Roland Classic C-200, Owner'S Manual

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Additional Convenient Functionality
<Advanced Operation>
You can transpose your playing without changing the position at which you play the keys. For example, if you’re playing a song
in a difficult key signature that contains numerous sharps (
#
) or flats (
b
), you can transpose the pitch of the keyboard and play
the piece in an easier key.
1.
Press and hold the [Pitch] button until the indicator on
the button starts flashing in green.
2.
While holding down the [Pitch] button, play the tonic
note of the key to which you want to transpose the
keyboard.
3.
Release the [Pitch] button.
If this is set to any key other than C, the [Pitch] button
will light green.
For example, if you want the E
b
pitch to sound when you
play the C key, hold down the [Pitch] button and press
the E
b
key.
4.
To return the keyboard to its normal state, hold down
the [Pitch] button and press a C key.
The [Pitch] button goes dark to indicate that the key-
board is no longer transposed.
* You can transpose the keyboard in a range of five semitones
upward (F) or six semitones downward (F#) relative to C.
* You can specify the transpose setting by pressing a key of any
octave.
Immediately after you turn on the power, the key
transpose setting will be in the normal state.
If you’re playing the C-200 together with other instruments in an ensemble, you can adjust the pitch of the C-200 to match the
other instruments if necessary.
• When you turn on the power, the tuning is set to
A= 440Hz (for the A above middle C).
◆
While holding down the [Pitch] button, turn the [Tone]
knob.
Turn the knob clockwise to raise the overall pitch, or
counterclockwise to lower it.
Do not press and hold the [Pitch] button for too long to
avoid activating Transpose mode. (Otherwise, press a C
key on the keyboard to leave Transpose mode and repeat
this step.)
Immediately after you turn on the power, the tuning will
be in the normal state (A= 440Hz).
• The center position of the knob corresponds to the
following:
• 465Hz if the “465Hz” indicator lights (Venetian pitch)
• 440Hz if the “440Hz” indicator lights (Normal pitch)
• 415Hz if the “415Hz” indicator lights (Baroque pitch)
• 392Hz if the “392Hz” indicator lights (Versailles pitch).
Changing the pitch of the keyboard (Transpose)
C4
Matching the pitch of another instrument (Tuning)
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