Using Oriental Scales; Setting Oriental Scales - Yamaha PSR-A350 Owner's Manual

Using Oriental Scales

The Oriental Scales feature lets you simply and easily change the pitches of specific
notes and create your own scales. Up to four scale settings can be stored for instant
recall, allowing you to call up the settings at any time—even when you are playing.

Setting Oriental Scales

Setting a Scale
The SCALE SETTING buttons let you easily lower
the pitches of specific notes by 50 cents to create
your own oriental scales. These buttons simulate a
one-octave keyboard (C through B).
Press the button corresponding to the key whose
pitch you want to lower (the indicator above the
selected button is lit). Press again to return to normal
pitch (0 cents). The setting affects all notes with the
same note name over all octaves.
NOTE
• In musical terms, a "cent" is 1/100th of a semitone (100 cents
equal one semitone).
• The Scale Setting function has no effect on some Voices such
as the Drum Kit/SFX Kit Voices, and song playback.
Adjusting the Scale Tuning of each
note
You can also adjust the scale tuning of each note in
1-cent increments as follows.
1
Hold down the desired "note" button (C–
B) of the SCALE SETTING buttons for
longer than a second.
Hold for longer than
a second.
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Tune D
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012
Current cent value
The Scale Tuning function (one of the Functions
010–021; page 42) appears.
2
Adjust the Scale Tuning.
Use the [+]/[-] or number buttons to adjust the
desired tuning.
The range is from "-64" to "63" cents.
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Using the [+] and [-] buttons:
Press the [+] or [-] button, repeatedly if necessary,
until the desired pitch value appears in the dis-
play. To rapidly move through the values, press
and hold the [+] or [-] button, until the desired
pitch value appears in the display.
NOTE
• To instantly reset the value to its default setting (0 cents),
press the [-] and [+] buttons simultaneously.
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Negative values:
You can also enter negative values directly, by
simultaneously holding down the [-] button and
using the number buttons.
3
Adjust other notes as desired.
To do this, simply repeat steps 1–2 above.