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Introduction Thank you for choosing a Yamaha Clavinova. Your Clavinova is a fine musical instrument that employs advanced Yamaha music technology. With the proper care, your Clavinova will give you many years of musical pleasure. ● AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generator system offers a range of 60 rich, realistic voices. ● A maximum of 32-note polyphony permits use of sophisticated playing techniques. ● Piano-like touch response provides extensive expressive control and outstanding playability.
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1 Contents The Panel Controls 2 Preparation 4 The Volume Controls 5 Demonstration Playback 6 Voice Selection 7 Selecting the 60 Voices .................................................... 7 ■ Keyboard Percussion ....................................................... 8 9 ■ Engaging the Dual Mode .................................................. 9 ■ Dual-mode Voice Balance ................................................ 9 Split Mode 23 ■ Using Solo Styleplay ............................
The Panel Controls p o Q R L/L+R R L/L+R AUX OUT AUX IN OUT IN MIDI 2 1 243 6 5 MASTER VOLUME MIDI/ TRANSPOSE DEMO 7 @ 8 # 9$0 ! % ^ AUTO BASS CHORD MAX ROOM SOFT HALL 1 SOSTENUTO HALL 2 START/STOP COSMIC SOLO STYLEPLAY START/STOP MIN D SINGLE FINGER DANCE POP 1 DANCE POP 2 16BEAT 1 ROCK’N’ SLOW ROCK COUNTRY 1 POP 2 16BEAT 2 16BEAT SHUFFLE SHUFFLE COUNTRY 2 SWING BIG BAND BOSSA CHA-CHA MARCH WALTZ JAZZ BALLAD BOOGIE SAMBA RHUMBA MARCH 6/8 J.
The Panel Controls (* ) BEAT q VOICE PIANO 1 METRONOME TEMPO e w 3 r RERFORMANCE MEMORY CLAVINOVA TONE 2 8 9 ORGAN CHOIR A3 B3 C4 D4 E4 E.PIANO 3 HARPSI 4 VIBES 5 GUITAR 6 STRINGS SPLIT 1 2 ABC RHYTHM 7 0 UPRIGHT BASS ELEC BASS DRUMS VOICE 13-60 START/STOP REC CHORD SEQUENCE F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 E5 F5 G5 A5 B5 C6 D6 E6 F6 G6 @ [START/STOP] Button .................................... page 18, 19 e PERFORMANCE MEMORY Buttons ....................
4 Preparation ■ The Music Stand If you will be using sheet music with your Clavinova, raise the music stand built into it’s top panel by lifting the rear edge of the music stand, flip the support brackets on the rear of the music stand down so that they fit into the corresponding recesses. The music stand can be lowered after slightly lifting the stand and flipping the two brackets which support it upward.
The Volume Controls 5 The Clavinova has several volume controls that give you extra versatility in creating the required sound.
6 Demonstration Playback The Clavinova features 25 demonstration tunes that effectively demonstrate its sound and accompaniment capabilities. Here’s how you can select and play the demo tunes.
Voice Selection 7 The CVP-49 has a total of 60 different voices that can be selected in a number of ways. There’s also a “Keyboard Percussion” mode that let’s you play a range of drums and percussion instruments on the keyboard.
8 Voice Selection Panel Voices (1 — 12) No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Name PIANO CLAVINOVA TONE E. PIANO HARPSI VIBES GUITAR STRINGS ORGAN CHOIR UPRIGHT BASS ELEC BASS DRUMS Usable Range E0 - G6 C1 - G6 C1 - C6 C1 - C6 F2 - F5 E1 - F#4 E0 - C6 E0 - C6 E1 - E5 E0 - F#3 E0 - F#3 — Voices 13 — 60 No. 13 14 15 16 17 18 Name BRASS POP BRASS TRUMPET MUTE TRUMPET HORN SAX Usable Range F0 - C6 F0 - C6 F0 - C6 F#2 - A5 A#0 - F4 A#0 - F#5 No.
Dual Mode 9 The DUAL mode makes it possible to play two voices simultaneously across the entire range of the keyboard. This makes it easy to create exceptionally rich, thick tonal textures. VOICE CLAVINOVA TONE PIANO 1 2 3 8 9 ORGAN CHOIR MASTER VOLUME HARPSI E.
10 Split Mode The split mode lets you play different voices with the left and right hands — bass with the left and piano with the right, for example. You can assign any of the Clavinova’s voices to the left and right-hand sections of the keyboard.
Split Mode 11 ■ Split Balance SPLIT The volume balance between the left-hand and right-hand voices can be adjusted by using the TEMPO [▲] and [▼] buttons while holding the [SPLIT] button. The selected balance value (1 … 15) will be shown on the TEMPO display while the [SPLIT] and TEMPO [s] or [▼] buttons are held. ■ A setting of “1” sets the volume of the left voice to maximum and the right voice to minimum (no sound).
12 Digital Reverb Effects The [REVERB] button provides a number of digital effects that you can use for extra depth and expressive power.
The Keyboard & Polyphony The Clavinova has “32-note polyphony” which means you can normally play up to 32 notes at once. This number varies, however, according to the functions being used, as shown in the chart below: Keyboard only 32 notes. Keyboard only (dual) 16 notes. Keyboard + rhythm 24 notes (rhythm uses 8). Keyboard (dual) + rhythm 12 notes Keyboard + ABC 12 notes (rhythm 8; ABC 12).
14 The Pedals The CVP-49 has two pedals. These offer a range of advanced expressive capabilities.
Transposition 15 The Clavinova’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. “Transposing” the pitch of the Clavinova keyboard makes it easier to play in difficult key signatures, and you can simply match the pitch of the keyboard to the range of a singer or other instrumentalist.
16 Pitch Control Pitch control makes it possible to tune the Clavinova over a ±50-cent range (approximate) in approximately 1.2-cent or 1-hertz intervals. A hundred “cents” equals one semitone, so the tuning range provided allows fine tuning of overall pitch over a range of approximately a semitone. Pitch control is useful for tuning the Clavinova to match other instruments or recorded music. ● Tuning Up .....................................................................................................
Accompaniment 17 The CVP-49 has 24 “styles” that can be used as a basis for rhythm accompaniment, or fully orchestrated rhythm, bass, and chord accompaniment (see “Auto Bass Chord” on page 20). • The Accompaniment Style data is not transmitted via the MIDI OUT connector.
18 Accompaniment ■ Starting the Accompaniment There are several ways to start the accompaniment: NOTES • If any Performance Memory track button’s green indicator (i.e. [1], [2], [ABC] or [RHYTHM] buttons) is lit, the following start procedure will start playback of the Performance Memory data. To start playback of the panel accompaniment, press the corresponding track buttons so their green indicators go out.
Accompaniment 19 The synchronized start mode can be cancelled by pressing the [SYNCHRO START] button a second time so that its indicator goes out. NOTES • The synchronized start mode is automatically turned on when one of the ABC modes is engaged — see page 20 for details. ● Measure Number .................................................................................................................................... During rhythm playback the current measure number is shown on the TEMPO display.
20 Auto Bass Chord (ABC) The CVP-49 includes a sophisticated autoaccompaniment system (Auto Bass Chord — ABC) that can provide automated rhythm, bass and chord backing in a number of ways.
Auto Bass Chord (ABC) 21 ■ Fingered Accompaniment The FINGERED mode is ideal if you already know how to play chords on a keyboard, since it allows you to supply your own chords for the Auto Accompaniment feature. Z Select FINGERED ................................................................................................................................... Press the [FINGERED] button to select the FINGERED mode (the FINGERED indicator will light). FINGERED X Select a Style .........................
22 Auto Bass Chord (ABC) ■ Full-keyboard ABC ● Full-keyboard ABC FULL KEYBOARD SINGLE FINGER FINGERED When this advanced auto-accompaniment mode is engaged (press the [FULL KEYBOARD] button so that its indicator lights) the Clavinova will automatically create appropriate accompaniment while you play just about anything, anywhere on the keyboard: chords, a bass line, arpeggiated chords, a melody line. You don’t have to worry about specifying the accompaniment chords.
Solo Styleplay 23 This sophisticated feature not only provides automatic rhythm, bass and chord accompaniment, but it also adds appropriate harmony notes (two or three harmonized notes) to a melody you play on the upper keyboard.
24 Performance Memory The CVP-49 features a built-in “sequencer” which can be used to independently record up to three separate parts of a single musical composition, plus a rhythm track. Each part is recorded on one of the Performance Memory “tracks” accessed via the [1], [2], [ABC], and [RHYTHM] buttons. NOTES RERFORMANCE MEMORY 1 ABC 2 START/STOP RHYTHM CHORD SEQUENCE REC • The Performance Memory playback data is not transmitted via the MIDI OUT connector.