Using The Pedals - Yamaha Clavinova CLP-170 Owner's Manual

Using the pedals

The Clavinova has three foot pedals: damper pedal (right), sostenuto
pedal (center), and soft pedal (left) that produce a range of expressive
effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano.
Damper (right) pedal
When you press the damper pedal, the notes
you play have a longer sustain.
When you select Grand Piano 1, pressing the
damper pedal activates the instrument's special
"Sustain Samples" to accurately recreate the
unique resonance of an acoustic grand piano's
soundboard and strings.
Sostenuto (center) pedal
If you play a note or chord on the keyboard
and press the sostenuto pedal while holding
the note(s), the notes will sustain as long as
the pedal is held. All subsequent notes will
not sustain.
Soft pedal (left)
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. Press the pedal immediately before you
play the target notes.)
With the Vibraphone and Jazz Organ voices, this pedal turns vibrato on and
off or toggles the speed of vibrato. (See page 93.)
Selecting and Playing Voices
When you press the damper
pedal here, the notes you
play before you release the
pedal have a longer sustain.
When you press the sostenuto
pedal here while holding the
note(s), the notes will sustain
as long as you hold the pedal.
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If the damper pedal doesn't
work, or notes are sustained
even when the pedal is not
pressed, make sure that the
pedal cord is properly
plugged into the PEDAL jack
on the unit (see step 5 on
page 113 (CLP-150), see
step 6 on page 116 (CLP-
170)). Also, make sure that
the RPedal parameter in the
"VOICE SETTING" menu is
set to ON (see page 83).
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You can adjust the depth of
the resonance produced by
the "Sustain Samples" using
the Sustain Sampling Depth
parameter in the "OTHER
SETTING" menu. (See
page 93.)
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You can assign a function to
each pedal via the "R
Pedal", "M Pedal", and "L
Pedal" parameters in the
"VOICE SETTING" menu.
(See pages 83, 84.)
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The center and left pedals
can also be assigned to
song start/stop operation
(START/STOP function) via
the "PedalStart/Stop"
parameter in the "OTHER
SETTING" menu (on
page 94).
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