Other Useful Digital Keyboard Functions

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Changing the Scale of the

Keyboard

You can use the procedure in this section to change the scale (tuning system) of the keyboard from the standard equal temperament to another scale that is more suitable for playing Indian music, Arabic music, ancient classics, etc.

Using the Scale Editor (CTK-5000 Only)

The Scale Editor provides you the following four options for changing the scale.

 

Display

Description

 

Indicator

 

 

Scale Fine

“Fin”

Changes the tuning value

Tune

“ScalMode”

in 1-cent steps within the

 

 

range of +99 to –99 cents.

 

 

 

Quarter Tone

“qUA”

Lowers the tuning value by

 

“ScalMode”

–50 cents. Use the option

 

 

to lower the E and G notes

 

 

of the scale for Arabic

 

 

music.

 

 

 

Preset

“PrE”

Use this option to select

 

“ScalMode”

from among a collection of

 

 

preset scales.

 

 

 

Equal

“EqU”

Changes the scale to the

Temperament

“ScalMode”

standard equal

 

 

temperament.

 

 

 

1.Press bp.

2.Press 3 and cs at the same time.

3.Use the br (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select the Scale Editor option you want.

If you do not perform any operation for a few seconds after the selection screen appears, the display will return to the previous screen automatically.

4.Press 3.

Now you can perform one of the scale editing operations described below.

Scale Fine Tune

1.Press the key whose note you want to change, and then use the br (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to change the tuning value.

2.After you are finished, press 3 to assign the scale to the keyboard.

Tuning value

F i n : C

Keyboard key

The keyboard key(s) whose notes were changed will be lit.

S c a l M o d e

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