Playing with an Oriental Scale

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You can change the scale of the keyboard to various Oriental scales or other temperaments.

•The settings you configure with the scale function are retained even when the Digital Keyboard is turned off.

Using Quarter Tones

You can use the procedure below to instantly lower the note assigned to all the keyboard keys that play it by one quarter tone (50 cents) and to return it to its original tuning.

1.Use buttons D-6 (KEY C) through D-17 (KEY B) to specify the note you want to lower. Press the button with the note name.

•The button you press will light*1 to specify that it is on,

and that the note for all of the corresponding keyboard keys is lowered by one quarter tone.

Example: To lower the E-note keys one quarter tone

•The C indicator also appears on the display.*2

Indicator*2

*1 Lit while the tuning of the note that corresponds to the button is lowered from its normal (equal temperament) tuning.

*2 Indicates that at least one of the 12 notes has been changed from normal (equal temperament) tuning.

2.To return a note to its normal tuning, press the applicable button again so it becomes unlit (off).

Lit*1

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