CLP-295GP Owner’s Manual 27
Basic Operation
Selecting and Playing Voices

Selecting Voices

Procedure
Voice
On the Clavinova, a voice
means “tone” or “tonal color.”
You can also switch between
voices in the same group by
pressing a voice group button
repeatedly.
To learn characteristics of the
voices, listen to demo songs for
each voice group (page 20).
Refer to “Preset Voice List” on
page 108 for more information
on characteristics of each pre-
set voice.
You can control the loudness of
a voice by how hard you play
the keyboard, although different
playing styles (touch sensitivi-
ties) have little or no effect with
the sound of certain musical
instruments. Refer to “Preset
Voice List” on page 108.
XG is a major enhancement of
the GM System level 1 format,
and was developed by Yamaha
specially to provide more
voices and variations, as well
as greater expressive control
over voices and effects, and to
ensure compatibility of data
well into the future.
1. Select a voice group.
Press a voice group button.
2. Select a voice.
Use A [–][+] buttons to select a voice.
•For details on XG voices, refer to “XG voice list” (the separate data list booklet).
If you select XG
XG voices are categorized and included in separate folders. You can select the XG voice group first, then select the desired voice.2-1. Simultaneously press the [–][+] screen buttons located beside the XG voice name display, to access a screen where you can select XG voices.2-2. Use A [–][+] buttons to select the voice group.2-3. Use C [–][+] buttons to select the desired voice.
FUNCTION
iAFC
SETTING
CHORUSREVERB
BRILLIANCE
MELLOWBRIGHT
VOICE
SETTING
SPLIT
GUITAR
VIBRA-
PHONE
E.CLAVI-
CHORD
HARPSI-
CHORD
SYNTH.
PAD WOOD
BASS E.BASS
E.PIANO
2
E.PIANO
1
GRAND
PIANO 1
CHURCH
ORGAN JAZZ
ORGAN
GRAND
PIANO 2
STRINGS CHOIR XG
CONTRAST
EXIT
B
D
NO YES
A
C
METRONOME
ON/OFF SETTING
DOWN UP
TEMPO
EXTRA
PARTS LEFT RIGHT SONG
SELECT
FILE/SONG
SETTING
PLAY/PAUSESTOPREC
SONG
NEW SONG SYNC START
REPEAT
DEMOSONG BALANCE
KEYBOARD
SONG
MIN MAX
MASTER VOLUME VOICE
21Voice group buttons
TERMINOLOGY
TIP
TIP
TIP
TIP
Voice group Voice name Voice group Voice name
GRANDPIANO1
GrandPiano1
CHURCHORGAN
PipeOrganPrincipal
MellowPiano PipeOrganTutti
RockPiano PipeOrganFlute 1
HonkyTonkPiano PipeOrganFlute 2
GRANDPIANO2 GrandPiano2
JAZZORGAN
JazzOrgan
BrightPiano RotaryOrgan
E.PIANO1 E.Piano1 MellowOrgan
SynthPiano
STRINGS
Strings
E.PIANO2 E.Piano2 SynthStrings
Vintage E.Piano SlowStrings
HARPSICHORD Harpsichord8'
CHOIR
Choir
Harpsichord8'+4' SlowChoir
E.CLAVICHORD E.Clavichord Scat
Wah Clavi. SYNTH.PAD SynthPad 1
VIBRAPHONE
Vibraphone SynthPad 2
Marimba WOOD BASS WoodBass
Celesta Bass&Cymbal
GUITAR NylonGuitar E.BASS ElectricBass
SteelGuitar FretlessBass
XG XGVoice