Transposition; Fine-Tuning The Pitch - Yamaha YDP-151 Owner's Manual

Transposition

Your digital piano's Transpose function makes it possible to shift the pitch of the entire keyboard up
or down in semitone intervals up to a maximum of six semitones, and lets you easily match the pitch
of the keyboard to the range of a singer or other instruments.
For example, if you set the transposition amount to "5," playing key C produces pitch F. In this way,
you can play a song as though it were in C major, and this instrument will transpose it to the key of F.
Procedure
While holding down the
the F 2–F 3 keys to set the desired amount of transposition.
[DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + C3 key: Plays normal keyboard pitch.
[DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + B2 key (white key to the left of C3):
Transposes the pitch down by one semitone.
[DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + B 2 key (the first black key to the left of C3):
Transposes the pitch down a whole tone (two semitones).
[DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + F 2 key:
Transposes the pitch down by six semitones.
[DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + C 3 key (black key to the right of C3):
Transposes the pitch up by one semitone.
[DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + D3 key (the first white key to the right of C3):
Transposes the pitch up a whole tone (two semitones).
[DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + F 3 key: Transposes the pitch up by six semitones.

Fine-tuning the Pitch

You can fine-tune the pitch of the entire instrument. This function is useful when you play the digi-
tal piano along with other instruments or CD music.
Procedure
To tune up (in about 0.2Hz steps):
Hold down the A-1 and B-1 keys simultaneously and press any key between C3 and B3.
To tune down (in about 0.2Hz steps):
Hold down the A-1 and A -1 keys simultaneously and press any key between C3 and B3.
To restore standard pitch:
Hold down the A-1, A -1 and B-1 simultaneously and press any key between C3 and B3.
To tune up
A-1 B-1
427.0-453.0 Hz
Setting range:
Standard pitch: 440.0 Hz
22 Selecting & Playing Voices
YDP-151/YDP-323
[DEMO/SONG] and [PIANO/VOICE]
Transpose
down.
To tune down To restore standard pitch
A -1
A -1
A-1 B-1
A-1
buttons, press one of
C3
F 2 F 3
-6 -4 -2 +1 +3 +6
-5 -3 -1 0 +2 +4 +5
Transpose
up.
Normal
pitch.
C3 B3
Transpose:
Changing the key signature. On
this instrument, transposing
shifts the pitch of the entire key-
board.
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 sec-
ond.