Using Baroque Pitch

During the Baroque Era, standard pitch (A4) was lower than the modern standard. The Baroque pitch setting of your digital piano lets you play Baroque era music at the pitch it was written for.

Use the keys shown below to change the Baroque pitch setting.

 

Setting Range

A￿5

G5

A￿5 (black key)

ON: Baroque pitch (A4 = 415.3Hz)

 

G5 ...........

OFF: Modern standard (A4 = 440.0Hz)

To turn Baroque pitch off and on

1. Hold down the CONTROL button. Note that you must keep the CONTROL button depressed until step 3, below.

2. While still holding down the CONTROL button, switch baroque pitch on or off by pressing one of the keyboard keys illustrated below.

A￿5 (black key) : ON

G5 : OFF

• No sound is produced when the keys are pressed.

3.Release the CONTROL button.

NOTE

The Baroque pitch setting you make is retained until you change it or until you switch power off. Whenever you switch power on, the default setting is off (A4 = 440.0Hz).

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