Operating the Pedals

 

Using the Built-in

Yourself

 

Metronome

 

 

 

During playback, the Disklavier pedals play the pedal data that was recorded with the song. If, however, you want to practice your pedal playing, you can cancel pedal playback and play them yourself.

The Pedal Cancel function is set in the Control Unit.

1 Hold down [PART L] and [PART R] until “PDoff” appears on the display.

PART

LR

You can now play the pedals yourself. “PDoff” remains on the display until the pedals are turned on again.

2 To turn the pedals back on, hold down [PART L] and [PART R] until “PD on” appears on the display.

PART

LR

“PD on” flashes on the display for a few seconds, then goes off.

The pedals now play as normal.

The Disklavier’s built-in metronome can be used for practice playing, playback, and recording. You do not need to play back a song to use this function.

With each beat of the metronome a digital click is produced by the Control Unit. The click can be turned off. In addition to the click, the LED volume indicators function as a visual metronome. On the first beat of each measure, all the indicators flash. On the remaining beats, the left half and right half of the indicators flash alternately.

–10 –8 –6 –4 –2 0

1st beat

2nd beat

3rd beat

All metronome parameters are reset when a disk is ejected or when the Disklavier is turned off.

1 Press [METRONOME].

METRO-

NOME

The METRONOME indicator lights, the metronome starts, and the following display appears.

1 2 3

The c symbol is used to show the currently selected parameter. It is moved by pressing [<] and [>].

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Yamaha DGC1B manual Operating the Pedals Using the Built-in Yourself Metronome, Press Metronome

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