Yamaha YDP131C Owner's Manual - Page 22

ENGLISH Transposition Your digital piano'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, and lets you easily match the pitch of the keyboard to the range of a singer or other instruments. For example, if you set the transposition amount to "5," playing key C produces pitch F. In this way, you can play a song as though it were in C major, and this instrument will transpose it to the key of F. Procedure While holding down the [DEMO/SONG] and [PIANO/VOICE] buttons, press one of the F 2-F 3 keys to set the desired amount of transposition. F 2 C3 F 3 -6 -4 -2 +1 +3 +6 -5 -3 -1 0 +2 +4 +5 Transpose Transpose down. Normal up. pitch. [DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + C3 key: Plays normal keyboard pitch. [DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + B2 key (white key to the left of C3): Transposes the pitch down by one semitone. [DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + B 2 key (the first black key to the left of C3): Transposes the pitch down a whole tone (two semitones). [DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + F 2 key: Transposes the pitch down by six semitones. [DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + C 3 key (black key to the right of C3): Transposes the pitch up by one semitone. [DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + D3 key (the first white key to the right of C3): Transposes the pitch up a whole tone (two semitones). [DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + F 3 key: Transposes the pitch up by six semitones. Transpose: Changing the key signature. On this instrument, transposing shifts the pitch of the entire keyboard. Fine-tuning the Pitch You can fine-tune the pitch of the entire instrument. This function is useful when you play the digital piano along with other instruments or CD music. Procedure To tune up (in about 0.2Hz steps): Hold down the A-1 and B-1 keys simultaneously and press any key between C3 and B3. To tune down (in about 0.2Hz steps): Hold down the A-1 and A -1 keys simultaneously and press any key between C3 and B3. To restore default pitch: Hold down the A-1, A -1 and B-1 simultaneously and press any key between C3 and B3. To tune up To tune down To restore default pitch A-1 B-1 A -1 A-1 A -1 A-1 B-1 C3 B3 Hz (Hertz): This unit of measurement refers to the frequency of a sound and represents the number of times a sound wave vibrates in a second. Setting range: 427.0-453.0 Hz Default pitch: 440.0 Hz 22 YDP-131/YDP-213 Selecting & Playing Voices 20