Using The Pedals - Yamaha Arius YDP-V240 Owner's Manual

Using the Pedals

The instrument has three foot pedals that produce a
range of expressive effects similar to those produced
by the pedals on an acoustic piano.
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 sustain longer.
Releasing the pedal immediately stops (damps) any sustained notes.
The damper pedal also features a naturally expressive half-pedal function.
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 sustain as long as you hold the
pedal (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."
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 that
are already playing when it is pressed.
When you press the damper
pedal here, the notes you play
before you release the pedal
have a longer sustain.
When you press the sostenuto
pedal here while holding the
note, the note will sustain as
long as you hold the pedal.
Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices
NOTE
• The pedal functions do not
affect Split voice.
NOTE
• If the damper pedal doesn't
work, make sure that the pedal
cord is properly plugged into the
jack (page 116).
NOTE
Half-pedal:
• While playing the piano with
Sustain and you want to slightly
mute the sustained sound,
release the damper pedal from
maximum position to half posi-
tion.
NOTE
• Organ, string and choir voices
will continue to sound for as
long as the sostenuto pedal is
depressed.
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