Yamaha CLP-380 Owner's Manual - Page 24

Basic Operation Selecting and Playing Voices Using the pedals The Clavinova has three foot pedals: damper pedal (right), sostenuto pedal (center), and soft pedal (left) that produce a range of expressive effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano. Damper (right) pedal When you press the damper pedal, the notes you play have a longer sustain. When you select Grand Piano 1, pressing the damper pedal activates the instrument's special "Sustain Samples" to accurately recreate the unique resonance of an acoustic grand piano's soundboard and strings. The damper pedal also features a naturally expressive halfpedal function. When you press the damper pedal here, the notes you play before you release the pedal have a longer sustain. Sostenuto (center) pedal If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press the sostenuto pedal while holding the note(s), the notes will sustain as long as the pedal is held. All subsequent notes will not sustain. When you press the sostenuto pedal here while holding the note(s), the notes will sustain as long as you hold the pedal. Soft pedal (left) The soft pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of notes played while the pedal is pressed. (The soft pedal will not affect notes that are already playing when it is pressed. Press the pedal immediately before you play the target notes.) With the Vibraphone, Jazz Organ and Mellow Organ voices, this pedal turns vibrato on and off or toggles the speed of vibrato. (See page 98.) TIP If the damper pedal doesn't work, or notes are sustained even when the pedal is not pressed, make sure that the pedal cord is properly plugged into the [PEDAL] jack on the unit (see step 6 on page 119). Also, make sure that the RPedalFunc parameter in the "FUNCTION" menu is set to ON (see page 96). TERMINOLOGY Half-pedal: While playing the piano with Sustain and you want to slightly mute the sustained sound, release the damper pedal from maximum position to half position. TIP The threshold at which the Half Pedal effect starts can be set from the Half Pedal Point parameter in the Function menu (page 98). TIP You can adjust the depth of the resonance produced by the "Sustain Samples" using the Sustain Sampling Depth parameter in the "FUNCTION" menu. (See page 99.) TIP You can assign a function to each pedal via the "RPedalFunc", "CPedalFunc", and "LPedalFunc" parameters in the "FUNCTION" menu. (See page 96.) TIP The center and left pedals can also be assigned to song start/stop operation (PLAY/PAUSE function) via the "PedalPlay/Pause" parameter in the "FUNCTION" menu (on page 98). 24 CLP-380 Owner's Manual