Yamaha CLP-480 Owner's Manual - Page 69
Fine tuning the pitch, Selecting a tuning curve for a piano, Voice, Selecting a scale
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Fine tuning the pitch Tune You can fine tune the pitch of the entire instrument. This function is useful when you play the Clavinova along with other instruments or CD music. NOTE The pitch of audio song playback cannot be fine tuned. Tune A3=440.0Hz Setting range: A3 = 414.8 Hz - 466.8 Hz (0.2 Hz steps) Default setting: A3 = 440.0 Hz Set the value. Selecting a tuning curve for a piano Voice PianoTuningCurve You can select a tuning curve from the Voices in the [GRAND PIANO 1] - [GRAND PIANO 4]. Select "Flat" if you feel the tuning curve of the piano Voice does not quite match that of other instruments' Voices. PianoTuningCurve Stretch Select the setting. Setting range: • Stretch Tuning curve particularly for pianos. • Flat Tuning curve in which the frequency is precisely octave doubled over the entire keyboard range. Default setting: Stretch Selecting a scale Scale Select a root note. Scale BaseNote=C PureMajor Select a scale. Setting range: • Equal One octave is divided into twelve equal intervals. Currently most popular piano tuning scale. • PureMajor/PureMinor Based on natural overtones, three major chords using these scales produce a beautiful, pure sound. • Pythagorean This scale, designed by Pythagoras, a Greek philosopher, is based on the interval of a perfect 5th. The 3rd produces swells, but the 4th and 5th are beautiful and suitable for some leads. • MeanTone This scale is an improvement of the Pythagorean in that the swell of the 3rd has been eliminated. It spread during the late 16th century through the late 18th century. Handel used this scale. • Werckmeister/Kirnberger These scales combine Mean Tone and Pythagorean in different ways. With these scales, modulation changes the impression and feel of the Songs. They were often used in the era of Bach and Beethoven. They are also often used now to reproduce the music of that era on harpsichords. Default setting: Equal Determines the fundamental (root) note for the scale If you select a scale other than Equal, you need to specify the root note using the B [- (NO)][+ (YES)] buttons. Setting range: Default setting: C Detailed Settings 69 Other settings - [FUNCTION]