Playing with Different Tones
Pedal functions
•Damper pedal
Pressing this pedal causes notes to reverberate and to sustain longer.
•Soft pedal
Pressing this pedal dampens notes and slightly reduces their volume. Only notes played after the pedal is depressed are affected, and any notes played before the pedal is pressed sound at their normal volume.
•Sostenuto pedal
Like the damper pedal, this pedal causes notes to reverberate and to sustain longer. The difference between the two pedals is the timing when they are pressed.
With the sostenuto pedal, you press the pedal after depressing the notes you want to sustain. Only the notes whose keyboard keys are depressed when the sostenuto pedal is pressed are affected.
Selecting the Pedal Function
Apedal connected to the piano’s PEDAL SOFT/ SOSTENUTO jack can operate as either a soft pedal or a sostenuto pedal. When you turn on the keyboard, the pedal is initially configured for soft pedal operation. You can perform the following operation to select either soft or sostenuto for the pedal operation.
1While holding down the CONTROL button, use the keyboard keys shown below to select either soft or sostenuto.
Soft: 
Sostenuto: 
Using the Built-in Metronome
You can use the metronome to sound a count that helps keep you in proper time.
1 | Press the METRONOME button. |
| • This starts the metronome. |
2 | While holding down the CONTROL |
| button, press the BEAT [ ] or [ ] button |
to specify how many beats there are per measure.
•The first value of the beat can be set to a value of 2 through 6. The bell (indicating the first beat of a measure) does not sound while a value of 0 is specified. All beats are indicated by a click sound. This setting lets you practice with a steady beat, without worrying about how many beats there are in each measure.
3 While holding down the CONTROL button, use the TEMPO [ ] and [ ] buttons to change the tempo (speed) of the metronome.
•You can also use keyboard keys to change the tempo setting (See page
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C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 | C8 |
4 Press the METRONOME button again to stop the metronome.