Kawai CN31 manual Brief Explanation of Temperaments

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2) TEMPERAMENT

The CN piano offers immediate access to a variety of musical temperaments popular during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. It may prove interesting and educational to experiment with different temperaments, other than the modern ‘equal temperament’ standard this is dominant in music today.

BRIEF EXPLANATION OF TEMPERAMENTS

EQUAL TEMPERAMENT (PIANO ONLY)

This is the default temperament. If a piano sound is selected the tuning is stretched like an acoustic piano (EQUAL TEMPERAMENT). If any other type of sound is selected the tuning will be EQUAL (FLAT). An explanation of EQUAL TEMPERAMENT and EQUAL TEMPERAMENT (FLAT) is provided later in this section.

If a piano sound is used in a layer with any other sound, then both sounds will use the EQUAL TEMPERAMENT (stretched) tuning.

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BUTTONS

FUNCTION

 

 

MERSENNE PURE TEMPERAMENT

This temperament, which eliminates dissonances for thirds and fi fths, is still

 

 

(MAJOR)

popular for choral music because of its perfect harmony.

 

 

Performers must be aware which key they are playing in when using this

 

MERSENNE PURE TEMPERAMENT

temperament.

 

(MINOR)

Any key modulation will result in dissonances. When playing music in a

 

 

particular key, the key of the temperament must also be correctly matched.

 

 

When playing in a major key select Pure (Major) and when playing in a minor

 

 

key select Pure (minor).

 

 

PYTHAGOREAN TEMPERAMENT

This temperament, which uses mathematical ratios to eliminate dissonance

 

 

for fi fths, is very limited for use with chords, but it produces very characteristic

 

 

melodic lines.

 

 

MEANTONE TEMPERAMENT

This temperament, which uses a mean between a major and minor whole

 

 

tone to eliminate dissonance for thirds, was devised to eliminate the lack

 

 

of consonances experienced with certain fifths for the Mersenne pure

 

 

temperament. It produces chords that are more beautiful than those with the

 

 

equal temperament.

 

 

WERCKMEISTER III TEMPERAMENT

These two temperaments are placed in between Meantone and Pythagorean.

 

 

For music with few accidentals, this temperament produces the beautiful

 

KIRNBERGER III TEMPERAMENT

chords of the mean tone, but as accidentals increase, the temperament

 

 

produces the characteristic melodies of the Pythagorean temperament. It

 

 

is used primarily for classical music written in the Baroque era to revive the

 

 

original characteristics.

 

 

EQUAL TEMPERAMENT (FLAT)

This is an ‘unstretched’ equal temperament that divides the scale into twelve

 

 

equal semitones. This produces the same chordal intervals in all twelve keys,

 

 

and has the advantage of limitless modulation of the key. However the tonality

 

 

of each key becomes less characteristic and no chord is in pure consonance.

 

 

EQUAL TEMPERAMENT

This is the most popular piano temperament. The hearing ability of a human is

 

 

uneven and is not as accurate with high frequency and low frequency as it is

 

 

with the middle range. This temperament's tuning is stretched to compensate

 

 

for this so the sound will be heard naturally to the ears. This ‘stretched’ equal

 

 

temperament is a practical variation of the ‘unstretched’ equal temperament

 

 

which was invented on a mathematical basis.

…Step1

Hold down the TOUCH and TRANSPOSE buttons and press the PIANO 2 button.

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1

 

 

Hold down both buttons.

The display will alternate between showing ‘tMP’ (Temperament) and a symbol to indicate which type of

temperament is in use.

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Contents Piano Playing Function Lesson Page Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions Failure to do so may result in fire If you are going to use an AC power cordConforms to the specified power voltage Doing so may cause electric shockProduct and other devices Product is handled incorrectlyFailure to do so may cause breakdown of this Instruction for AC power cord U.K ‘ Front Panel ‘ Pedals‘ Headphones ‘ Setting UP the Piano Press the Power Switch to turn on the powerAdjust the volume level using the Master Volume slider Basic OperationsPress the Concert Magic and Lesson buttons simultaneously ‘ Demo SongsPlay the keyboard ‘ Selecting a Preset Sound„ Preset Sounds Dual Two different sounds will be heard at the same time StepSplit Press the Split buttonPress the Split button to exit the split mode LED indicator for the Split button will turn off‘ Exiting ‘FOUR HANDS’ Mode ‘FOUR HANDS’ Mode‘ Entering ‘FOUR HANDS’ Mode To exit ‘Four Hands’ Mode, press the Split button again‘ Adding Reverb EFFECTS/REVERBPress the Reverb button ¡ ReverbPress the Effects button ‘ Adding Other EffectsSelecting the Touch Sensitivity Transposing the Piano ‘ Selecting a Song Playing with Concert MagicTo listen, press the Play Stop button ‘ Listening to the Song‘ Concert Magic Part Volume Balance ‘ Performing a Song„ Melody Play ‘ Concert Magic Song Arrangement Types„ Easy Beat „ Skillful‘ Steady Beat Press and hold the Concert Magic buttonStart by tapping any key with a constant steady beat ‘ Concert Magic Demo Modes‘ Concert Magic Playback Speed Tempo value will be shown in the displayPress the Tempo button again to stop the metronome MetronomePress the Tempo button Press the Beat buttonPress the Beat button again to stop the metronome ‘ Adjusting the Metronome VolumeVolume level of the metronome can also be adjusted Press the Tempo and Beat buttons simultaneouslySelecting a BOOK/SONG Press the Lesson buttonPress the PLAY/STOP button to play the selected song ‘ Adjusting the Tempo of a SongListening to and Playing a Song ‘ Exiting the Lesson FunctionPress the PLAY/STOP button to listen to the recording Recording a Song PracticePress the REC button while the Lesson button is lit ‘ Playing Back the RecordingRecording REC Button If no Part is selected PART1 will be selected automatically‘ Recording a Second Part Start to play the pianoPress the PLAY/STOP button to stop recording Press the PLAY/STOP button to fi nish recording Playing Back a Song ‘ Playing Back Recorded Parts SeparatelyErasing a Song LED indicators will display which songs have been recordedLED indicator of the selected song will start to fl ash Hold down the REC and PLAY/STOP buttons‘ Entering a Function Mode ‘ Exiting a Function ModeTuning Use the Value buttons to raise or lower the pitchTemperament Brief Explanation of TemperamentsUse the Value buttons to change the type of temperament ‘ KEY Signature of Temperament‘ Midi Overview Channel number can be set from 1 to Midi ChannelUse the Value buttons to change the channel number Transmit Program Change ON/OFF Offon Local Control ON/OFF Use the Value buttons to toggle local control on and offMULTI-TIMBRAL Mode ON/OFF Channel Mute Use the Value buttons to toggle channel mute on and offSending Program Change Numbers Use the Value buttons to change the program change numberLower Octave Shift Lower Octave Shift can be set from 0 toLower Pedal ON/OFF Use the Value buttons to toggle lower pedal on and off‘ Connecting to Other Devices „ Parts Provided ‘ Assembly Instructions„ Assembly Sequence 7 y ‘ Specifications ‘ Midi Exclusive Data Format 10 F7‘ Midi Implementation Chart Function Transmit Receive RemarksPage Page OW1004E-S0701
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