Kawai CE200 manual Brief Explanation of Temperaments, Equal Temperament Piano only

Models: CE200

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When you play a key while holding down an adjacent key, an acoustic piano produces a sound as a result of string resonance. The CE200 simulates this phenomenon.

The string resonance volume defaults to "5" each time the power is turned off.

String resonance is not active when the sustain pedal is depressed.

The string resonance function is effective only for the acoustic piano sounds.

5. TEMPERAMENT

 

 

The CE200 piano offers not only equal temperament (the modern

 

 

standard) but also immediate access to temperaments popular during the

 

 

Renaissance and Baroque periods. It should be interesting and educational

 

 

to try some of the different temperaments, although the equal temperament

 

 

is dominant today.

 

 

Press the E.PIANO button while holding down the TOUCH and the

 

 

TRANSPOSE buttons.

 

 

The display alternatively shows “tMP” (= Temperament) and the symbol

 

 

 

 

that indicates which type of temperament is in use.

 

 

Use the VALUE buttons to change the type of temperament.

 

 

BRIEF EXPLANATION OF TEMPERAMENTS

 

 

EQUAL TEMPERAMENT (PIANO ONLY)

 

 

 

 

This is the default temperament. If a piano sound is selected the tuning is

 

 

stretched like an acoustic piano (EQUAL TEMPERAMENT). If any other

 

 

 

 

type of sound is selected the tuning will be EQUAL (FLAT). An explantion

 

 

of EQUAL TEMPERAMENT and EQUAL TEMPERAMENT (FLAT) is

 

 

provided later in this section.

NOTE

 

If a piano sound is used in a layer with any other sound then both sounds

 

 

will use the EQUAL TEMPERAMENT (Stretched) tuning.

Function Buttons

FUNCTION BUTTONS

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Kawai CE200 manual Brief Explanation of Temperaments, Equal Temperament Piano only