Yamaha CLP-611, CLP-811

One-Hand Practice with Piano Songs

Each piano song has its left-hand and right-hand parts recorded on separate tracks: the right-hand part in

Track [1], and the left-hand part in Track [2]. This makes it possible for you to switch off either part at any

time. This feature is ideal for one-handed practice: just switch off one of the parts, then play the missing

notes yourself in accompaniment with the other part.

BRILLIANCE

REVERBEFFECT TOUCH

TRANSPOSE

MELLOW

NORMAL

BRIGHT

ROOM

HALL 1

HALL 2

STAGE

CHORUS

SYMPHONIC

TREMOLO

ECHO

HARD

MEDIUM

SOFT

FIXED

SONG

MEASURE

TEMPO

SPLIT

FUNCTION

MASTER VOLUME

TRANSPOSE SPLIT

BRILLIANCEREVERB EFFECT TOUCH

VARIATIONPIANO 1 PIANO 2 CLAVI.TONEE.PIANO1 E.PIANO2

VIBES STRINGS CHOIR BASS

HARPSI-

CHORD

PIPE

ORGAN ORGAN

COMBINATION

METRONOME

TEMPO

–

NO +

YES

SONG

SELECT START

STOP REC

RECORDER

DEMO

PIANO SONG

MAX

MIN

2 3 1

Procedure

Switch off the part that you want to play by yourself.

After selecting a piano song as described above, simply press [1] or

[2] to mute (switch off) the right or left part.

When you switch off the track, the indicator above the track button

goes off. (When you first select the song, both indicators will be on.)

• You can toggle each part OFF and ON by pressing the track button as

needed.

Start playback and begin practice.

Press [START/STOP] to begin playback. Play the muted part yourself,

for practice.

Synchronous start

You can set up one-part

playback so that it begins

precisely when you strike

the keyboard. To select this

feature, hold down the track

button that you have set ON

(either [1] or [2]) and press

[START/STOP]. This sets the instrument into SYNCHRO START mode.

Playback of the selected part will then begin when you hit a key on the

keyboard.

When you select SYNCHRO START, a corresponding marking

appears at the center of the display.

Using the left pedal as a START/STOP switch.

You can set the left pedal to operate in the same way as the [START/

STOP] button, so that you can start and stop playback without using your

hands. Left-pedal operation is determined by function F9; see page 33 for

details.

Stopping the playback

The Clavinova automatically prompts for new song selection when

playback is finished. You can stop the song while playback is in progress

by pressing the [START/STOP] button.

Parts cannot be switched off

during continuous (“ALL” or

“RND”) playback.

Switching parts ON/OFF

during playback...

The [1] and [2] buttons can be

used to switch tracks on and off

even while playback is in

progress.

Adjusting the volume of the

muted part...

After switching off a part, you

may notice that you can still hear

it sounding in the background at

low volume. This sound is

intentionally left to provide a

timing guide for your practice.

You are free to adjust its volume,

or to switch it off entirely, by

using function F12. See page 34

for details.

CLP-811/611 Playing the Demos and Piano Songs

If you hold down an unlit track

button and press [START/

STOP]...

The track button comes on and

the Clavinova enters SYNCHRO

START. The track will start

playing back when you hit a key

on the keyboard.

BRILLIANCE

REVERB EFFECT TOUCH

NORMALROOM MEDIUM

SONG

TEMPO

SYNCHRO START marking

Reset of part selection...

The Clavinova automatically sets

both tracks ON when you select

another song.