Yamaha CLP-311 Owner's Manual - Page 13

The Pedals The CLP-311 has two foot pedals that produce a range of expressive effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano. Soft/Sostenuto pedal Damper pedal Soft/Sostenuto (Left) Pedal When the power is turned on the left pedal is set for soft pedal operation. Pressing the soft pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of notes played. The left pedal can be switched to sostenuto operation by pressing the pedal while holding the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button. If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press the sostenuto pedal while the note(s) are held, those notes will be sustained as long as the pedal is held (as if the damper pedal had been pressed) but all subsequently played notes will not be sustained. This makes it possible to sustain a chord, for example, while other notes are played "staccato." You can switch back to soft pedal operation at any time simply by pressing the pedal while holding the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button again. Damper (Right) Pedal The damper pedal functions in the same way as a damper pedal on an acoustic piano. When the damper pedal is pressed notes played have a long sustain. Releasing the pedal immediately stops (damps) any sustained notes. Transposition The Clavinova's TRANSPOSE function makes it possible to shift the pitch of the entire keyboard up or down in semitone intervals up to a maximum of six semitones. "Transposing" the pitch of the Clavinova keyboard facilitates playing in difficult key signatures, and you can easily match the pitch of the keyboard to the range of a singer or other instrumentalist. The [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button and keys F#2 through F#3 on the keyboard are used for transposition. MIDI/TRANSPOSE F#2 C3 F#3 -6 -4 -2 +1 +3 +6 -5 -3 -1 0 +2 +4 +5 Transpose Transpose down. up. Normal pitch. Z Press and hold the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button. X Press a key between F#2 and F#3 according to the desired amount of transposition.* C Release the [MIDI/TRANSPOSE] button. * Pressing the C3 key produces normal keyboard pitch. Pressing the key to the left of C3 (B2) transposes the pitch of the keyboard down a semitone, the next key to the left (Bb2) transposes down a whole tone (two semitones), etc., down to the F#2 key which transposes down 6 semitones. Upward transposition is accomplished in the same way using the keys to the right of C3, up to F#3 which transposes up 6 semitones. NOTE • Notes below and above the A-1 - C7 of the Clavinova sound one octave higher and lower, respectively. 8