Kawai CN33 manual Four Hands Mode

6) FOUR HANDS MODE

The FOUR HANDS function divides the keyboard of the CN33 digital piano into separate Upper and Lower sections in a similar way to that of the SPLIT function. In addition, the octave/pitch of each section is also adjusted, allowing two people to play the piano together.

Split Point

Lower section Upper section

c

c c

PLAYING THE PIANO

2

…Step 1

Press and hold the SPLIT button, then press the damper/sustain (right) pedal and the soft (left) pedal together.

Damper/Sustain

The LED indicator for the SPLIT button will start to flash, indicating that FOUR HANDS mode has been

Soft pedal

Press and hold the button

pedal

activated.

In addition, the LED indicator for the Upper section sound button will also turn on, while the Lower section sound button will start to flash.

Depress the pedals

…Step 2

The selected sound variation numbers will be shown in the LED display.

The left number represents the Lower section, while the right number represents the Upper section.

When activating FOUR HANDS mode for the first time, the sound of both the Upper and Lower sections will be set to Concert Grand.

Play the piano.

With FOUR HANDS mode activated, the sounds in the Upper section are transposed two octaves down from the original pitch, while sounds from the Lower section are transposed two octaves up from the original pitch, allowing two people to play within the same key range.

The number of keys used for the Upper and Lower sections can be freely adjusted by changing the Split Point.

„The default Split Point setting is set between E3 and F3.

„When FOUR HANDS mode is activated, the Lower Octave Shift function can be used to adjust the octave range for the Lower section. Please refer to the instructions on page 44 for more information.