Suzuki Musical Instrument Corp GP-3 manual Piano Voices Voice Selection

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PIANO VOICES - VOICE SELECTION

VALUE

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DATA WHEEL

UPPER

LAYER

LOWER

VOICE SELECTION FOR UPPER, LAYER AND LOWER SOUND MODES There are 128 GM (General MIDI) Instrument Voices available on this piano.

A complete list of all 128 Instrument Voices can be found in the back of this manual.

THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO SELECT AN INSTRUMENT VOICE

A)Selecting one of the quick Voice Select Buttons as shown in the Piano Voices Quick Select Section of this manual.

B)Scroll through the Instrument Voices as shown below.

SCROLL THROUGH THE INSTRUMENT VOICES

1.Press the VALUE + and - Buttons or the DATA Wheel to cycle through the Instrument Voice Names until you reach the Instrument Voice or Sound Mode that you would like to select.

After pressing the enter button highlighted selection will be engaged. For our example we selected Church Organ Voice number 20.

UPPER 20 : Church Organ

1 : Big Band

 

NC

A1

/ = 100

 

 

 

 

Note: To select an additional Sound Channel Mode, (LAYER or LOWER). Press their respective control panel button.

The Upper Sound Channel is always on.

If you want to change the Upper sound channel instrument voice and the Upper sound channel is already selected you do not need to press the Upper sound channel button. Simply change the Instrument Voice as shown above.

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Contents Suzuki Pianos SuzukiPage Welcome General Precautions Taking Care of Your Digital Piano Table of Contents Assembly You should have 3 cartons as pictured Unpacking Your NEW Grand PianoTo begin, remove outer carton Remove the protective foamPiano Accessories Unpacking Your NEW Grand Piano Inner cartonPlastic Cover Unpacking Piano Legs & Pedal Assembly Attaching the Legs to the Piano Pre-Pedal Assembly Pedal Assembly AttachmentPedal Assembly Preparation Pedal Assembly AttachmentSupport Rods Installingtheleftleg Install the Left LegPad the Piano Adjust the Pedal Feet Install the Power CordPositioning Your NEW Grand Piano Midi OUT Connector PanelGP-3 Panel ControlsFade 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 Piano Pedals PedalsBig Band Display ScreenDemo Song Select Demonstration SongsBossa Nueva Samba TimeAssigning Different Piano Sound Channel Modes Piano Voices Sound Channel ModesPiano Voices Voice Selection There are TWO Ways to Select AN Instrument VoiceScroll Through the Instrument Voices For the Layer and Lower Sound Mode Sections of the Piano For all 88 Key voice selections Upper ModePiano Voices Quick Selection Quick SelectPiano Voices Selecting ALL Voices Reed Group aReed Group B Piano Voices Effects and Reset Style Rhythm Section Selecting a RhythmSwing Group B Swing Group aGrand Piano LoungeBig Band Style 1 Grand PianoStraight Start Rhythm Section Playing the RhythmRhythm Section Playing the Rhythm HOW Auto Accompaniment Works Auto AccompanimentBasic Mode One Finger HOW to Play ChordsAuto Accompaniment Types ONE FingerAccomp Fingered One Finger Piano ModeFingered Chord Mark FingeringAccomp Piano Piano ModeOne Finger FingeredFingered Piano Mode Auto Accompaniment HOW to USEFingered One FingerPlaying in the Auto Accompaniment Mode Auto Accompaniment HOW to PlaySynchronized Start Synchronized Intro StartPattern continues until the end of the following measure Setup SetupPerformance ReverbPerformance Setup Setup Performance MenuPerformance Setup Velocity Norm Split Point Screen HoldPERFORMANCE- Setup Menu TransposeLCD Screen Display Hold Performance Setup Tune Fixed Level Performance Setup Tune Fixed Level 100105 Octave Shift Tune10S Octave Shift Fade TimeOctave Shift Harmonysetupmenu Setup Harmony MenuHarmony Trio Duet Oct HarmonyKey Mode Lower Hold Setup KEY Mode MenuKeymodesetupmenu Manual BassSustain Setup Menu Setup Sustain MenuSustain SustainReverb Setting Setup Reverb MenuReverb Setup Menu ReverbEffect Setting Setup Effects MenuEffects Chorus Setup Menu Effects ChorusChord Setup Menu Setup Chord MenuChord Mode Auto Accompaniment Mode Fingered ModePedal Assign Setup Menu Setup Pedal MenuPedal Assign Fill Intro/Ending Lower HoldPercussion Setup Drum Kits Setup -PERCUSSION MenuStandard Room Power Electronic TR-808 Jazz Brush Orchestral Percussion Drum KIT SelectionMetronome Setup Time Signature Tempo 120 Sound Volume 100 Setup Metronome MenuMetronome Setup Menu MetronomeRecall Contents in the Registration Memory Save Your Settings in the Registration MemoryRegistration Memory RegistrationRecord Functions Record FeaturesOutline of a Music Recorder or Sequencer Record Melody OnlyRecord Features Auto Accompaniment Track Accomp Button Recording HOW to Record RecordingRecord Melody Rec Record AccompPlayback Recording PlaybackTo Playback Your Recorded Music To Pause the PlaybackHOW to USE BEG. Mark and END Mark Buttons Recording MarkMark Song Select Song Play Along SongMeasure Play RHnd=Y LHnd=Y Acmp=Y Test AllegroMeasure Song LessonPlay RHnd=Y LHnd=Y Acmp=Y Play Along Song LessonsStop the Song Mode Lesson FeaturesTest Modes Right and Left hand exercise Select R=Y L=YSD Memory Card SD Card FeaturesLoad Song Utility Save Song Play DiskLoad Song SD Memory Card Load SongLoad Song Utility SD Memory Card Save SongSave Song Play CardLoad Song Utility Save Song SD Memory Card Play CardPlay Card Play CardFile Data SD Memory Card Play Card MenusLyrics Mute Channel Solo Channel PlaybackSD Memory Card Utility Card UtilityCopy to Delete Disk UtilityCopy Rename Format Copy DeleteDisk Disk FeaturesDisk Load Song Disk Save Song Disk Play Disk Play DiskPlay Disk Playback Options Disk Play Disk MenusLoad Song Various Menu Screens Also NoteDisk Utility Card CancelLoad Song Save Song Format DeleteDelete Playing and Singingwith the Karaoke Disks Selecting a Karaoke Song from the DiskPlug in the Enclosed Microphone Phones Video Midi Line Microphone OUT USB VOL Echo Midi & Video OUT JacksMidi Basic Midi SetupsMidi RPNL, Rpnh Midi Implementation ChartGrand Piano Voice ListBig Band Style ListDrum KIT List Drum KIT ListDrum KIT List Specifications SpecificationsWhere is the serial number on my piano? Questions AND/OR ProblemsWhere can I buy recorded disks to play in my piano? QuestionsPage Warranty WarrantyPage Suzuki

GP-3 specifications

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