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5) Leave the programming mode.
(See p. 7 4.2 "Leaving the programming mode"'.)
Note:
Momentarily turning off the power restores the original pitch.
3) Temperaments
Your Kawai digital piano offers not oniy equal temperament
(the modern standard), but also immediate access
to those popular during the Renaissance and Baroque period.
a Procedure
1) Make
sure that the piano is in the programming
mode.
(See p. 7 4.1 "Entering the programming mode"",)
2) Press the JAZZ
ORGAN
switch
so that it flashes to
indicate
that the
piano
is waiting
for a temperament
specification.
3) Press one of the seven white keys at the lower end of the
keyboard to select one of these corresponding tempera-
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. Equal temperament without the tuning curve
. Mersenne pure temperament
. Pythagorean temperament
. Meantone temperament
. Werckmeister I temperament
. Kirnberger Ill temperament
. Egual temperament with the tuning curve
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Leave the programming mode.
(See p. 7 4.2 "Leaving the
programming mode"'.)
Note:
When
the power
is first applied or reapplied after
a short
break,
the piano
returns
to the
modern
standard,
egual
temperament
with
the
tuning
curve (+7).
Key set function is also available at this point. As you know,
limitless modulation
of the key became available only after
the
inventation
of Egual Temperament.
When
we
use a
temperament
except
Egual Temperament,
we must carefully
choose the key signature to play in.
To select the key signature setting, simply press one of the
keys marked
on the front panel.
For example, if the tune
you are going to play is written in D major,
press D key to
set the key.
Please note that this will only change the "balance" of the
tuning, and the pitch of the keyboard wili remain unchanged.
Use the Transpose function to change the pitch of the whole
keyboard.
Notes: e The
order
in which
the
temperament
and
key
signature are pressed does not affect the final result.
s Temperament Characteristics
® Equal temperament
This, by far the most popular piano temperament, divides the
scale into twelve equal semitones and has the advantage of
producing the same chords for all transpositions.
e@ Mersenne pure temperament
This temperament,
which
eliminates
consonances
for thirds
and fifths, is still popular for chorat music.
e Pythagorean temperament
This temperament,
which uses mathematica!
ratios to elimi-
nate consonances
for fifths, has problems with chords, but
produces a very beautiful melodic line.
è Meantone temperament
This temperament, which uses a mean between a major and
minor whole tone to eliminate consonances
for thirds, was
devised
to etiminate
the
lack of consonance
experienced
with certain fifths for the Mersenne
pure temperament.
It
produces chords that are more beautiful than those with the
egual temperament.
e Werckmeister III temperament, Kirnberger III temperament
For key signature with
few
accidentais, this temperament
produces the beautifut chords of the mean tone, but, as the
accidentals
increase, the tension increases, and the tempera-
ment
produces
the beautiful
melodies
of the Pythagorean
temperament.
It is used primarily for classical music written
to take advantage of these characteristics.
4) Changing the SPLIT Point
s Procedure
1) Make sure that the piano is in the programming mode.
(See p. 7 4.1 "Entering the programming mode"'.)
2) Press the SPLIT switch so that it flashes to indicate that the piano is waiting for a SPLIT point specification.
3) Press the key corresponding to the lowest note for the desired
UPPER
range.
For example, pressing the lowest key on the
keyboard makes UPPER the entire keyboard.
Note:
This specification remains in effect until the power is removed.
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