Playing With Different Tones; Selecting And Playing A Tone; Selecting Main Tones And Variation Tones; Selecting A Gm Tone Or Drum Set - Casio Privia PX-500L User Manual

Playing with Different Tones

Selecting and Playing a Tone

Your piano has the following types of tones built in.
Main Tones
Variation Tones 15
GM Tones
Drum Sets
Selecting Main Tones and
Variation Tones
Press the POWER button.
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POWER button
Use the VOLUME knob to adjust the
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volume level.
• Before playing, it is a good idea to set the
volume to a relatively low level.
Press one of the 15 TONE buttons to select
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the tone you want.
• The names of the main tones are marked above
the TONE buttons.
Example: To select VIBRAPHONE
REVERB
VOLUME CHORUS
CONTROL
E-6
15
128
10
METRONOME
Press the VARIATION button so the
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indicator lamp above it is lit.
• This selects the variation tone assigned to each
TONE button.
Example: MARIMBA
• For information about variation tone assigned
to each button, see the Tone List on page A-1.
To toggle between the main tone
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(VARIATION indicator lamp off) and
variation tone (VARIATION indicator lamp
on), press the VARIATION button or the
TONE button.

Selecting a GM Tone or Drum Set

You can use the following procedure to assign one
of the piano's 128 GM tones or 10 drum sets to the
GM TONES button. After you assign a GM tone,
you can select it by pressing the GM TONES button.
In addition, you can also assign a second GM tone
or drum set as the variation tone of the GM TONES
button. See "Selecting the GM TONES Button
Variation Tone" on page E-7.
Press the GM TONES button.
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• This selects the GM tone that is currently
assigned to the GM TONES button.
• The display continues to display the tune or
rhythm number.
Use the Tone List on page A-1 to find the
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GM tone or drum set number you want.
Example: 008 (GM CELESTA)
TEMPO
VARIATION
GM TONES
TONE SPLIT
GM SELECT
BEAT
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