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.

Metronome Volume Keys

 

 

 

Beat Keys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tempo Keys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Number Input Keys

Using the Metronome

❚ PREPARATION ❚

•Check to make sure that the indicator above the RECORD but- ton is off. If the indicator is on, press the RECORD button to turn it off.

•See the section of this User’s Guide covering the memory for details on using the metronome in combination with the func- tion.

To use the metronome

1. Press METRONOME to start the metronome.

• This starts the metronome sound.

2.Set 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.

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

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

3.Change the tempo setting as described below.

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

•While holding down￿the CONTROL button,￿ press keyboard key A 2 (–) to decrease tempo or B 2 (+) to increase it. Holding down either keyboard key chang- es the setting at high speed. Pressing keyboard key A2 (120) changes the tempo setting to 120.

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•You can also change the tempo setting(beats per

minute) by holding down the CONTROL￿button and using keyboard keys B2 through A 3 to input values from 0 to 9. You can input a two-digit or three-digit tempo value. Note that the tempo value you input is applied when you release the CONTROL button. The tempo setting does not change if you input a one-digit value or a value that is outside of the allowable set- ting range.

•The tempo can be set within the range of 30 to 255 (beats per minute).

4.When you want to stop the metronome, press METRONOME again.

•Pressing METRONOME again restarts the metronome sound using the current beat and tempo setting.

•If you want to change both the tempo and the beat before restarting the metronome, perform the above procedure here.

❚ NOTE ❚

•You can change metronome beat and tempo settings at any time, even while the metronome is sounding.

•You can also use the metronome in combination with memory play. See the section of this User’s Guide covering the function for details.

Adjusting the Metronome Volume

Use the following procedure to increase and decrease the volume of the metronome beat.

To adjust the metronome volume

While holding down the CONTROL button, press the keyboard key that corresponds to the metronome volume setting you want to select.

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

•You can set a value from 1 to 3.

❚ NOTE ❚

The metronome volume is automatically set to 2 whenever you turn on piano power.

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