Yamaha PSR-A350 PSR-A350 Owners Manual - Page 22

Using Oriental Scales The Oriental Scales feature lets you simply and easily change the pitches of specific notes and create your own scales. Up to four scale settings can be stored for instant recall, allowing you to call up the settings at any time-even when you are playing. Setting Oriental Scales Setting a Scale The SCALE SETTING buttons let you easily lower the pitches of specific notes by 50 cents to create your own oriental scales. These buttons simulate a one-octave keyboard (C through B). 00 Tune D 012 Current cent value The Scale Tuning function (one of the Functions 010-021; page 42) appears. 2 Adjust the Scale Tuning. Use the [+]/[-] or number buttons to adjust the desired tuning. The range is from "-64" to "63" cents. Press the button corresponding to the key whose pitch you want to lower (the indicator above the selected button is lit). Press again to return to normal pitch (0 cents). The setting affects all notes with the same note name over all octaves. NOTE • In musical terms, a "cent" is 1/100th of a semitone (100 cents equal one semitone). • The Scale Setting function has no effect on some Voices such as the Drum Kit/SFX Kit Voices, and song playback. Adjusting the Scale Tuning of each note You can also adjust the scale tuning of each note in 1-cent increments as follows. 1 Hold down the desired "note" button (C- B) of the SCALE SETTING buttons for longer than a second. Using the [+] and [-] buttons: Press the [+] or [-] button, repeatedly if necessary, until the desired pitch value appears in the display. To rapidly move through the values, press and hold the [+] or [-] button, until the desired pitch value appears in the display. NOTE • To instantly reset the value to its default setting (0 cents), press the [-] and [+] buttons simultaneously. Negative values: You can also enter negative values directly, by simultaneously holding down the [-] button and using the number buttons. 3 Adjust other notes as desired. To do this, simply repeat steps 1-2 above. Hold for longer than a second. 22 PSR-A350 Owner's Manual