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Pitch-Related Settings, Fine-tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument, Scale Tuning

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Pitch-Related Settings Fine-tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument You can fine-tune the pitch of the entire instrument such as keyboard, Style and Song parts (except the keyboard part played by the Drum Kit or SFX Kit Voices, and audio playback)-a useful feature when playing this instrument along with other instruments or audio playback. 1 Call up the operation display. [MENU] → Cursor buttons [][][E][F] Master Tune/ Scale Tune, [ENTER] → TAB [E] Master Tune 2 Use the [4 ]/[5 ] (Master Tune) buttons to set the tuning in 0.2 Hz steps. Press both [] and [] buttons (of 4 or 5) simultaneously to reset the value to the factory setting of 2 440.0 Hz. Scale Tuning Voices You can select various scales for playing in custom tunings for specific historical periods or music genres. 1 Call up the operation display. [MENU] → Cursor buttons [][][E][F] Master Tune/ Scale Tune, [ENTER] → TAB [F] Scale Tune 2 Use the [1 ] (Type) buttons to call up the Scale Tune Type window, and then use the [1 ]/[2 ] buttons to select the desired scale. After selecting, press the [EXIT] button to close the window. The tuning of each note for the currently selected scale is shown. 2 3  Preset Scale types Equal Pure Major, Pure Minor Pythagorean Mean-Tone The pitch range of each octave is divided equally into twelve parts, with each halfstep evenly spaced in pitch. This is the most commonly used tuning in music today. These tunings preserve the pure mathematical intervals of each scale, especially for triad chords (root, third, fifth). You can hear this best in actual vocal harmonies- such as choirs and a cappella singing. This scale was devised by the famous Greek philosopher and is created from a series of perfect fifths, which are collapsed into a single octave. The 3rd in this tuning are slightly unstable, but the 4th and 5th are beautiful and suitable for some leads. This scale was created as an improvement on the Pythagorean scale, by making the major third interval more "in tune." It was especially popular from the 16th century to the 18th century. Handel, among others, used this scale. 10 DGX-670 Reference Manual

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DGX-670 Reference Manual
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Voices
Fine-tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument
You can fine-tune the pitch of the entire instrument such as keyboard, Style and Song parts (except the
keyboard part played by the Drum Kit or SFX Kit Voices, and audio playback)—a useful feature when
playing this instrument along with other instruments or audio playback.
1
Call up the operation display.
[MENU]
→
Cursor buttons [
][
][
E
][
F
]
Master Tune
/
Scale Tune
, [ENTER]
→
TAB [
E
]
Master Tune
2
Use the [4

]/[5

] (
Master Tune
) buttons to set the tuning in 0.2 Hz steps.
Press both [
] and [
] buttons (of 4 or 5) simultaneously to reset the value to the factory setting of
440.0 Hz.
Scale Tuning
You can select various scales for playing in custom tunings for specific historical periods or music genres.
1
Call up the operation display.
[MENU]
→
Cursor buttons [
][
][
E
][
F
]
Master Tune
/
Scale Tune
, [ENTER]
→
TAB [
F
]
Scale Tune
2
Use the [1

] (
Type
) buttons to call up the
Scale Tune Type
window, and then use
the [1

]/[2

] buttons to select the desired scale.
After selecting, press the [EXIT] button to close the window.
Preset Scale types
Pitch-Related Settings
Equal
The pitch range of each octave is divided equally into twelve parts, with each half-
step evenly spaced in pitch. This is the most commonly used tuning in music today.
Pure Major
,
Pure
Minor
These tunings preserve the pure mathematical intervals of each scale, especially for
triad chords (root, third, fifth). You can hear this best in actual vocal harmonies—
such as choirs and a cappella singing.
Pythagorean
This scale was devised by the famous Greek philosopher and is created from a
series of perfect fifths, which are collapsed into a single octave. The 3rd in this tun-
ing are slightly unstable, but the 4th and 5th are beautiful and suitable for some
leads.
Mean-Tone
This scale was created as an improvement on the Pythagorean scale, by making the
major third interval more “in tune.” It was especially popular from the 16th century
to the 18th century. Handel, among others, used this scale.
3
2
The tuning of each note for the
currently selected scale is shown.