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Setting the Base Note for Each Scale, Tuning Each Note to Create an Original Scale

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1. Voices - Playing the Keyboard - Setting the Base Note for Each Scale When the base note is changed, the pitch of the keyboard is transposed, yet the original pitch relationship between the notes is maintained. Please make sure to specify the appropriate Base Note, if you select a scale other than Equal Temperament, or create an original scale via Scale Tune function. Press the [FUNCTION] button then use the CATEGORY [] buttons as many times as necessary to select the "Base Note." Use the dial to select the Base Note from C, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, Ab, A, Bb, B. The setting can be reset to the initial default value by pressing the [-/NO] and [+/ YES] buttons simultaneously. Tuning Each Note to Create an Original Scale You can tune the individual notes in cents to create your original scale. The term "cent" refers to one hundredth of a semitone (i.e., 100 cents = 1 semitone). After selecting the appropriate Base Note, follow the instructions below. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button then use the CATEGORY [] buttons as many times as necessary to select "Scale Tune." 2 Use the dial to select the note to be tuned, then press the [EXECUTE] button. The tuning value is highlighted, allowing you to tune the note. Note Tuning value (cent) NOTE • The settings here are linked with the Base Note. For example, if the Base Note for the original scale is changed from C to F, the tuning values for keys C-B are shifted to F-E. 3 Use the dial to tune the note, then press the [EXECUTE] button. The tuning range is between -64 - +63. The setting can be reset to the initial default value by pressing the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons simultaneously. Owner's Manual 23

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Owner’s Manual
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1. Voices – Playing the Keyboard –
Setting the Base Note for Each Scale
When the base note is changed, the pitch of the keyboard is transposed, yet the orig-
inal pitch relationship between the notes is maintained. Please make sure to specify
the appropriate Base Note, if you select a scale other than Equal Temperament, or
create an original scale via Scale Tune function.
Press the [FUNCTION] button then use the CATEGORY [
<
] and [
>
]
buttons as many times as necessary to select the “Base Note.” Use
the dial to select the Base Note from C, C
#
, D, E
b
, E, F, F
#
, G, A
b
, A,
B
b
, B.
The setting can be reset to the initial default value by pressing the [-/NO] and [+/
YES] buttons simultaneously.
Tuning Each Note to Create an Original Scale
You can tune the individual notes in cents to create your original scale. The term
“cent” refers to one hundredth of a semitone (i.e., 100 cents = 1 semitone). After
selecting the appropriate Base Note, follow the instructions below.
1
Press the [FUNCTION] button then use the CATEGORY [
<
] and
[
>
] buttons as many times as necessary to select “Scale Tune.”
2
Use the dial to select the note to be tuned, then press the [EXE-
CUTE] button.
The tuning value is highlighted, allowing you to tune the note.
3
Use the dial to tune the note, then press the [EXECUTE] button.
The tuning range is between -64 – +63. The setting can be reset to the initial
default value by pressing the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons simultaneously.
• The settings here are linked
with the Base Note. For
example, if the Base Note for
the original scale is changed
from C to F, the tuning values
for keys C–B are shifted to
F–E.
NOTE
Tuning value (cent)
Note