Using The Pedals - Yamaha ARIUS YDP-181 Owner's Manual

Selecting & Playing Voices

Using the Pedals

The instrument has three foot pedals that produce a
range of expressive effects similar to those produced by
the pedals on an acoustic piano.
Damper (Right) Pedal
The damper pedal functions in the same way as a
damper pedal on an acoustic piano. When the damper
pedal is pressed, notes sustain longer. Releasing the pedal
immediately stops (damps) any sustained notes.
The damper pedal also features a naturally expressive
half-pedal function.
When DAMPER RES. is on, the instrument simulates the
sustain sound that occurs when you press the damper
pedal of a grand piano, as you press the damper pedal
and play the keyboard.
Sostenuto (Center) Pedal
If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press the
sostenuto pedal while the note(s) are held, those notes
will sustain as long as you hold the pedal (as if the
damper pedal had been pressed) but all subsequently
played notes will not be sustained. This makes it possible
to sustain a chord, for example, while other notes are
played "staccato."
Soft (Left) Pedal
The soft pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of notes played while
the pedal is pressed. The soft pedal will not affect notes that are already playing when it
is pressed.
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When you press the damper
pedal here, the notes you
play before you release the
pedal have a longer sustain.
When you press the soste-
nuto pedal here while hold-
ing the note, the note will
sustain as long as you hold
the pedal.
NOTE
If the damper pedal doesn't work,
make sure that the pedal cord is
properly plugged into the jack
(page 60).
TERMINOLOGY:
Half-pedal:
While playing the piano with Sus-
tain and you want to slightly mute
the sustained sound, release the
damper pedal from maximum
position to half position.
NOTE
Organ, string and choir voices will
continue to sound for as long as
the sostenuto pedal is depressed.
NOTE
The left pedal can be assigned to
song play/pause operation via the
"Left Pedal Mode" described on
page 47.
NOTE
The depth of the effect produced
by the Soft Pedal can be adjusted
via the "Soft Pedal Effect Depth"
(page 47) in the Function mode.