Glossary - Yamaha piano Operating Manual

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Glossary

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This glossary provides basic definitions of terms used frequently in Disklavier manuals.
Clavinova™
A series of Yamaha digital pianos.
Continuous Pedal
See "Incremental Pedal".
Ensemble Song
A song which contains piano parts and accompanying
instrumental voices. An Ensemble song contains the
same left and right-hand parts as an L/R song, and in
addition, up to 13 accompanying instrument tracks.
These extra tracks are played by the internal XG tone
generator. The accompanying tracks may be used for
acoustic bass, drums, strings, vibes, etc.
E-SEQ Song Format
A song file format developed by Yamaha for saving
songs.
Floppy Disk
The magnetic storage medium that the Disklavier uses to
save songs. The Disklavier uses the 3.5 inch 2DD and
2HD floppy disks commonly used for computers.
General MIDI (GM)
An addition to the MIDI standard that simplifies the
transfer of MIDI song files between instruments of
different manufacturers. A MIDI song recorded using a
GM compatible tone generator should play back
correctly when used with any GM compatible tone
generator. The standard specifies that a GM compatible
tone generator must support 24-note polyphony, 16 parts,
and 128 standard voices.
Half Pedal
See "Incremental Pedal".
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Incremental Pedal
Piano pedals are not always completely up or down and
may be held somewhere in-between. Using incremental
pedal data (also called continuous or half pedal data) the
Disklavier precisely records the up and down movement
of the piano pedals.
L/R Song
In a L/R song, the left-hand piano part is stored on track
1 (L) and the right-hand piano part is stored on track 2
(R). During playback you can cancel either part, and then
play that part yourself. When recording an L/R song, you
can record the two parts simultaneously or separately.
MIDI
An acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
MIDI allows electronic musical instruments to
communicate with each other.
Piano Parts
Refers to the left- and right-hand piano parts of a song.
The left-hand piano part is recorded onto track 1 and the
right-hand piano part is recorded onto track 2. These
track assignments are the default settings and can be
changed.
PianoSoft™
The PianoSoft Disk Collection is a library of prerecorded
song disks made by Yamaha specifically for use with the
Disklavier.
PianoSoft·Plus™
PianoSoft·Plus disks contain Ensemble songs that can be
played on the Disklavier.
Polyphony
The maximum number of voices (or sounds) that can be
produced at a time from MIDI instruments.