20
SPECIAL FEATURES
CHANGING KEYS
The keyboard automatically selects
the key of middle C each time you
turn it on.
For added flexibility as you make mu-
sic, the keyboard lets you change
(transpose) the musical key in which
it plays.
1. Repeatedly press
TRANSPOSE/
TUNE
until
Trans
and the cur-
rent key setting appear
.
Note: The displayed number is
the number of “semitones” to
which the keyboard is set, com-
pared to its default key. A semi-
tone is a measurement that
represents the acoustical interval
between the tones of any two
keys. For example, the difference
between C and C or B and B is
one semitone. You can transpose
the key down 6 semitones (to an
F ) and up 5 semitones (to an F)
— a full octave.
2. Within 5 seconds, press
+
or
–
to
raise or lower the key. Each time
you press
+
or
–
, the number on
the display increases or de-
creases by 1 (semitone).
As you raise the key,
1
is C ,
2
is
D, and so on. As you lower the
key, –
1
is B, –
2
is B ,
–3
is A,
and so on.
Notes:
• You can also use the number
keypad to quickly raise the key.
Simply press the desired semi-
tone value (1 to 5).
• You cannot change the key while
a prerecorded tune is selected or
playing.
• The keyboard automatically
resets the key to the default value
of 0 (middle C) each time you
play a prerecorded tune.
• Each preset tone plays within a
specified range. If a key change
causes a note to exceed its
range, the same note sounds in
the nearest octave.
• When you select preset tones 90-
96 after changing the key, the
keyboard split point changes
accordingly (see “Keyboard Split
Tones” on Page 14).
• Changing the key does not affect
the PERCUSSION (No. 99) pre-
set tone.
42-4036.fm Page 20 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:20 AM
