The Pedals; Damper (Right) Pedal; Sostenuto (Center) Pedal (Except For Clp·820S); Soft (Left) Pedal - Yamaha Clavinova CLP-880 Owner's Manual

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11111 The Pedals
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The CLP-820S has two and other models have three foot pedals that
produce a range of expressive effects similar to those produced by the
pedals on an acoustic piano.
CLP·880/860/840/820
Soft pedal
Damper pedal
Sostenuto pedal
CLP·820S
Damper pedal
Soft/Sostenuto pedal
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Damper (Right) Pedal ................................................................................
The damper pedal functions in the same way as a damper pedal on
an acoustic piano. When the damper pedal is pressed notes played have
a long sustain. Releasing the pedal immediately stops (damps) any
sustained notes.
On the CLP-880/860, when GRAND PIANO, CLASSICAL PI­
ANO, or JAZZ PIANO is selected the damper pedal also produces a
special "resonance" that simulates the ring of the strings and the sound
board of an acoustic piano.
The CLP-880/860 damper pedal additionally features continuous
damping. This allows you to create shorter effects by pressing the
damper pedal down only part of the way.
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• On the CLP·8801860, soundboard depth and damper pedal mode (switchl
continuous) settings can be changed using the "Pedal Functions" (page
32) in the function mode.
Sostenuto (Center) Pedal
(except for
CLP-820S) .....................
If you playa note or chord on the keyboard and press the sostenuto
pedal while the note(s) are held, those notes will be sustained as long as
the pedal is held (as ifthe damper pedal had been pressed) but all
subsequently played notes will not be sustained. This makes it possible
to sustain a chord, for example, while other notes are played "staccato."
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Organ and string voices will continue to sound for as long as the soste­
nuto pedal is depressed.
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Soft (left) Pedal .......................,.......................................................................
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 which are already playing when it is pressed.
The left pedal can also be assigned to song start/stop operation (or
sostenuto in the case of the CLP-820S) via the "Left Pedal Mode"
described on page 32.