Kawai CP 209 Owner's Manual page 114

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Pure Temperament
Pythagorean Temperament
Meantone Temperament
Werckmeister III, Kirnberger III Temperament
Arabic
To create a User Temperament:
Step 1
On the Temperament screen, touch the EDIT button.
The User Temperament screen will be displayed.
Step 2
Touch the screen to select the note to edit.
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Step 3
Use the Dial or touch the - TUNE + buttons to change the value.
The value is represented in cents above or below Equal temperament and ranges from -50 to +50.
Step 4
Touch the SAVE button to save the User Temperament.
This temperament, which eliminates dissonances for thirds and fifths is still popular for choral music because of its perfect
harmony.
You need to be aware what key you are playing in with this temperament. Any key modulation will result in dissonances.
When you play music in a particular key, you need to match the key of the temperament as well.
This temperament, which uses mathematical ratios to eliminate dissonance for fifths, is very limited for use with chords,
but it produces very characteristic melodic lines.
This temperament, which uses a mean between a major and minor whole tone to eliminate dissonance for thirds, was
devised to eliminate the lack of consonance's experienced with certain fifths for the Pure temperament. It produces
chords that are more beautiful than those with the equal temperament.
These two temperaments are placed in between Meantone and Pythagorean. For music with few accidentals, this
temperament produces the beautiful chords of the mean tone, but as accidentals increase, the temperament produces
the characteristic melodies of the Pythagorean temperament. It is used primarily for classical music written in the Baroque
era to revive the original characteristics.
Some oriental scales, including the Arabic, are characterized for "quarter-tone" which is half of a half-tone (50 cents). This
makes the music sound very different from traditional western music. The CP Piano provides two of the most popular
Arabic scales, although you can create more variations with the User Temperament function. With Arabic 1, the notes B
and E are a quartertone lower than the Occidental Scale, while the notes A and E are lower with Arabic 2.
The User Temperament alters the tuning for each octave equally. In other words, you cannot alter the tuning of different
sections of the CP's keyboard range separately.
BACK : Takes you to the Temperament menu.
KEY : Selects the key/note to edit.
TUNE : Adjust the tuning value of the selected key/note.
SAVE : Saves the User Temperament.