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Playing Differen tPrese tSoun ds(Play Mode)
Youca nsel ecta soun dfor your perfo rmanc efro m61p reset
sounds.Eachsoundalreadyhasasuitableeectapplied.
When you turn the un it on or stop song playback, the u nit will en-
ter Play mode.
1. While pre ssing a nd holding down the SO UND but ton (lo -
cated on t he top pa nel), press one of the keys ranging from
C2 to C7.
The sound will c hange depending on t he key that you press.
(See"So undand SongL ist"on thenex tpage.)S hortPhr ase
sounds are assigned to the black keys.
Whenyoutur ntheunit on,thedefault sound(GrandPiano) will
be selected.

What are Short Phrase sounds?

Twenty-veShortPhrasesoundsareassignedtotheblackkeys.
If you select one of these s ounds by pressing the correspond-
ing black key, the microPIANO will automatically play the pro-
grammedphrase.TheseShor tPhrasesincludeaccompaniment
tunesincluding(those oenheardplayedwithaba rrel(roller)
organ),part ofafa mouspiece forpipeorga ns,as hortpiano
phrase of low-range accompan iment t ypically played by the
lehand(sothatyoucanplayamelodyw ithyourrighthand),
etc.
Listening to Songs (Song Mode)
The microPIANO features 40 songs.
Eachsongusesanappropriatesoundandeect.
1. Whilepres singand holdingdown theSONGb uon,press
one of the keys ranging from C2 to D #5.
Playbackstarts fromthe selected song(see"S oundand Song
List"on thenext page),thenc ontinuesand repeatsal lofthe
songs in ascending order until you stop playback.
2. PresstheSONGbuonagaintost opplayback.
Youcanselecta dierentsongby pressingandholdi ngdown
theSONG button andp ressing oneof theke yswith inth at
range.

Playingthekeyboardwhilelisteningtoasong

You can play the keyboard using your favorit e prese t sound
while listening to a song.
Whileasongisplaying,pre ssandholddowntheSOUNDbut-
ton and press one of the keys ra nging from C2 to C7 to select
your favorite sound.
Youcanal soselect adierent presetsound (foryour perfor-
mance)inPlayModebeforethesongstartsplayingback.
If you select a preset sou nd during playback of a song , the ef-
fect that’s applied to t he selected preset sound will also be ap-
pliedtothecur rentsong.Ifyouswitch toadierentsong, the
eectthat’sappliedtothese lectedsongwillalso beappliedto
the preset sound of your performance on the keyb oard.
ListeningtoaSongusingaDifferentSound(UserAutoperformMode)
Eachsongusesa recommendedpresetsound.Youca nswitchthis
sound to one of your choosing.
1. While pres sing and holding down t he SOUND and SONG
buonsonthetoppane l,pressoneofthekeys rangingfrom
C2 to D#5.
Playbackstarts fromthe selected song(see"S oundand Song
List"on thenext page),thenc ontinuesand repeatsal lofthe
songs in ascending order until you stop the playback.
2. While the song is playing, on t he top panel press and hold
downtheSOUND buonandpressone ofthekeysra nging
fromC2toC7toselectadier entsound.
The song will start using the ne wly selected preset sound.
YoucanalsoselectasoundinPlayModeb eforeyoustartplay-
ing back the song.
3. Tostopplayback, pressthe SOUNDandSONG buonssi-
multaneously.
Youcanselecta dierentsongby pressingandholdi ngdown
theSOUND andSONGbuons andpressing oneof thekeys
within that range.
Youcanalso selecta songinSong mode.Todoso, pressand
holddowntheSONG buontostopplayback, andenterSong
mode while pressing a desired key to select the song.
Youcannotsele ctthepres etShortPhra sesoundst hatareas-
signedtoblackkeys.Ifyouselectanyofthem,MusicBox1will
automatically be selected.
UsingOtherFunctions
C2 C3
Confirmation sound On/Off
Off
On
G � 3
A3
EBCDF
AG
F
�G
�A
�C
�D
�
Transpose (F
� 2–F3)
Press
these
simul-
taneously

Transposefunction

Insomecases, asongmaybe wrieninad icultkey(e.g.,using
manyblackkeys), oryoumay wishto shithe keytomatch an-
otherinstrumentorvocalist.I nsuchcases,youcantranspose(shi
thekey)tousean easierngering,orto usethesamefam iliarn-
geringtoplayinadierentkey.Youcanshi thekeyinarangeof
eleven semitones.
For example if you transpose upward by one semitone, play ing the
notesshowninthescoreont helebelowwillproducethepitches
shown in the score on the right.
• Totranspose thekey, pressand holddown theC2 andC#2
keys(ontheleendof thekeyboard),andpres sakeyinthe
range from F#2 to B2 or from C#3 to F3 .
Forexample,ifyouwishtousetheC4keytoplaynoteA3(lower
bythreesemitones),press andholddowntheC 2 and C#2 keys
(ontheleendofthekeyboard), and press the A2 key.
If you wish to use the C4 key to play not e D#4 (higher by three
semitones),pressand holddownt heC2and C#2 keys (on the
leendofthekeyboard),andpresstheD#3key.
Toresett heTranspose function to“NoTra nsposition(+/-0),”
press and hold down the C2 and C#2keys(ontheleendofthe
keyboard),andpresstheC3key.
Thedefaultsei ng(whenyoutur nonthe unit)is“No Trans-
position.”

Abouttheconrmationsound

When you simultaneously press the C2 and C#2 keys (on the
leendof thekeyboard),or whenyoupre ssakey toselecta
presetsound orsong, youwil lheart heconrmat ionsound.
Youcanturnthissoundo,asdescribedbelow.
While simultaneously pressing a nd holding down the C2 and
C#2keys,pressG#3to turnothecon rmationsound.Toturn
iton, press A3whil esimult aneously pressi ngand holding
down the C2 and C#2 keys.
Thedefaultse ing(whenyout urnonthe unit)is "Conrma-
tionsoundOn.”