Temperament - Kawai ES110 Owner's Manual

Keyboard and Sound Settings
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Temperament

The Temperament setting allows the tuning system used by the ES110 digital piano to be changed from
the modern 'Equal Temperament' standard to one of the various temperaments popularised during the
Renaissance and Baroque periods.
* This setting will affect all sounds.
 Temperament types
Temperament type
Equal Temperament (piano)
Pure Temperament
(Pure Major/Pure Minor)
Pythagorean Temperament
Meantone Temperament
Werckmeister III Temperament
Kirnberger III Temperament
 Changing the Temperament type
Press and hold a SOUND button, then press the key assigned to the desired Temperament type.
* Any changes made to the Temperament setting will remain until the power is turned off.
* Preferred Temperament settings can be stored to a Registration memory for convenient recall, or to the Startup Setting memory for automatic
selection when the instrument is turned on. Please refer to pages 19 and 49 for more information.
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Description
This is the default temperament. When a piano sound is selected, the tuning will be
stretched like an acoustic piano (equal temperament).
* If any other type of sound is selected, the tuning will be set to equal temperament (flat).
This temperament, which eliminates dissonances for thirds and fifths, is still popular
in choral music because of its perfect harmony. Any key modulation will result in
dissonances.
* The key of the temperament, and major/minor setting must be correctly matched.
This temperament, which uses mathematical ratios to eliminate dissonance for fifths, is
very limited for use with chords, but produces very characteristic melodic lines.
This temperament, which uses a mean between a major and minor whole tone to
eliminate dissonance for thirds, was devised to eliminate the lack of consonances
experienced with certain fifths for the Mersenne pure temperament. It produces chords
that are more beautiful than those played with equal temperament.
These two temperaments are placed in between Meantone and Pythagorean. For music
with few accidentals, this temperament produces the beautiful chords of the mean tone,
but as accidentals increase, the temperament produces the characteristic melodies of the
Pythagorean temperament. It is used primarily for classical music written in the Baroque
era to revive the original characteristics.
Temperament
Highest key