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CVP-900
Table of Contents

Introduction

SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION ...................................2
PRECAUTIONS.......................................................... 3
About this Owner’s Manual and Data List ..............5
Accessories............................................................... 6
Handling the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD)
and Floppy Disk..................................................... 6
About the Display Messages.................................... 8
Maintenance............................................................ 8
Application Index................................................... 12
What can you do with the Clavinova?................... 14
Setting Up the Clavinova....................................... 16
Panel Controls and Terminals................................ 18

Quick Guide........................... 20

Playing the Demos................................................. 20
Song Playback........................................................ 21
Playback of Songs....................................................21
Playing Voices........................................................ 25
Playing a Voice ........................................................25
Playing Two Voices Simultaneously..........................26
Playing Different Voices with the Left and Right Hands..... 27
Playing Styles......................................................... 28
Playing a style..........................................................28
Style Sections...........................................................30
One Touch Setting...................................................32
Music Finder........................................................... 33
Using the Music Finder............................................33
Searching the Music Finder Records.........................34
Playing and Practicing with the Songs.................. 36
Playing Along with the Clavinova.............................36
Recording................................................................37
Mastering Your Favorite Songs.................................38

Basic Operations

— Organizing Your Data....... 39

Selecting Files and Folders..................................... 41
File/Folder-related Operations.............................. 42
Naming Files/Folders............................................... 42
Moving Files/Folders................................................43
Copying Files/Folders...............................................44
Deleting Files/Folders...............................................44
Saving Files..............................................................45
Organizing Files by Creating a New Folder ..............45
Displaying Upper Level pages..................................45
Entering Characters and Changing Icons................. 45
Using the [DATA ENTRY] Dial................................ 47
Direct Access — Instant Selection of Displays....... 48
Help Messages .......................................................50
Using the Metronome............................................51
Adjusting the Tempo............................................. 51
Tap Tempo..............................................................52

Reference

Playing the Demos.................53

Voices.....................................55

Selecting a Voice.................................................... 55
One-touch Piano Play.............................................. 56
Layer/Left — Playing Several Sounds
Simultaneously.................................................... 57
Layer — Layering Two Different Voices................... 57
Left — Setting Separate Voices for the Left and Right
Sections of the Keyboard..................................... 58
Applying Voice Effects ...........................................58
Using the Pedals.....................................................59

Styles......................................60

Playing a style ........................................................60
Adjusting the Volume Balance/Channel Muting...... 62
Chord Fingerings....................................................63
Arranging the Style Pattern (SECTIONS:
MAIN A/B/C/D, INTRO, ENDING, BREAK) .........65
Stopping the Style Playback While Releasing Keys
(SYNC. STOP)...................................................... 66
Selecting Intro and Ending Types
(INTRO/ENDING)................................................ 67
Playing Fill-in patterns automatically when changing
accompaniment sections — Auto Fill In................ 67
Appropriate Panel Setting for the Selected Style
(ONE TOUCH SETTING)...................................... 68
Automatically Changing One Touch Settings with the
Sections — OTS Link............................................ 69
Registering the Panel Controls in One Touch Setting
(ONE TOUCH SETTING)...................................... 69
Calling Up Ideal Setups for Your Music
— Music Finder....................................................70
Searching the Ideal Setups — Music Finder Search.. 71
Editing Records — Music Finder Record Edit........... 72

Song Playback........................74

Compatible Song Types......................................... 74
Song Playback........................................................ 75
Playing the Internal Songs....................................... 75
Playing Back Songs on Disk..................................... 77
Other Playback-related Operations.......................... 77
Muting Specific Parts
— Track1/Track2/Extra Tracks............................ 78
Repeat Playback of a Specific Range..................... 78
Using the Practice Functions —Guide................... 79
Practice Functions................................................... 79
Practicing Music with the Guide Functions.............. 80
Displaying Music Notation — Score...................... 81
Displaying the Lyrics.............................................. 84