Suzuki Musical Instrument Corp GP-3 manual Piano Voices Sound Channel Modes

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PIANO VOICES - SOUND CHANNEL MODES

UPPER

LAYER

LOWER

VALUE

–+

DATA WHEEL

SETUP

SCREEN

LEFT RIGHT

ASSIGNING DIFFERENT PIANO SOUND CHANNEL MODES

Depending on your playing style this piano can be set up to play in 4 different Piano Sound Channel Modes: Upper, Layer, Lower and Drum.

TO SELECT AND ENGAGE ONE OF DIFFERENT SOUND CHANNEL MODES PRESS ONE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE BUTTONS.

UPPER VOICE - Upper is use to select the Upper or MAIN voice of the piano. The upper mode engages the selected piano voice for all of the piano keys.

LAYER (DUAL) VOICE - Layer, or dual, refers to an additional voice that is tone mixed with the selected Upper or Main Instrument Voice. The selected Layer voice will be heard with the Upper voice when the layer feature is engaged.

LOWER VOICE - In the lower, or split, mode the piano is divided into two sec- tions. In the right hand section the selected main voice, or the layer voice will sound. In the left hand section a different voice can be se- lected to sound when the keys are played.

Note: You can change the Instrument Voice selection for each Piano Sound Channel Mode only when it is highlighted on the LCD Display Screen.

To highlight one of the Piano Sound Channel Modes press the respective control panel button.

To Change the Instrument Voice of your selected Piano Sound Channel Highlight the Instrument Voice listed and use the VALUE + and - buttons or the DATA WHEEL to access your desired Instrument Voice.

See the Set Up mode section of this manual for further information on setting the Lower Voice Piano Key Split Point.

Example of LCD Display Screen when the Layer Button is pressed.

LAYER

49

: Strings

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 :

Big Band

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NC

 

A1

 

/ = 100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DRUM (PIANO KEY PERCUSSION) - To engage this feature: Press the Setup Button once.

Press the Screen Right Button.

Highlight the Percussion Box on the LCD Display Screen Menu Box.

Note: The Piano Key Percussion Mode refers to the Percussion Voices that can be played by the Piano Keys from the eight internal drum kits in this pianos sound library.

There is also a sound effects kit that can be played while the piano is in this mode.

When this Piano Key Drum Percussion Mode is engaged, the piano keys will only play percussive voices - the piano keys will not play normal piano sounds. The percussion mode and drum kits are selected in the setup menu “Percussion”.

Please see the Setup section of this manual for more information.

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Contents Suzuki Suzuki PianosPage Welcome General Precautions Taking Care of Your Digital Piano Table of Contents Assembly Unpacking Your NEW Grand Piano You should have 3 cartons as picturedTo begin, remove outer carton Remove the protective foamPlastic Cover Piano AccessoriesUnpacking Your NEW Grand Piano Inner carton Unpacking Piano Legs & Pedal Assembly Attaching the Legs to the Piano Pedal Assembly Attachment Pre-Pedal AssemblyPedal Assembly Preparation Pedal Assembly AttachmentSupport Rods Pad the Piano InstallingtheleftlegInstall the Left Leg Positioning Your NEW Grand Piano Adjust the Pedal FeetInstall the Power Cord Connector Panel Midi OUTPanel Controls GP-3Fade 11 12 14 15 Upper Panel Controls Data Wheel Grand Piano Reverb Curser Contrast Grand Piano Sound Group Vibes Organ Panel Controls 38 39 40 41 47 45 Disk Drive Pedals Piano PedalsDisplay Screen Big BandDemonstration Songs Demo Song SelectBossa Nueva Samba TimePiano Voices Sound Channel Modes Assigning Different Piano Sound Channel ModesScroll Through the Instrument Voices Piano Voices Voice SelectionThere are TWO Ways to Select AN Instrument Voice For all 88 Key voice selections Upper Mode For the Layer and Lower Sound Mode Sections of the PianoPiano Voices Quick Selection Quick SelectReed Group B Piano Voices Selecting ALL VoicesReed Group a Piano Voices Effects and Reset Rhythm Section Selecting a Rhythm StyleSwing Group a Swing Group BGrand Piano LoungeStyle 1 Grand Piano Big BandRhythm Section Playing the Rhythm Straight StartRhythm Section Playing the Rhythm Auto Accompaniment HOW Auto Accompaniment WorksHOW to Play Chords Basic Mode One FingerAuto Accompaniment Types ONE FingerOne Finger Piano Mode Accomp FingeredFingered Chord Mark FingeringPiano Mode Accomp PianoOne Finger FingeredAuto Accompaniment HOW to USE Fingered Piano ModeFingered One FingerAuto Accompaniment HOW to Play Playing in the Auto Accompaniment ModeSynchronized Start Synchronized Intro StartPattern continues until the end of the following measure Setup SetupPerformance ReverbSetup Performance Menu Performance SetupPerformance Setup Velocity Norm Split Point Screen HoldLCD Screen Display Hold PERFORMANCE- Setup MenuTranspose Performance Setup Tune Fixed Level 100 Performance Setup Tune Fixed Level105 Octave Shift TuneOctave Shift 10S Octave ShiftFade Time Setup Harmony Menu HarmonysetupmenuHarmony Trio Duet Oct HarmonySetup KEY Mode Menu Key Mode Lower HoldKeymodesetupmenu Manual BassSetup Sustain Menu Sustain Setup MenuSustain SustainSetup Reverb Menu Reverb SettingReverb Setup Menu ReverbSetup Effects Menu Effect SettingEffects Chorus Setup Menu Effects ChorusSetup Chord Menu Chord Setup MenuChord Mode Auto Accompaniment Mode Fingered ModeSetup Pedal Menu Pedal Assign Setup MenuPedal Assign Fill Intro/Ending Lower HoldSetup -PERCUSSION Menu Percussion Setup Drum KitsStandard Room Power Electronic TR-808 Jazz Brush Orchestral Percussion Drum KIT SelectionSetup Metronome Menu Metronome Setup Time Signature Tempo 120 Sound Volume 100Metronome Setup Menu MetronomeSave Your Settings in the Registration Memory Recall Contents in the Registration MemoryRegistration Memory RegistrationRecord Features Record FunctionsOutline of a Music Recorder or Sequencer Record Melody OnlyRecord Features Auto Accompaniment Track Accomp Button HOW to Record Recording RecordingRecord Melody Rec Record AccompRecording Playback PlaybackTo Playback Your Recorded Music To Pause the PlaybackMark HOW to USE BEG. Mark and END Mark ButtonsRecording Mark Song Play Along Song Song SelectMeasure Play RHnd=Y LHnd=Y Acmp=Y Test AllegroSong Lesson MeasurePlay RHnd=Y LHnd=Y Acmp=Y Play Along Song LessonsLesson Features Stop the Song ModeTest Modes Right and Left hand exercise Select R=Y L=YSD Card Features SD Memory CardLoad Song Utility Save Song Play DiskSD Memory Card Load Song Load SongSD Memory Card Save Song Load Song UtilitySave Song Play CardSD Memory Card Play Card Load Song Utility Save SongPlay Card Play CardSD Memory Card Play Card Menus File DataLyrics Mute Channel Solo Channel PlaybackCopy to SD Memory Card UtilityCard Utility Disk Utility DeleteCopy Rename Format Copy DeleteDisk Features DiskDisk Load Song Disk Save Song Play Disk Disk Play DiskPlay Disk Disk Play Disk Menus Playback OptionsLoad Song Various Menu Screens Also NoteCard Cancel Disk UtilityLoad Song Save Song Format DeleteDelete Plug in the Enclosed Microphone Playing and Singingwith the Karaoke DisksSelecting a Karaoke Song from the Disk Midi & Video OUT Jacks Phones Video Midi Line Microphone OUT USB VOL EchoBasic Midi Setups MidiMidi Midi Implementation Chart RPNL, RpnhVoice List Grand PianoStyle List Big BandDrum KIT List Drum KIT ListDrum KIT List Specifications SpecificationsQuestions AND/OR Problems Where is the serial number on my piano?Where can I buy recorded disks to play in my piano? QuestionsPage Warranty WarrantyPage Suzuki

GP-3 specifications

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