PianoSoft Solo is the basic series for Disklavier featuring piano-only arrangements with no accompaniment. Within this category, the new Hospitality Collection features titles designed to provide background music. This series comes on a 3.5" floppy disk.
PianoSoft Plus disks are designed to be played on the Disklavier and Clavinova models with multi-timbral capability. The disks feature multi-timbral recordings (accompaniment) along with the solo piano. Selections in this series include piano, bass and drum trios to full orchestrations. All titles are for XG-compatible instruments unless otherwise noted. This series comes on a 3.5" floppy disk.
PianoSoft Plus Audio is the exciting series that feature actual master, commercial recordings from famous artists and their bands. Includes piano plus accompaniment from the sound recording that may include instruments and vocals. This series comes on a compact disk (CD) and requires a CD drive.
Smart PianoSoft is a revolutionary software series from Yamaha for the Disklavier Mark III and IV pianos. Smart PianoSoft diskettes provide piano accompaniments that enhance the music on popular commrecially released CDs - topsellers that you probably already have in your CD music collection. By inserting both the CD and the matching Smart PianoSoft diskette, the Mark III and IV will "magically" play along with the music and vocals. Diskettes shown are for use only with the specific CDs listed. The commercial CD is not included and must be obtained separately. Each diskette includes a booklet with instructions for the first time user.
Virtuoso features original performances by the finest musicians and composers, both local and international, for today’s discerning owners of reproducing pianos, digital keyboards and multimedia computers. Compatible with most electronic pianos including Yamaha Disklavier, Yamaha Clavinova, PianoDisc, Roland KR & HP Series, Baldwin Concert Master, and Kurzweil Mark Series.
CueTIME software used with compatible Clavinova digital pianos and Disklavier allows you to read the music and play as you normally would, so you ultimately control the tempo of the prerecorded instrumental backgrounds according to how fast or how slowly you play the keyboard!
Disk Orchestra Collection contains disks and book/disk packages with music in many different styles and designated ability levels. There is music for the absolute beginner progressing all the way to the very advanced pianist.
Easy Piano Fully orchestrated XG MIDI file and sheet music for XG compatible instruments and devices including: the Clavinova digital piano the Disklavier piano portable keyboards.
Educator Collections The Educator Collection MusicSoft disks provide musical backgrounds for method pieces, solo repertoire and technical studies. The foundation of this collection is the Alfred Piano Library. Hundreds of songs in a carefully graduated sequence make up this series.A number of supplementary music disks and books round out the Educator Collection, offering musical challenges and enjoyment for students of all ages and ability levels.
StarLIGHTS Series features an extensive line of General MIDI files with sound-alike arrangements to songs of top artists. Special features include lyrics that can be displayed on keyboards, computers and software sequencers with lyric read-out capabilities and backup vocal parts for use with compatible harmonizer voice processors. Titles are listed alphabetically by artist.
You Are The Artist features sheet music and a diskette of MIDI files playable on all XG-compatible instruments.
Tune 1000 features an extensive line of General MIDI files with sound-alike arrangements to songs of top artists. Special features include lyrics that can be displayed on keyboards, computers and software sequencers with lyric read-out capabilities and backup vocal parts for use with compatible harmonizer voice processors.
You're The Star! offers the best in General MIDI performances and print.Excellent accompaniments, imaginative arrangements, and a great song selection all combine to make You’re the Star! the software of choice for all types of players. You’re the Star! packs include fully-orchestrated accompaniments on disk for each song in the accompanying songbook, arranged and performed by music industry professionals. You can change tempo and keys easily and quickly, create your own orchestration and mix, and improvise your own solos. Each pack contains 12 songs and includes complete music in standard notation, lyrics, simple instructions, and performance suggestions. For use with all General MIDI keyboards and soundcards.
You're The Star! with E-Z Play Today These fantastic new book/disk packs feature a highquality disk and a songbook featuring the famous E-Z Play Today® notation.
MIDI Keyboard Library Play your favorite songs from the Beatles, Eric Clapton and The Police with these outstanding book/disk packs! The MIDI disk lets you listen and learn, then play along with full arrangements of eight great hits. You can vary the tempo, vary the key, mute the melody line, accompaniment or any backing track and play along with the band The songbook features music, lyrics, and chord symbols. These are easy arrangements with playing hints and a full user’s guide.
Easy Piano MIDI Play Along Each book in the MIDI Play-Along series comes with a 3.5” MIDI disk of complete professional performances, and includes matching custom arrangements in Easy Piano format. The disk works with any General MIDI keyboard, regardless of the brand. With these books, you can: Listen to performances of each song • Play the easy piano arrangements along with the performances • Remove the melody and play the lead • Sing along with the full performances • Alter tempo to perform at your own pace • Play the easy piano arrangements on their own without the disk.
E-Z Play Today MIDI Play Along Each book in the MIDI Play-Along series comes with a 3.5” MIDI disk of complete professional performances, and includes matching custom arrangements in E-Z Play Today Piano format. The disk works with any General MIDI keyboard, regardless of the brand. With these books, you can: Listen to performances of each song • Play the easy piano arrangements along with the performances • Remove the melody and play the lead • Sing along with the full performances • Alter tempo to perform at your own pace • Play the easy piano arrangements on their own without the disk.
Customers with older Disklaviers may get an "unformatted disk" error indication from their Disklavier when inserting a newly purchased disk. Older Disklavier pianos used the original type of 3.5" floppy disks, referred to as "DD" for double-density. These disks hold 720 kilobytes of data and are distinguished physically by having a single square hole in the corner of the disk.
Over time, the computer industry moved to a higher capacity 3.5" floppy disk referred to as "HD" for high-density. These disks hold 1440 kilobytes of data and have two square holes, one in each upper corner. While these HD disks will physically fit in a DD drive, they return a "unformatted disk" error message when inserted.
Blank DD disks are now no longer available in the quantity and quality needed by a manufacturer such as Yamaha. The major computer industry manufacturers have stopped producing them due to relatively small demand. This led to Yamaha's decision to produce all newly manufactured Disklavier titles on HD disks. Some DD formatted disks remain in the inventory of Yamaha and their primary US distributor, Hal Leonard (our supplier). Unfortunately, the disk packages are not marked on the outside, so neither Yamaha, Hal Leonard or All Music Methods knows which packages may contain DD or HD product, or whether any DD product remains in inventory.
We offer a free service to our customers to convert newly purchased Disklavier disks from HD to DD for use on older pianos. When you order disks from All Music Methods, let us know on our checkout screen that you have an older piano and need the disks converted. If you're not sure, tell us the model number of your Disklavier (usually on the front panel of your control module. We'll check our inventory by opening your disks, and have any disks converted that need it, and then have them shipped to you.