Kawai LH-1 manual Autoplay, Meter Play Method

Once you have selected a hymn or children’s song, there are three different ways to play it using the Hymns & Children’s Songs feature:

AUTOPLAY: You can play any hymn or children’s song automatically. Simply select a song and press the PLAY button. The selected hymn or song will immediately play back.

METER PLAY METHOD: You can play a hymn or song by tapping any key on the LH- 1 keyboard in “straight meter” (that is, with evenly spaced beats). Your tapping will control both the tempo and the volume of the song’s playback. In essence, the Meter Play Method allows you to “conduct” the hymn or children’s song.

RHYTHM PLAY METHOD: You can play a hymn or song by tapping any key with a prescribed rhythm that corresponds to the melody of the selected hymn or song.

The “Note Navigator” feature in the Display will guide you in playing the proper rhythm.

AUTOPLAY

Once you have selected a hymn or children’s song, you can play it back easily using the AutoPlay method. Simply press the function button that corresponds to the PLAY VERSE button in the Display. When this button is pressed, the selected hymn or song should begin to play immediately. (The song can be stopped at any time by pressing the STOP VERSE button). Also, you can press the BACK function button to return to the hymn or song list for another selection.

Pressing the PLAY VERSE function button again will re-start playing of the hymn or song from the beginning.

METER PLAY METHOD

There are two different “tap methods” available in the LH-1. Both methods allow you to “tap” out a hymn or song on the keyboard. Your tapping will control both tempo and volume of the song’s playback.

The first of the two methods, called the Meter Play Method, allows you to play a hymn or song by tapping any key on the LH-1 keyboard in “straight meter” (that is, with evenly spaced beats… similar to “conducting”).