Electronic Keyboard User's Manual

Selecting & Playing Voices
YDP-160/140 Owner’s Manual
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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 F major.
While holding down the [DEMO/SONG] and [PIANO/VOICE] buttons, press one of
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):
Tr ansposes the pitch down by one semitone.
[DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + B

2 key (the first black key to the left of C3):
Tr ansposes the pitch down a whole tone (two semitones).
[DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + F

2 key:
Tr ansposes the pitch down by six semitones.
[DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + C

3 key (black key to the right of C3):
Tr ansposes the pitch up by one semitone.
[DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + D3 key (the first white key to the right of C3):
Tr ansposes the pitch up a whole tone (two semitones).
[DEMO/SONG] + [PIANO/VOICE] + F

3 key:
Tr ansposes 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.
To tune up (in about 0.2Hz steps): Press and hold down the A–1, B–1 and C0
keys simultaneously, and press any key between C3 and B3.
To tune down (in about 0.2Hz steps): Press and hold down the A–1, B–1 and
C

0 keys simultaneously, and press any key between C3 and B3.
To restore standard pitch: Press and hold down the A–1, B–1, C0 and C

0 keys
simultaneously, and press any key between C3 and B3.
Setting range: 427.0–453.0 Hz
Standard pitch: 440.0 Hz
Procedure
Transpose:
Changing the key signature.
On this instrument, trans-
posing shifts the pitch of the
entire keyboard.
C3
-5 -3 -1 0 +2 +4 +5
-6 -4 -2 +1
+3 +6
F 2

F 3

The lowest key
Transpose down. Transpose up.
Normal pitch.
Procedure
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 second.
C3 B3
C0B-1


A-1 C 0
B-1
A-1 C0
B-1
A-1 C 0
To tune up To tune down To restore standard pitch
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