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Pitch-Related Settings
Fine-tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument
You can fine-tune the pitch of the entire instrument such as keyboard, Style and Song parts (except the keyboard
part played by the Drum Kit or SFX Kit Voices, and audio playback)—a useful feature when playing the PSR-
A3000 along with other instruments or CD music.
1
Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] TAB [E] MENU 1 [E] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE TAB [E] MASTER TUNE
2
Use the [4 ]/[5 ] buttons to set the tuning in 0.2 Hz steps.
Press both [
] and [
Scale Tuning
You can select various scales for playing in custom tunings for specific historical periods or music genres.
1
Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] TAB [E] MENU 1 [E] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE TAB [F] SCALE TUNE
2
Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the desired scale.
Preset Scale types
EQUAL
BAYAT, RAST
PURE MAJOR, PURE
MINOR
PYTHAGOREAN
MEAN-TONE
WERCKMEISTER,
KIRNBERGER
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] buttons (of 4 or 5) simultaneously to reset the value to the factory setting of 440.0 Hz.
The pitch range of each octave is divided equally into twelve parts, with each
half-step evenly spaced in pitch. This is the most commonly used tuning in
music today.
Use these tunings when playing Arabic music.
These tunings preserve the pure mathematical intervals of each scale, especially
for triad chords (root, third, fifth). You can hear this best in actual vocal harmo-
nies—such as choirs and a cappella singing.
This scale was devised by the famous Greek philosopher and is created from a
series of perfect fifths, which are collapsed into a single octave. The 3rd in this
tuning are slightly unstable, but the 4th and 5th are beautiful and suitable for
some leads.
This scale was created as an improvement on the Pythagorean scale, by making
the major third interval more "in tune." It was especially popular from the 16th
century to the 18th century. Handel, among others, used this scale.
This composite scale combines the Werckmeister and Kirnberger systems,
which were themselves improvements on the mean-tone and Pythagorean scales.
The main feature of this scale is that each key has its own unique character. The
scale was used extensively during the time of Bach and Beethoven, and even
now it is often used when performing period music on the harpsichord.
The tuning of each note for
the currently selected scale is
shown.
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