Yamaha PSR-OR700 Using Oriental Scales, Setting an Oriental Scale, — Scale Setting, Scale Tuning, 1 Call up the operation display

Using Oriental Scales — Scale Setting/Scale Tuning/Scale Memory

The Oriental Scales feature lets you simply and easily raise or lower the pitches of specific notes and create your own scales. You can change the scale settings at any time–even when you are playing. Up to six scale settings can be stored for instant recall, whenever you need them.

Setting an Oriental Scale

— Scale Setting

The [SCALE SETTING] buttons simulate an one-octave keyboard (C through B). You can easily change the scale setting at any time by pressing one of the [SCALE SETTING] buttons, located at the left side of the panel.

Pressing each button turns the Scale Setting feature for the specific note on and off. The Scale Setting feature affects all the notes having the same note name in all octaves. When set to on (the selected button itself is lit), you can play the keyboard in the selected oriental scale.

The scale setting for each note is -50 cents. You can also adjust the scale tuning in 1-cent units in the SCALE TUNE display.

Scale Tuning

You can select various scales for playing in custom tunings for specific historical periods or music genres.

1 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION] → [A] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE → TAB [√][®] SCALE TUNE

2 Select the desired part for which you want to set the scale by using the [6π†]/[7π†] buttons.

Checkmark the box by pressing the [8π] button.

3 Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the desired scale.

The tuning of each note for the currently selected scale is indicated in the keyboard illustration at the upper right of the display.

The [SCALE SETTING] buttons will light or go out according to the song playback data.

The Scale Setting function has no effect on the Drum Kit/SFX Kit voices.

You also can call up the SCALE TUNE display by pressing the [SCALE TUNE] button.

Scales Oriental Using

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