Table Of Contents - Kawai Concert Artis CA61 Owner's Manual

Please read this Owner's Manual before using the CA61 piano.
Important Safety Instructions ..............4
1. Part Names and Functions .................8
Panel ............................................................................ 8
Using the pedals .......................................................... 8
Headphone .................................................................. 9
2. Listening to the Piano .......................10
1) Basic Operation .............................................................. 10
2) Demo Songs ................................................................... 11
3) Piano Music .................................................................... 12
3. Playing the Piano ..............................13
1) Selecting a Sound .......................................................... 13
2) Dual Mode ...................................................................... 15
3) Split Mode....................................................................... 16
4) Four Hands Mode ........................................................... 18
5) Reverb / Effects ............................................................. 19
Using REVERB .......................................................... 19
Using EFFECTS ........................................................ 20
Editing the settings for the Chorus / Delay / Tremolo / Rotary effect ... 21
6) Transpose ....................................................................... 22
7) Using Metronome / Rhythm ............................................ 23
Starting the metronome and setting the tempo .......... 23
Changing the metronome time signature and rhythm ... 23
Setting the sound volume for the metronome / rhythm... 24
Rhythm list ................................................................. 25
4. Recorder ...........................................26
1) Recording a Song (REC Button) .................................... 26
Selecting a song and part to be recorded .................. 26
2) Playing Back a Song (PLAY/STOP Button) .................... 28
3) Deleting a Song or Part .................................................. 29
5. Lesson Function................................31
1) Using the Alfred Lesson Books ...................................... 31
Selecting an Alfred book and song ............................ 31
Listening to a song ..................................................... 32
Playing a song from a specifi c bar ............................. 33
Practicing the right / left-hand part while listening to the other part ... 34
Repeating and practicing specifi c sections of a song ... 35
Playing along with a song and recording your own performance ... 36
Exiting the lesson function ......................................... 36
2) Using the Finger Exercises ............................................. 37
Selecting an exercise ................................................. 37
Listening to an exercise ............................................. 38
Playing along with an exercise, recording your own
performance, and checking the evaluation result ....... 39
Exiting the lesson function ......................................... 40
6. Concert Magic ...................................41
1) Selecting a Song ............................................................ 41
2) Listening to the Song ...................................................... 42
3) Performing a Song .......................................................... 43
4) Part Volume Balance for Concert Magic ......................... 43
5) Concert Magic Song Arrangement Types ....................... 44
6) Steady Beat .................................................................... 45
7) Concert Magic Song Demo ............................................ 46
8) Adjusting the Playback Speed for the Concert Magic Songs ... 46

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7. Hymn Player .....................................47
1) Turning Hymn Player On / Off ......................................... 47
2) Selecting a Hymn ........................................................... 48
3) Listening to a Hymn ........................................................ 49
4) Performing a Hymn ......................................................... 50
Performing a Hymn using STEADY BEAT mode ........ 50
Performing a Hymn using NORMAL mode ................ 50
5) Part Volume Balance for Hymn Player ............................ 51
6) Using the Hymn Player Prelude Mode............................ 52
7) Adjusting the Playback Speed for the Hymns ................. 53
8. Virtual Technician ..............................54
1) Voicing ............................................................................ 54
2) Damper Resonance........................................................ 55
3) String Resonance ........................................................... 56
4) Key-off Effect .................................................................. 57
5) Touch Curve.................................................................... 58
Using the user touch curve function ........................... 59
6) Temperament Setting ...................................................... 60
Creating a user temperament .................................... 61
7) Key of Temperament ....................................................... 62
8) Stretch Tuning ................................................................. 63
9. Menu Functions ................................64
1) Brilliance ......................................................................... 64
2) Lower Octave Shift ......................................................... 65
3) Lower Pedal On / Off ...................................................... 65
4) Layer Octave Shift .......................................................... 66
5) Layer Dynamics .............................................................. 67
6) Damper Hold On / Off ..................................................... 68
7) Tuning ............................................................................. 69
About MIDI ................................................................. 70
8) MIDI Transmit / Receive Channel ................................... 72
9) Sending Program (Sound Type) Change Numbers ..............73
10) Local Control ................................................................ 74
11) Transmit Program Change (Sound Type) Numbers On / Off... 75
Transmitting a program change number using the SOUND
SELECT buttons .......................................................... 75
12) Multi-timbral Mode ........................................................ 77
13) Channel Mute ............................................................... 78
14) User Memory ................................................................ 78
15) Factory Reset ............................................................... 79
10. Appendix .........................................80
Connecting to other devices ....................................... 80
CA61 stand assembly instructions ............................. 82
Piano Music song list ................................................. 84
Lesson Function song list .......................................... 85
Concert Magic song list.............................................. 88
Hymn Player song list ................................................ 90
Prelude Mode song list .............................................. 92
Specifi cations ............................................................. 93
MIDI exclusive data format ......................................... 94
KAWAI [Model CA61] MIDI implementation chart ...... 95
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