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Digital Piano Operations
Changing the Scale Tuning
(Temperament) of the Keyboard
You can change the scale of the keyboard from the standard
equal temperament to another tuning that is more suitable for
playing Indian music, Arabic music, classical music, etc. You
can select from among the 17 preset scales described below.
■ To change the scale
1.
Hold down the bp^ button until "[FUNCTION]"
appears on the display.
This enters the FUNCTION Mode.
2.
Use the bk U and bl I buttons to select the
following menu items in sequence:
"KEYBOARD" 3 "SCALE TUNING" 3 "Scale
Type".
3.
Use the bk – and bl + buttons, or cm (K1)
knob to select a scale setting.
• You can select any one of the scales shown in the
table below.
This setting (displayed):
Equal
Pure Major
Pure Minor
Pythagorean
Kirnberger 3
Werckmeister
Mean-Tone
Rast
Bayati
Hijaz
Saba
Dashti
Chahargah
Segah
Gurjari Todi
Chandrakauns
Charukeshi
EN-30
Selects this scale:
Equal Temperament
Pure Major
Pure Minor
Pythagorean
Kirnberger 3
Werckmeister
Mean-Tone
Rast
Bayati
Hijaz
Saba
Dashti
Chahargah
Segah
Gurjari Todi
Chandrakauns
Charukeshi
4.
If you want to change the base note of the
scale, perform the steps below.
• You do not need to perform these steps if you want to
use the default base note setting (C).
(1) Touch bp EXIT.
(2) Use the bk U and bl I buttons to display "Scale
Base Note" and then touch bm ENTER.
(3) Use the bk – and bl + buttons, or cm (K1) knob to
select a base note setting.
5.
To exit the FUNCTION mode, hold down
bp EXIT until "[FUNCTION]" disappears from
the display.
■ To use the current scale notes for Auto
Accompaniments
Use FUNCTION parameter
("Off") "Accomp Scale". Enabling this setting will apply the
scale and base note selected using the operation under
change the
scale" (page EN-30) to Auto Accompaniments.
For information about FUNCTION parameters, see
"Configuring Function Settings (FUNCTION
EN-53).
Using Auto Accompaniment
With Auto Accompaniment, simply select an accompaniment
pattern. Each time you play a chord with your left hand the
appropriate accompaniment will play automatically. It's like
having a personal backup group along with you wherever you
go.
Selecting a Rhythm
■ Rhythms and Categories
The rhythms of your Digital Piano are divided among six
categories, which you can access using RHYTHM category
buttons bq through cl. Each of the six categories is divided
further into sub-categories, and touching the RHYTHM
category button for a particular category will cycle in
sequence between its sub-categories.
For details about rhythm categories and sub-categories, and
the names of rhythms included in each sub-category, refer to
the separate "Built-in Music Data Lists".
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to enable ("On") or disable
Mode)" (page
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