Using Arabic Scales; Setting An Arabic Scale; Adjusting The Scale Tuning - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-A3 Owner's Manual

Using Arabic Scales

The PSR-A3's Arabic Scale feature lets you simply and easily raise or
lower the pitch of the specific note(s) and create your own scale (arabic
scale). You can change the scale settings at any time- even when you are
playing. The PSR-A3 is capable of registering 6 scale settings so that you
can memorize your own setting and recall it whenever you want to use.
The [SCALE SETTING] buttons, located at the top left side of the
panel, simulate an one-octave keyboard (C through B). Pressing each button
turns ON and OFF the "Scale Setting" feature of the specific note. The "Scale
Setting" feature affects all the notes having the same note name in all the
register. When set to ON (the indicator above the selected button is lit), you
can play on the keyboard in the arabic scale. The default scale setting (tuning)
for each note is –50 cents. You can also adjust the scale tuning by 1 cent as
follows.
SCALE
SETTING
1
Select the Scale Tuning Function
Press the [FUNCTION] button to the left of the display as many times
as necessary until the arrowhead in the display appears next to "OVER-
ALL" in the function list to the left of the display and use the cursor [ ]
and [ ] buttons to select "SclTunem", the Scale Tuning function.
FUNCTION
VOICE
-50
STYLE
SONG
118
REGIST MEMORY
REGIST TEMPO TRANSPOSE
MULTI PAD
RHYTHM BASS CHORD PAD PHRASE ACCOMP
1 1 1
DUAL VOICE
ON /
OFF
SPLIT VOICE
HARM/ECHO 1 134126152105
VOICE
OVERALL
VOL
DIGITAL EFFECT
ACCOMP TRACK

Setting an Arabic Scale

Adjusting the Scale Tuning

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VOICE
800
STYLE
SONG
REGIST MEMORY
MULTI PAD
DUAL VOICE
SPLIT VOICE
HARM/ECHO
OVERALL
DIGITAL EFFECT
NORMAL
BEAT
SPLIT
OTS
SINGLE
10 a01
FINGERED
MEASURE REPEAT CHORD
MELODY MELODY
1 2
MINUS ONE TOUCH
REVERB DUAL
REC REC REC
101101
CHORUS HARMONY
DSP SUSTAIN
SONG TRACK
• The Scale Setting function is al-
ways turned OFF, whenever the
power switch is turned ON.
• Pressing one of the [SCALE SET-
TING] buttons to ON always sets
the tuning to –50 cents (default
value).
• The song and multi pad playback
are tuned by pressing the [SCALE
SETTING] button to ON.
• The [SCALE SETTING] indicator
will light or go out according to the
song playback data.
• Any scale setting changes including
the ones in the song playback data
will take effect at the appropriate
times.
• The Scale Setting function has no
effect on the keyboard percussion
voices (see page 14).
• It may take some time to process
the scale setting change when
recording/playing a song or playing
an accompaniment.
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