Quick Guide
CVP-305/303/301 Owner’s Manual 29
Using the Pedals
The Clavinova features three pedals.
●Damper Pedal (Right)
The damper pedal performs the same function as the damper
pedal on an actual acoustic piano, letting you sustain the sound
of the voices even after releasing the keys.
n• Some Voices may sound continuously or have a long decay after
the notes have been released while the damper pedal is held.
• Certain Voices in the “PERCUSSION & DRUM KIT,” “GM&XG”
and “GM2” groups may not be affected by use of the damper
pedal.
●Sostenuto Pedal (Center)
If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press the soste-
nuto pedal while holding the note(s), the notes will sustain as
long as the pedal is held. All subsequent notes will not sustain.
n• Certain Voices, such as [STRINGS] or [BRASS], sustain continu-
ously when the sostenuto pedal is pressed.
• Certain Voices in the “PERCUSSION & DRUM KIT”, “GM&XG”
and “GM2” groups may not be affected by use of the sostenuto
pedal.
●Left Pedal
When the Piano voice is selected, pressing this pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of the notes
you play.
The settings assigned to this pedal may differ depending on the selected Voice.
nThe depth of the left pedal effect can be adjusted (page 91).
Setting the touch sensitivity of the keyboard
You can adjust the touch response of the instrument (how the sound responds to the way you play the keys). The touch
sensitivity type becomes the common setting for all Voices.
1Call up the operation display:
[FUNCTION] → [D] CONTROLLER → TAB [
®
] KEYBOARD/
PANEL → [A] 1 INITIAL TOUCH
2Press the [1
π†
]/[2
π†
] buttons to specify the touch response.
HARD 2..... Requires strong playing to produce high volume. Best
for players with a heavy touch.
HARD 1..... Requires moderately strong playing for high volume.
NORMAL...Standard touch response.
SOFT 1.......Produces high volume with moderate playing strength.
SOFT 2.......Produces relatively high volume even with light play-
ing strength. Best for players with a light touch.
n•This setting does not change the weight of the keyboard.
•When you do not want to apply touch sensitivity, set Touch to OFF for
the corresponding parts by pressing the [5
†
]–[7
†
] buttons. When
Touch is set to OFF, you can specify the fixed volume level by press-
ing the [4
π†
] button.
Damper Pedal
Sostenuto Pedal
Left Pedal
When you press the damper
pedal here, the notes you play
before you release the pedal have
a longer sustain.
When you press the sostenuto
pedal here while holding the
note(s), the notes will sustain as
long as you hold the pedal.