Yamaha CLP-155 Owner's Manual - Page 12

Brilliance (CLP-155) The [BRILLIANCE] button makes it possible to change the tonality or "timbre" of the selected voice to suit your musical requirements. Three settings are provided: MELLOW, NORMAL, and BRIGHT. To select one of these settings, press the [BRILLIANCE] button a few times until the indicator corresponding to the desired setting lights. NORMAL ..... This setting produces the "normal" tone of the selected voice. BRIGHT ....... This setting creates a brighter, sharper tone. MELLOW ..... The MELLOW setting produces a rounder, softer tone. q Memorizing the Brilliance Setting BRILLIANCE C7 MELLOW NORMAL BRIGHT Press the C7 key while holding the [BRILLIANCE] button to memorize the current brilliance setting. The memorized setting will be retained in memory for about one week after the power is turned off, then the default setting (NORMAL) will be restored. To keep the memorized setting for longer periods, turn the power on briefly at least once a week. If this setting is not memorized as described above, it is retained in memory only until the Clavinova is turned off. The Pedals The CLP-154S/155 has three foot pedals that produce a range of expressive effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano. q Soft (Left) Pedal Pressing the soft pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of notes played. q Sostenuto (Center) Pedal 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." q 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. When no REVERB effect is selected and a piano voice is selected, the damper pedal also produces a special "resonance" that simulates the ring of the strings and the sound board of an acoustic piano. Releasing the pedal immediately stops (damps) any sustained notes. The CLP-155 damper pedal additionally features continuous damping. This allows you to create shorter effects by pressing the damper pedal down only part of the way. 9