Transposing The Pitch In Semitones; Fine-Tuning The Pitch - Yamaha ARIUS YDP-S34 Owner's Manual

Transposing the Pitch in Semitones

You can shift the pitch of the entire keyboard up or down in semitones in order to facilitate playing in
difficult key signatures, or to easily match the pitch of the keyboard to the range of a singer or other
instruments. For example, if "+5" is selected, playing key C produces pitch F, letting you play a song of F
major as though it were in C major.
To transpose the pitch down:
While holding down [DEMO/SONG] and [PIANO/VOICE], press a key
between F#2 (-6) and B2 (-1).
To transpose the pitch up:
While holding down [DEMO/SONG] and [PIANO/VOICE], press a key
between C#3 (+1) and F#3 (+6).
To restore the normal pitch:
While holding down [DEMO/SONG] and [PIANO/VOICE], press the C3 key.
Lowest key

Fine-tuning the Pitch

You can fine-tune the pitch of the entire instrument in about 0.2 Hz steps. This lets you accurately match the
keyboard pitch to that of other instruments or CD music.
To tune up (in about 0.2 Hz steps):
Press and hold down [DEMO/SONG] and
[PIANO/VOICE] simultaneously, and press [+R].
To tune down (in about 0.2 Hz steps):
Press and hold down [DEMO/SONG] and
[PIANO/VOICE] simultaneously, and press [–L].
To set the pitch to 442.0 Hz:
Press and hold down [DEMO/SONG]
and [PIANO/VOICE] simultaneously,
and press the C#1 key.
To restore default pitch (440.0 Hz):
While simultaneously holding down [DEMO/
SONG] and [PIANO/VOICE], press [+R] and
[–L] simultaneously. Alternately, you can press
the C1 key while holding down [DEMO/
SONG] and [PIANO/VOICE] simultaneously.
F#2 F#3
-6 -4 -2 +1 +3 +6
-5 -3 -1 0 +2 +4 +5
Transpose down Transpose up
C3 (Normal pitch)
Lowest key
Playing Various Musical Instrument Sounds (Voices)
NOTE
The transposition setting
affects not only the pitch of the
keyboard but also the pitch of
Song playback (page 24).
Hz (Hertz)
This unit of measurement
refers to the frequency of a
sound and represents the
number of times a sound wave
vibrates in a second.
Setting range:
414.8 – 466.8 Hz
Default setting:
A3 = 440.0 Hz
C#1
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