Using The Pedals - Yamaha Clavinova CLP-230 Owner's Manual

Selecting & Playing Voices

Using the Pedals

The Clavinova 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.
When you select the
240, pressing the damper pedal activates the instrument's
special "Sustain Samples" to accurately recreate the
unique resonance of an acoustic grand piano's sound-
board and strings. A "half-pedal" effect lets you use the
damper pedal to create partial sustain effects, depending
on how far down you press the pedal.
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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CLP-240/230 Owner's Manual
voice on the CLP-
GRAND PIANO 1
When you press the damper
pedal here, the notes you
play before you release the
pedal have a longer sustain.
When you press the sostenu-
to pedal here while holding
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 main
unit (page 67).
NOTE
The depth of the effect produced
by the "Sustain Samples" can be
adjusted via the "Pedal Func-
tions" (page 51) in Function
mode.
NOTE
When the DDE effect is on, you
can hear a simulation of the sus-
tain sound of the damper pedal
on a grand piano, as you press
the damper pedal and play the
keyboard (page 22).
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 or
variation function (CLP-240) via
the "Left Pedal Mode" described
on page 51.