Playing with Different Tones

Playing a Piano Duet

You can use the Duet Mode to split the piano’s keyboard in the center so two people can play a duet. The left and right side keyboards have virtually the same range. The left pedal operates as the left side damper pedal, while the right pedal is the right side damper pedal.

The Duet Mode is the perfect way to conduct lessons, with the teacher playing on the left side as the student playing the same song on the right side.

Keyboard

 

 

 

Split point

 

 

 

 

Left keyboard

 

 

Right keyboard

 

C3

C4

C5

C6

C3

C4

C5

C6

 

(middle C)

 

 

 

(middle C)

 

 

Pedals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left side damper pedal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right side damper pedal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left and right side

damper pedal

NOTE

Only the damper pedal for the right side keyboard supports half-pedal operations.

1. Press one of the GRAND PIANO buttons (MODERN or CLASSIC) to select the piano tone you want to use for the duet.

NOTE

You can use only the MODERN or CLASSIC tone for a duet.

2. Press the MODERN and CLASSIC GRAND

PIANO buttons at the same time.

This will enter the Duet Mode and split the keyboard. The GRAND PIANO lamp will flash momentarily to let you know when the Duet Mode is entered.

3.To exit the Duet Mode, press either the MODERN or CLASSIC GRAND PIANO

button.

IMPORTANT!

The digital piano also will exit the Duet Mode if you use the TONE/SETTING button and tone setting keyboard keys to select a tone in step 3.

You cannot use the Duet Mode while recording.

Changing the Octaves of the Keyboards

You can change the ranges of the left and right keyboards in octave units from their initial default settings. This comes in handy, for example, if the initial default range is not enough when one person is playing the left hand part and another person is playing the right hand part.

1. While holding down the MODERN and

CLASSIC GRAND PIANO buttons, press the

keyboard key of C that you want located at C4 (middle C) of the left keyboard.

Example: Press the keyboard key of the leftmost C will assign the range shown below.

 

Left keyboard

 

 

Right keyboard

 

C4

C5

C6

C7

C3

C4

C5

C6

(Pressed key)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 octave higher than initial

 

Unchanged

 

 

 

setting

 

 

 

 

 

2. While holding down the MODERN and

CLASSIC GRAND PIANO buttons, press the

keyboard key of C that you want located at C4 (middle C) of the right keyboard.

NOTE

You can return the keyboards to their initial default ranges by exiting and then re-entering the Duet Mode.

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