Kawai CE200 manual Pythagorean Temperament, Meantone Temperament, Equal Temperament Flat

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Function Buttons

MERSENNE PURE TEMPERAMENT (MAJOR)

MERSENNE PURE TEMPERAMENT (MINOR)

This temperament, which eliminates dissonance’s for thirds and fifths is still popular for choral music because of its perfect harmony.

You need to be aware what key you are playing in with this temperament. Any key modulation will result in dissonance’s. When you play music in a particular key, you need to match the key of the temperament as well. 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 fifths, 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 consonance’s 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

KIRNBERGER III TEMPERAMENT

These two temperaments are placed in between Meantone and Pythagorean. For music with few accidentals, this temperament produces the beautiful 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 “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

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Contents CE200 Page Important Safety Instructions Indicates a potential hazard that could result in injury Instruction for AC power cord U.K Declaration of Conformity Parts Provided Thank YOU for Purchasing a Kawai Digital PianoRead ME First Side Panel a Pcs Back Board B Pedal Board CBottom View Pedal Unit Fasten the main unit and the stand with four screws DAttaching the Headphone Hook Piano Music Jacks Supplying AC Power Assembling the StandPlaying the Piano Turning on the powerAdjust the volume level PedalsPlaying with More Sounds Selecting Another Preset SoundPress the Sound Select button under the name About Polyphony Value ButtonsSelecting Split Sounds Entering Four Hands ModeFour Hands Mode Changing the Split PointChanging Split Point Exiting Four Hands ModeSelecting Sounds in Four Hands Mode Octave Shift for the Lower SectionTo ADD Reverb To ADD Other EffectsMellow VoicingNormal DynamicRhythm Metronome Starting the MetronomeChanging the Time Signature MetronomeAdjusting the Metronome Volume Recorded Information Basics of the RecorderTWO-TRACK THREE-SONG Recorder Sound selection Pedal movementsRecording Capacity Recording Another SongRecording REC Button Recorder and MetronomePress the PLAY/STOP button when you are finished recording Recording a Second PartPlaying Back a Song PLAY/STOP Button Status of Song and PartPlaying Back the Parts Separately Press the PLAY/STOP button again to stop play backErasing a Song Usingthe PLAY/STOP Buttonto Start RecordingErasing ALL the Songs Start flashingPiano Music Selecting the Touch Sensitivity Touch Button User Touch Transposing the Piano Transpose ButtonUser Memory / Factory Reset TuningMulti Timbral Mode BrillianceDamper Resonance TuningBrilliance Use the Value buttons to raise or lower the pitchPress the Piano button while holding down the Touch String ResonanceAbout String Resonance Brief Explanation of Temperaments TemperamentEqual Temperament Piano only Werckmeister III Temperament Kirnberger III Temperament Pythagorean TemperamentMeantone Temperament Equal Temperament FlatKEY Signature of Temperament Lower Octave ShiftLocal Control ON/OFF Midi ChannelSending Program Change Numbers Use the Value buttons to change the channel numberMulti-Timbral On On1 and On2 MULTI-TIMBRAL Mode ON/OFFTransmit Program Change ON/OFF Multi-Timbral OffThen use the Value buttons to turn them on and off Channel MuteLower Pedal ON/OFF Can not be selectedLayer Dynamics Layer Octave ShiftLayer Octave Shift can be set between -2 to Factory Reset User Memory / Factory ResetFollowing settings can be saved Damper HoldFunction Buttons Midi Jacks What is MIDI?Understanding Midi Midi ChannelBass Changing Transmitting Channel Using the CE200 Piano AS ControllerMidi Connection Electric Piano button while holding down the TouchNow You’re ready to play Audio ConnectionProgram Change Local Control ButtonsUsing the CE200 Piano AS a MULTI-TIMBRAL Sound Module MULTI-TIMBRAL Mode Using Midi Windows XP / Me users About a USB DriverWindows 2000 / 98SE users Macintosh OS X users Users of Macintosh OS9 or earlierLine OUT Jacks Bottom ViewJacks Program Change Number Mapping Rhythm Style ListPiano Music List Front Panel Sound Demo Song ListSpecifications Midi Exclusive Data Format Midi Implementation Chart Kawai Digital Piano Model CE200Eng