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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

the F 2–F 3 keys to set the desired amount of transposition.

[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.

Fine-tuning the Pitch

You can ﬁne-tune the pitch of the entire instrument. This function is useful when you play the digi-

tal 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 standard pitch:

Hold down the A-1, A -1 and B-1 simultaneously and press any key between C3 and B3.

To tune up

A-1 B-1

427.0-453.0 Hz

Setting range:

Standard pitch:

440.0 Hz

Selecting & Playing Voices

YDP-151/YDP-323

[DEMO/SONG]

and

[PIANO/VOICE]

Transpose

down.

To tune down

To restore standard pitch

A -1

A-1 B-1

A-1

buttons, press one of

F 2

F 3

-6 -4 -2

+1 +3

-5 -3 -1 0 +2 +4 +5

Transpose

up.

Normal

pitch.

Transpose:

Changing the key signature. On

this instrument, transposing

shifts the pitch of the entire key-

board.

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 sec-

ond.