Connecting Garageband to a yamaha clavinova cvp 204

can anyone help.....
i am trying to connect my mac book to my yamaha cvp 204 clavinova so that i can interact with the piano lessons. can anyone help with the easiest way to do this..........

Yamaha has a vast number of keyboards, and some get along with the Mac, some don't. You might try to install this driver:
http://www.global.yamaha.com/download/usb_midi/files/um111mx.zip
... and see if GB recognizes the keyboard when it's connected through USB.

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