Kawai CA901, Owner'S Manual

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Adjustments & Settings
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etailed Settings
hen using a temperament other than
Equal temperament, use this setting to specify ff the key signature of the piece.
Te TT mperament
Type Description
qual
Te TT mperament
(Equal)
This temperament is the most popular tuning method, and divides the scale into
twelve equal semi-tones. This produces the same chordal intervals in all twelve keys,
and has the advantage of limitless modulation of the key.
Pure Te TT mperament
(Pure Major/Pure Minor)
This temperament, which eliminates dissonances for thirds and ê ft ff hs, is still popular in
choral music because of its perfect harmony. Any key modulation will result in
dissonances.
Pythagorean Te TT mperament
(Pythagorean)
This temperament, which uses mathematical ratios to eliminate dissonance for ê ft ff hs,
is very limited for use with chords, but produces very characteristic melodic lines.
Meantone Te T mperament
(Meantone)
This temperament, which uses a mean between a major and minor whole tone to
eliminate dissonance for thirds, was devised to eliminate the lack of consonances
experienced with certain ê ft ff hs for the Mersenne pure temperament, producing a
sound that was widely used in instruments of previous periods.
Werckmeister
Te TT mperament
(Werckmeister)
These two temperaments are placed in between Meantone and Pythagorean. For
music with few accidentals, this temperament produces the beautiful chords of the
mean tone, but as accidentals increase, the temperament produces the characteristic
melodies of the Pythagorean temperament. It is used primarily for classical music
written in the Baroque era to revive the original characteristics.
User Te TT mperament
(User)
A custom temperament, created by raising or lowering the pitch of each note in the
scale.
Te TT mperament Key
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