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Mini Grand Digital Piano MDG-330 Owner’ s Manual...
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Suzuki Music USA P.O. Box 710459 Santee, California 92072-0459 customerservice@suzukicorp.com 1-800-854-1594 www.suzukimusic.com Copyright Suzuki Music USA O W N E R ’ S M A N U A L...
General Precautions CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK OR INJURY: The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated or “dangerous voltage”...
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Taking Care Of Your Digital Piano This digital piano will supply you with years of musical enjoyment if you follow the simple rules listed below. Important Safety Instructions Warning may be used on the cabinet. Do not use paint thinner or petrochemical based polishes.
CONTROL PANEL . MASTER VOLUME - Move the fader up to increase master volume. Move it down to decrease volume. ACCOMP VOLUME - Move the fader up to increase accompaniment volume. Move it down to decrease volume. TEMPO - Use TEMPO + & - buttons to change the tempo, ranging from 20 to 250 (BPM). Press both TEMPO + &...
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. VOICE & STYLE CATEGORY- 10 shortcuts in total, select desired voice or style with VOICE/STYLE buttons. . METRONOME - Enable the metronome function to help build a good rhythm sensation when playing. . SETUP - Settings and modifications for many functions and effects. .
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. NAVIGATION AND +/- buttons - Select and change parameters. . TRANSPOSE - Raise or lower all keys by 1 semitone, ranging from -6 to +6. . EFFECT - Enable/disable reverb and chorus effects. . SONG LEFT/RIGHT - Select the left hand part or right hand part for learning practice songs.
CONNECTION PANEL The connection panel is located on the bottom left of the piano, under the keybed. MIC- Microphone Input. Connect a microphone to the piano. PHONES - Headphone Input. Play in total silence, without disturbing others. When PHONES headphones are plugged in, the main speaker system will turn off. Two sets of headphones may be used simultaneously.
TURN ON THE POWER AND ADJUST VOLUME Press the Power button. The performance window will appear. Voice number and name will appear on the display in the right bottom of the screen. Additional information will appear. The piano is ready to play.
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Practice with the teach song: Press the LEFT or RIGHT button to select what hand you want to play with. Use the navigation buttons to select play mode and use the +/- button to select a song. After finishing the song, the piano will offer proper evaluation for your playing. Song built-in Card: In the Memory CARD window, use the +/- button to select song.
SELECT VOICE • The piano has 122 selectable voices that are assigned to 10 categories. • When selecting a voice, the indicator of the VOICE/STYLE button should be off. If not, press the button to turn it off. • Press one of the voice category selection button to select a category, then use the +/- button to select voice within this category.
RHYTHM ACCOMPANIMENT • Direct start: Press the START/STOP button to start percussion rhythm. Press the button again to stop it. • Introduction and ending: Press the INTRO/ENDING button. The rhythm will start to play the introduction followed by the main part of the style. During the rhythm playing, press the INTRO/ ENDING button to stop with a piece of ending music.
Chord List Note: In this table, the notes listed in parentheses can be omitted. The listed chord fingerings are all in root note position, other inversions can be used with the exception 1. The M6 chords are only recognized in root note position. All other inversions are interpreted as m7.
PERFORMANCE FEATURES AUTO HARMONY Press the HARMONY button. When the auto accompaniment is playing, this feature will automatically add harmonic notes to your playing in the right hand section of the keyboard. There are 4 selectable types of the Auto Harmony. Please refer to <Setup> section for details. MULTI TONE WITH ZONE You can assign 4 zones on the keyboard and assign individual voices for each zone.
ARPEG This feature provides arpeggio based on keys you are pressing. There are 5 preset arpeggio patterns for your selection. You may edit and save it. Press the ARPEG button. Use the navigation and +/- buttons to select arpeggio pattern and edit it. Press the EXIT button or press the ARPEG button again to exit from the arpeggio mode;...
PERCUSSION Press the PERCUSSION button. All the keys are now transformed into percussion instruments. There are 10 selectable percussion kits. Use the +/- button to select. The number and name of the percussion kit is shown at the right top of the screen. SETUP Press the SETUP button to enter the setup window.
REVERB, CHORUS EFFECTS TYPE AND LEVEL Use the navigation or buttons to select an item then use the +/- button to select type and change the level. The level range is 0 – 127, Press both +/- buttons simultaneously to reset the default level. SPLIT POINT Use the +/- button to change the split point for the auto accompaniment.
VELOCITY CURVE Use the navigation or button to select the velocity curve. The default curve is Normal. PEDAL FUNCTION All pedals can be assigned to desired function. The available functions are SUSTAIN, SOFT PEDAL, SOSTENUTO, START/STOP, VOICE INC., VOICE DEC., TRANS INC. and TRANS DEC. Use the navigation buttons to select a pedal, then use the +/- button to define the function.
RESET You can reset all or part of the factory settings. Use the navigation or buttons to select what setting you want to reset. Then press the + button to confirm. EQUALIZER Press the EQUALIZER button. The current equalizer type will be shown at the right top of the screen. There are 11 preset equalizer types.
REGISTRATION There are two types of registration memory. One is the panel setting registration memory and the other is sequencer memory. Press the USER REG button repeatedly to switch between REGISTRATION and SEQUENCE window. REGISTRATION This stores voice, style and other settings in 5 registration banks; each bank has 10 kits of the panel setting.
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SEQUENCE This feature provides the possibility to set performance parameters such as voice, style etc for range of the measures in advance, and then recall it. Your performance setting will activate automatically following the measure you are playing. There are 5 sequencers available. Each has 10 switch points to determine the measure.
When the Style in the table is set to 1 – 100, press the PLAY/STOP button. The auto accompaniment is in standby status and you can start playing with the sequencer. Please refer to <AUTO CHORD ACCOMPANIMENT> and <RHYTHM ACCOMPANIMENT> sections for more instructions. RECORD You can record your performance to User Song.
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PLAYBACK Select User Song to play back: Press the USER SONG button; the song number will be shown at the right top of the screen. Use the +/- button to select a song you want to play back. Select recording track: The MELODY buttons or ACCOMP button will light up if the corresponding track has recorded contents.
MIDI instruments and devices that offers far greater versatility and control than is available with isolated instruments. Whether you interface with computers, sequencers, expanders or other pianos your Suzuki piano’s technical capabilities, and your musical horizons will be greatly enhanced.
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MIDI Out terminal of an external device. Data generated on another device are passed through your pianos sound delivery system. Connect with an computer – Although the Suzuki piano offers a built in sequencer, the music recorder is a real–time five track sequencer, the same type of musical information transfer that is described above can be used for more sophisticated MIDI sequence recording using an external sequencer or computer.
iPad Connection 1. Plug the included iPad adapter into your iPad. 2. Plug the USB cable into the iPad adapter and the other end into the Piano’s USB Port. 3. Plug the audio cable into the iPad’s Headphone Jack. 4. Plug the other end of the audio cable into the Piano’s Audio In Jacks. You can connect your piano to your iPad, and convert it into a recording studio - which will probably result in a lot more practice and playing time, and also a lot more fun in the process.
Style List BIG BAND Swing Baroque WstrnMovi Big Band BALLAD New Age Boogie MillerBd 50 Ballad Kids 1 ClasscPno LatinBnd Bolero Kids 2 MuesWltz Broadway CntyBld1 March4/4 Showtime Hollywood CntyBld2 March6/8 ROCK OrchWltz PopBalad March RocknRol JazWaltz PwrBalad JerryLee JazzBand Slow 16 FlrdKeys Blugrass...
SPECIFICATIONS Keyboard 88 Key, Graded hammer action, Velocity Sensitive Polyphony 128 Note Polyphony with sound effects engaged Voice 122 selectable voices, 128 General MIDI voices available for MIDI playing Voice Mode Main, Multi-Tone of 4 voices with 15 presets and 5 user sets, Keyboard percussion Rhythm Styles 100 Styles with Variations, Start/Stop, Synchro, Fill In, Intro/Ending...
1. For a period of one year from the date of purchase, Suzuki Music USA will pay the labor charges to repair the defective product. After this one year period, you must pay all labor charges.
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Mini Grand Digital Piano MDG-330 Owner’ s Manual Suzuki Music USA P.O. Box 710459 Santee, California 92072-0459 customerservice@suzukicorp.com 1-800-854-1594 www.suzukimusic.com Copyright Suzuki Music USA...
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