Playing with Different Tones

VOLUME

TONE/SETTING

SONG ￿/￿

POWER

METRONOME

GRAND PIANO

Selecting and Playing a Tone

This digital piano has 11 built-in tones.

*You can select these tones using keyboard keys. The name of the tones assigned to each keyboard key is marked above the keys. For details about selecting these tones, see “Selecting a Tone Using the Keyboard Keys” on page E-7.

1. Press the POWER button to turn on the digital piano.

NOTE

•Grand Piano Tones (MODERN, CLASSIC)

Your digital piano has a total of 11 built-in tones. The MODERN and CLASSIC tones are stereo sampled tones that can be selected using the GRAND PIANO buttons. Try using the GRAND PIANO tones to familiarize yourself with their distinctive sounds and characteristics.

Tone Name

Characteristics

 

 

This tone provides a bright and hard grand piano sound. The volume and timbre of this tone is quick to

MODERN respond to different keyboard pressures, and it has relatively strong reverb. This tone is a good choice for dynamic and lively performances.

IMPORTANT!

•When you turn on the piano, it performs a power up operation in order to initialize its system. During system initialization, the LR button lamps flash for about six seconds to let you know that system initialization is in progress.

2. Select the tone you want.

•Press one of the GRAND PIANO buttons to select either a modern sound (MODERN) or a classic sound (CLASSIC).

•A lamp will light above the currently selected button.

•See “Selecting a Tone Using the Keyboard Keys” on page E-7 for information about selected other tones.

3.Use the VOLUME controller to adjust the volume level.

4.Try playing something on the digital piano.

CLASSIC

This is a natural piano tone that closely resembles the sound of an acoustic grand piano. Though reverb and other effects are kept to a minimum, doing so enhances the impact of operating the piano pedals (acoustic resonance), for musically delicate expressions. This tone is a good choice for lesson and practice sessions.

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