SPECIAL FEATURES
CHANGING KEYS
The Concertmate 970 automatically selects the key of middle C each time you turn it on.
For added flexibility as you make mu- sic, the Concertmate 970 lets you change (transpose) the musical key in which it plays.
1.Press and hold SOUND, then press and release RHYTHM. The display shows the current key set- ting.
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | SOUND |
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5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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Note: The number on the display is the number of “semitones” to which the keyboard is set, com- pared to its default key. A semi- tone is a measurement that represents the acoustical interval between the keys of any two keys on the keyboard. For example, the difference between C and C 
or B and B is one semitone. You can transpose the key down 6 semi- tones (to an F 
) and up 5 semi- tones (to an F) — a full octave.
2.Within 5 seconds, press TRANS- POSE/TUNE s or t to raise or lower the key. Each time you press the key, the number on the display in- creases or decreases by 1 (semi- tone).
VOLUME SYNCHRO/ START/ TEMPO
TRANSPOSE/TU
As you raise the key, 1 is C
, 2 is D, and so on. As you lower the key, 
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Notes:
•You can also use the number key- pad to quickly raise the key. Press the desired semitone value (1 to 5).
•To reset the keyboard to its default key (middle C), press both
TRANSPOSE/TUNE s and t at the same time. 0 appears on the dis- play.
•You cannot change the key while the juke box mode is turned on.
•The Concertmate 970 automati- cally resets the key to the default value of 0 (middle C) each time you turn off the keyboard or play the juke box tunes.
•Each preset sound plays within a specified range. If a key change causes a note to exceed its range, the same note sounds in the near- est octave.
•When you select preset sounds
•Changing the key does not affect the PERCUSSION (No. 99) preset sound.
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