Other Useful Functions - Roland HP 730 Owner's Manual

OTHER USEFUL FUNCTIONS
Your new piano allows you to play classical music, such as baroque, while using the
tuning actually used in that period.
Most music today is composed and played based on the assumption that equal
temperament (the most common tuning method) will be used. However, various
different tunings were in existence during the age of classical music. By playing a piece
using the old tuning, you should be able to hear the natural sonorities of the chords, and
appreciate the piece in the way it was originally intended.
Display Tuning Descriptions
] EQUAL
This tuning divides the octave equally into 12 intervals. All pitches have
an equal, slight amount of ambiguity.
Z PYTHAGOREAN This method of tuning was invented by the famous philosopher
Pythagoras. It resolves the ambiguity of the fourths and fifths. The third,
however, is somewhat imperfect, but the melody sounds clear.
5 MEAN TONE A temperament which adds some compromises to Just temperament,
and facilitates transposition.
6 WERCKMEISTER Through combining the Mean Tone and Pythagorean temperaments, it
allows for playing in any key.
7 KIRNBERGER Asa result of improvements made to the Mean Tone and Just
temperaments, it is relatively tolerant towards transposition, and can be
used to play in all keys.
When you play using a tuning other than the equal temperament, you need to assign the
keynote ("C" for major and "A" for minor) according to the key of the song to be played.
For ensemble with a different musical instrument, pitches will differ depending on the
key. Therefore, you should set the HP piano to the same basic pitch as the other
instrument.
The display represents the following notes:
Display Co fd io-d BAF oP Gt A AD ob
Basic Note Cc C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B
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