KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano

Keyboard part functions

Transpose

The Transpose function changes the pitch of the notes and chords you play. Instead of figuring out what other keys you need to press to accommodate the singer or an instrumentalist, you can set the required Transpose value and go on playing the song the way you practised it, while sounding in a different key. See the example below.

No transposition (C major)

Transpos= 4 (E major)

(1) Press the [Transpose] button.

(4)To switch the Transpose function back off, repeat steps (1) and (2), this time entering the value “0” (no transposition).

(5)Press the [Exit] button to leave this function.

Note: This setting can be saved to a User Program (see p. 46).

Other Keyboard part functions

Here are yet other functions related to the Keyboard parts. These can be set via the FUNCTION menu, or are covered elsewhere:

•Keyboard velocity (see p. 37)

•Master Tune (see p. 44)

•Volume of the Keyboard parts (see p. 42)

•Octave transposition of the Keyboard parts (see p. 44)

Function Part Balance Transpose Reverb

Demo

Volume

Brilliance

Balance

User Program

Basic Advanced

Full

 

 

Accomp

Keyboard

 

Style Orchestrator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The display now looks as follows.

Transpos=120

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(2)Use the [+][–]buttons to set the desired transposi- tion interval.

The setting range is –6~6 semitones. A “semitone” is one step between a white and a black key (or two adjacent white keys, i.e. between “E”/“F” and “B”/“C”). Press [+] or [–]repeatedly to transpose the keyboard up or down.

Here’s an example: if you want to hear an “E” every time you play a “C”, select “4”. All other notes will be shifted by the same amount, so that you end up sounding in E major when you actually play in C major, etc.

The corresponding value and the TRANSPOSE icon appear in the display.

You can also specify which section(s) the Transpose function should apply to:

(3)Press [√][®] to select one of the following options:

TransKey

The Keyboard and Arranger parts will be

 

transposed. Notes received via MIDI, how-

 

ever, will be played without change.

TransDat

Only the song parts will be transposed. This

 

is only meaningful when you play back a

 

Standard MIDI File or one of your own

 

songs with the KR103’s Recorder.

TransAll

All parts are transposed.

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