The bass note corresponds to the lowest note you play.

Note: If you connect a MIDI cable to the PEDAL IN socket on the C-190’s rear panel, the PEDAL part can no longer be played via the keyboard. Be sure to connect the other end of that cable to a pedal unit – or else remove it from the socket.

Playing only bass notes with your left hand

If you prefer to play bass notes without the addition of a MANUAL I register, you need to split the keyboard and switch off all MANUAL I tilt tabs. Here’s how to do that:

(1)Press the [II/I] tilt tab (the “coupler”) in the MANUAL I section to switch it off.

(2)Press the upper part of any MANUAL I tilt tab whose indicator lights.

This switches off the MANUAL I division.

(3)Press the bottom part of a MANUAL II tilt tab to activate the assigned register.

You can activate as many registers as you like.

(4)Use the PEDAL tabs to select the desired registra- tion for the bass notes.

The PEDAL notes now sound in isolation up to the split point for the PEDAL division (which is fixed).

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Using the PEDAL division

Playing the bass notes with an optional pedal unit

The C-190’s PEDAL registers can also be triggered via MIDI. The most convenient way to do that is by using an optional PK-5A, PK-7 or PK-25 dynamic pedal unit.

With the following procedure you can set the C-190 so that the bass notes (of the PEDAL division) are no longer triggered by the keyboard:

(1)Switch off the C-190 and the PK.

(2)Connect the PK’s MIDI OUT port to the C-190’s PEDAL IN socket.

(3)Switch on the PK.

(4)Switch on the C-190.

(5)Start playing on the keyboard and on the PK.

Note: When the PEDAL section is triggered in this way, it is polyphonic (and can therefore sound several notes simulta- neously).

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