Basic Operation

Using the Pedals

The digital piano is equipped with the two pedals shown in the illustration below. The left pedal normally functions as a soft pedal.

Damper pedal

Soft/Sostenuto pedal

Pedal functions

•Damper pedal

Pressing this pedal causes notes to reverberate and to sustain longer.

•Soft pedal

Pressing this pedal dampens notes and slightly reduces their volume. Only notes played after the pedal is depressed are affected, and any notes played before the pedal is pressed sound at their normal volume.

•Sostenuto pedal

Like the damper pedal, this pedal causes notes to reverberate and to sustain longer. The difference between the two pedals is the timing when they are pressed. With the sostenuto pedal, you press the pedal after depressing the notes you want to sustain. Only the notes whose keyboard keys are depressed when the sostenuto pedal is pressed are affected.

To assign the sostenuto to the left pedal

While holding down the left pedal, turn on the digital piano. To return left pedal to soft pedal, turn power off and then back on again.

NOTE

•The following shows how pedal effects are applied during different types of operations.

Memory playback, demo tune play

............. Pedal effects applied to notes played on the keyboard only.

Using the Metronome

The metronome provides a reference beat that you can use during your performances or practice sessions. You can change the beat and the tempo of the metronome.

*The names of the settings are marked above the keyboard keys to which they are assigned.

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bBeat Keys c Number Input Keys

aMetronome/Song Volume Keys

Using the Metronome

To use the metronome

1Press the METRONOME button to start the metronome.

• This starts the metronome sound.

2Set the beat of the metronome.

•While holding down the CONTROL button, press the keyboard key that corresponds to the beat setting you want to select (Figure b).

*A note does not sound when you press a keyboard key while holding down the CONTROL button.

•The first value of the beat can be set to a value of 2 through 6, or 0 (unaccented beat).

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