Yamaha N3 N3/N2 Owners Manual - Page 24

Transposition, To transpose the pitch down in semitone steps, To initialize the normal pitch

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ENGLISH Basic Operations and More Transposition This instrument's Transpose function makes it possible to easily match the pitch of the keyboard in semitone intervals 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 F major. While holding down the [FUNCTION] button, press one of the F#2-F#3 keys to set the desired amount of transposition. Holding down both controls shows the current amount of transposition. F#2 F#3 C3 -6 -4 -2 +1 +3 +6 -5 -3 -1 0 +2 +4+5 Transpose down. Transpose up. Normal pitch ● To transpose the pitch down (in semitone steps): Press one of the F#2-B2 keys while holding the [FUNCTION] button. ● To transpose the pitch up (in semitone steps): Press one of the C#3-F#3 keys while holding the [FUNCTION] button. ● To initialize the normal pitch: Press the C3 key while holding the [FUNCTION] button. 22 24 • N3/N2 Owner's Manual

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• N3/N2
Owner’s Manual
Basic Operations and More
ENGLISH
This instrument’s Transpose function makes it possible to easily match the pitch of the keyboard in semitone intervals
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 F major.
While holding down the [FUNCTION] button, press one of the F
#
2–F
#
3 keys to
set the desired amount of transposition. Holding down both controls shows the
current amount of transposition.
To transpose the pitch down (in semitone steps):
Press one of the F
#
2–B2 keys while holding the [FUNCTION] button.
To transpose the pitch up (in semitone steps):
Press one of the C
#
3–F
#
3 keys while holding the [FUNCTION] button.
To initialize the normal pitch:
Press the C3 key while holding the [FUNCTION] button.
Transposition
C3
F
#
3
F
#
2
0
-1
-2
+1 +3
-4
-3
-5
+2+4+5
-6
+6
Transpose up.
Transpose down.
Normal pitch
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