Keyboard Settings

Using Split

5 Now try playing something on the keyboard.

With split you can assign two different tones (a main tone

• Every key from F

3 and below is assigned the

and a split tone) to either end of the keyboard, which lets

PIZZICATO STRINGS tone, while every key from G3

and above is assigned the STRINGS tone.

you play one tone with your left hand and another tone with

6 Press the SPLIT button again to unsplit the keyboard

your right hand. For example, you could select STRINGS as

the main (high range) tone and PIZZICATO STRINGS as the

and return it to normal.

split (low range) tone, putting an entire string ensemble at

 

 

your fingertips.

SPLIT

 

Split also lets you specify the split point, which is the location

 

 

 

on the keyboard where the changeover between the two tones

 

 

occurs.

 

 

To split the keyboard

 

 

 

Split Tone

Main Tone (STRINGS)

1 First select the main tone.

(PIZZICATO STRINGS)

 

 

 

Example: To select “062 STRINGS” as the main tone,

Split point

 

press the TONE button and then use the

 

 

number buttons or [+] and [–] buttons to input

NOTE

 

0, 6 and then 2.

• The split point is the point that separates the Auto

 

 

Accompaniment area (pages E-32 and E-33) and the

S t r i n g s

melody area of the keyboard. You can change the

location of the split point, which also changes the sizes

 

of the keyboard areas.

 

2Press the SPLIT button.

A c o . B a s s

Indicator appears

3Select the split tone.

Example: To select “060 PIZZICATO STRINGS” as the split tone, use the number buttons or [+] and [–] buttons to input 0, 6 and then 0.

P i z z . S t r

4Specify the split point. While holding down the SPLIT button, press the keyboard where you want the leftmost key of the high end range to be.

Example: To specify G3 as the split point, press the G3 key.

G 3

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