Selecting & Playing Voices; Selecting Voices; Playing - Yamaha Clavinova CLP-220 Owner's Manual

Selecting & Playing Voices

Selecting Voices

Procedure
Press and release the
While holding down the
a voice. Alternatively, you can press the
button repeatedly to select a different voice.
[SELECT]
Turn the
[MASTER VOLUME]
board.
Key Voice Name
C1 Grand Piano 1
C 1 Grand Piano 2
D1 E.Piano 1
D 1 E.Piano 2
E1 Harpsichord 1
F1 Harpsichord 2
F 1 Vibraphone
G1 Church Organ 1
G 1 Church Organ 2
A1 Strings
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CLP-220
button to select the Grand Piano 1 voice.
[PIANO/VOICE]
button, press one of the C1-A1 keys to select
[PIANO/VOICE]
[PIANO/VOICE]
control to adjust the volume level while playing the key-
C 1 D 1 F 1 G 1
The lowest key
C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 A1
Recorded samples from a full concert grand piano. Perfect for classical
compositions as well as any other style that requires acoustic piano.
Spacious and clear piano with bright reverb. Good for popular music.
An electronic piano sound created by FM synthesis. Good for popu-
lar music.
The sound of an electric piano using hammer-struck metallic "tines." Soft
tone when played lightly, and an aggressive tone when played hard.
The definitive instrument for baroque music. Since the strings of a
harpsichord are plucked, there is no touch response.
Mixes the same voice an octave higher for a more brilliant tone.
The sound of a vibraphone played with relatively soft mallets.
This is a typical pipe organ sound (8 feet + 4 feet + 2 feet). Good for
sacred music from the Baroque period.
This is the organ's full coupler sound, often associated with Bach's
"Toccata and Fugue".
Spacious and large-scale string ensemble. Try combining this voice
with piano in DUAL mode.
button, then press the
Description
To understand the characteris-
tics of various voices, listen to
demo songs for each voice
(page 15).
Voice:
On the Clavinova, a voice
means a "tone" or "tonal color."
Selecting a voice automatically
engages the best-suited reverb
type and depth (page 20) for
that particular voice.