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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.
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).
0
5
1
6
2
7
3
8
4
9
SOUND
RHYTHM
MELODY
ON/OFF
As you raise the key, 1 is C , 2 is
D, and so on. As you lower the
key, –1 is B, –2 is B , –3 is A,
and so on.
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 au tomati-
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
90-96 after changing the key, the
keyboard split changes accord-
ingly.
• Changing the key does not affect
the PERCUSSION (No. 99) preset
sound.
VOLUMESYNCHRO/
FILL-IN START/
STOP
TEMPO
TRANSPOSE/TU
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