The Pedals; Soft (Left) Pedal; Sostenuto (Center) Pedal; Damper (Right) Pedal - Yamaha YDP-88II Owner's Manual

The Pedals

effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano.
Soft pedal
Damper pedal
Sostenuto pedal

Transposition

the entire keyboard up or down in semitone intervals up to a maximum of six
semitones. "Transposing" the pitch of the YDP-88II keyboard facilitates playing in
difficult key signatures, and you can easily match the pitch of the keyboard to the
range of a singer or other instrumentalist.
The [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button and keys F#2 through F#3 on the keyboard are used for transposition.
F# C
2 3
MIDI/TRANSPOSE
-6 -4 -2 +1 +3
-5 -3 -1 0 +2 +4 +5
Transpose Transpose
down.
Normal
pitch.
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The YDP-88II has three foot pedals that produce a range of expressive

Soft (Left) Pedal

The soft pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of
notes played while the pedal is pressed. The soft pedal will not affect
notes which are already playing when it is pressed.

Sostenuto (Center) Pedal

If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press the sostenuto
pedal while the note(s) are held, those notes will be sustained as long as
the pedal is held (as if the damper pedal had been pressed) but all
subsequently played notes will not be sustained. This makes it possible
to sustain a chord, for example, while other notes are played "staccato."

Damper (Right) Pedal

The damper pedal functions in the same way as a damper pedal on
an acoustic piano. When the damper pedal is pressed notes played have
a long sustain. Releasing the pedal immediately stops (damps) any
sustained notes.
The YDP-88II's TRANSPOSE function makes it possible to shift the pitch of
Z
Press and hold the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button.
F#
3
X
Press a key between F#2 and F#3 according to the desired amount
+6
of transposition.*
C
Release the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button.
up.
* Pressing the C3 key produces normal keyboard pitch. Pressing the
key to the left of C3 (B2) transposes the pitch of the keyboard down
a semitone, the next key to the left (Bb2) transposes down a whole
tone (two semitones), etc., down to the F#2 key which transposes
down 6 semitones. Upward transposition is accomplished in the
same way using the keys to the right of C3, up to F#3 which trans-
poses up 6 semitones.
NOTE
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• Notes below and above the A-1 — C7 of the YDP-88 II sound one octave
higher and lower, respectively.