note to play is the letter name of the chord.
-The second note to play is two down (to the left) of the first note.
For example, to play a C Seventh (C7) chord play the Cnote and the black Bbnote to the left of C.
Play both keys at the same time.
No Chord - Written as N.C. in your music, No Chord can be achieved using MCS by playing a group of
three, four, or five consecutive keys at the same time on the Lower Keyboard, as
illustrated below. For example: C, C#, D or F, F#,G,A
b.
The MCS Chord Chart in the back of this guide lists the notes needed to form a variety of chords
using MCS in addition to the examples given.
Memory continues sounding the last MCS chord played, even after the key or keys have been
released. Turn the button off to hear your MCS chords only when you are playing the key(s).
You can start the Introduction by pressing the Start/Stop button in place of playing a chord.
-Begin playing your song when the introduction is through and the Style is playing.
Watch the Display for a cue when to play.
-When you are finished playing your song, lift your left hand off of the keys and press the Intro
Ending button again to hear a professional sounding ending.
Intro Ending adds introductions and endings to your songs.
There are unique introductions and endings for each Music Style.
- Press the Style button for your song. Use Full Band or select
one of the other Performer options.
-Press the Intro Ending button.
-Play the first lower keyboard chord of your song; conventional
or MCS.
Keyboard
Split - F#3
Keyboard
Split - F#3
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Minor Chord Intro - Hear a different introduction to the Styles.
- Select a Style, select a Performer, press Intro Ending and start by playing a Minor Chord;
conventional or MCS.
Use the Start/Stop to temporarily pause a Style without changing the setup. Any lower keyboard
chord (Easy or conventional) will start a selected Style playing without pressing the Start/Stop button.
Fill
Fill Fill may also be activated by pressing the Right Foot Switch.
Fill adds a rhythmic break to a Style when the style is playing. Fill
is a fun feature to use whenever you wish.
-Press the Fill button while a Style is playing.
There are no set rules for using the Fill feature. Try using Fill
between sections of a song (Verse to Chorus) or whenever you feel
like adding a break. Press and hold Fill for different lengths of time
to hear different variations.
Start/Stop - The Start Stop button becomes lighted when a Style
button is selected.
-Press Start/Stop to start a Style playing. The button light turns
off.
- Press Start/Stop while a Style is playing to cause it to stop.
The button lights again.
- Press Start/Stop again and the Styles start playing again on
the downbeat (first beat of a measure).
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