Harmony - Kurzweil KA-90 Owner's Manual

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Harmony

With this harmony function, the system will automatically add harmony
effect to your performance.
Operation:
1. Press and hold the [SHIFT] button, then press the [HARMONY]
button to turn this function on/ off, the default setting is: OFF.
2. Press and hold the [SHIFT] button, then press the key marked
HARMONY +/- to select the desired harmony type. The nixie tube
displays current number of selected harmony, such as: "H-1".
There are 3 preset types of harmony effect, the default setting is:
1 1+5.
Parameter
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2
3
Scale
The equal temperament (has only one tuning method, and is suitable
for keyboard instrument) is commonly used in modern music, based
on this temperament method to make your own composition and
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performance. Especially for piano, equal temperament is widely used
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and taken for granted. But people used several other scales to
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compose and perform before adopting the equal temperament.
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1.
Press and hold [SHIFT] button , then press the [SCALE] button to
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enter the scale mode, and the nixie tube currently displays "on".
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There are 6 scales built into this instrument, and the default setting
is: 1 Pythagor.
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2.
Press and hold [SHIFT] button , then press the [SCALE] button to
exit the scale mode. And the nixie tube currently displays "oFF".
3.
Press and hold the [SHIFT] button, then press key marked SCALE
TYPE +/- to select the desired scale type. The nixie tube currently
displays the number of scale type.
4.
Press and hold the [SHIFT] button, then press the key marked
SCALE ROOT +/- to select the desired scale root. The nixie tube
currently displays the name of scale root.
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Harmony Type
1+5
Octave 1
Octave 2
HARMONY
SCALE
TYPE ROOT