Operation Manual

CLP-950/930

The Pedals

Soft (Left) Pedal ...............................................................................................

The soft pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of

notes played while the pedal is pressed. The soft pedal will not affect

notes which are already playing when it is pressed.

The left pedal can also be assigned to song start/stop operation via

the “Left Pedal Mode” described on pages 31 (CLP-930) and 32 (CLP-

950).

The Clavinova has three foot pedals that produce a range of expressive

effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano.

Soft pedal

Damper pedal

Sostenuto pedal

Sostenuto (Center) Pedal ......................................................................

If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press the sostenuto

pedal while the note(s) are held, those notes will be sustained as long as

the pedal is held (as if the damper pedal had been pressed) but all

subsequently played notes will not be sustained. This makes it possible

to sustain a chord, for example, while other notes are played “staccato.”

NOTE

• Organ, string and choir voices will continue to sound for as long as the

sostenuto pedal is depressed.

Damper (Right) Pedal ................................................................................

The damper pedal functions in the same way as a damper pedal on

an acoustic piano. When the damper pedal is pressed notes played have

a long sustain. Releasing the pedal immediately stops (damps) any

sustained notes.

When the GRAND PIANO 1 voice is selected on the CLP-950,

pressing the damper pedal activates the instrument’s special “Sustain

Samples” to accurately recreate the unique resonance of an acoustic

grand piano’s soundboard and strings.

NOTE

• On the CLP-950 the depth of the effect produced by the “Sustain

Samples” can be adjusted via the “Pedal Functions” (page 32) in the

function mode.

• If the damper pedal doesn’t work, or notes are sustained even when the

pedal is not pressed, make sure that the pedal cord is properly plugged

into the main unit (page 58: CLP-930, page 50: CLP-950).