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Owner’s Manual

Before using this unit, carefully read “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (leaflet “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and Owner’s Manual (p. 30)). After reading, keep the 

document(s) including those sections where it will be available for immediate reference.
Copyright © 2017 ROLAND CORPORATION

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Play

 the Piano

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Play various sounds

This piano contains a wide variety of tones (sounds). You can freely select and perform using these tones.
For a list of the tones, refer to “Tone List” at the end of this manual.

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Play two layered tones (Dual Play)

You can layer two tones on a single key.

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Play different tones with your left and right hands (Split Play)

You can divide the keyboard into left and right zones, and select a different tone for each zone.

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Save your performance settings (Registration)

You can save tone settings and settings for Dual Play or Split Play, and recall them easily.

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Practice

 Songs

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Sound a metronome

You can sound a metronome.

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Practice along with the built-in songs

This piano contains numerous built-in songs.
For the song titles, refer to “Internal Song List” at the end of this manual.

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Recording the Song You’re Practicing

You can record your own playing.

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Adjust

 Your Piano

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Adjust the keyboard touch

You can adjust the touch sensitivity of the keyboard to match your own playing style.

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Match the pitch to other instruments

When playing together with other instruments, you can match this piano’s reference pitch to that of the other 

instruments (Master Tuning).

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Create your own piano (Piano Designer)

You can customize the sound to your own taste by adjusting the sonic elements of the grand piano sound.

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Simply opening or closing the fallboard turns the power on/off

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Provision of 

Bluetooth

 functionality

Please be aware that depending on the country in which you purchased the piano, Bluetooth functionality might not be included.

The Bluetooth logo appears 

when you turn on the power.

If 

Bluetooth

 functionality is included

1. 

When you open the fallboard, the power turns on 

automatically.

When you close the fallboard, the power turns off automatically.

2. 

Use the [Volume] buttons to adjust the volume.

Summary of Contents for GP609

Page 1: ...t in songs This piano contains numerous built in songs For the song titles refer to Internal Song List at the end of this manual Recording the SongYou re Practicing You can record your own playing pag...

Page 2: ...songs refer to Internal Song List at the end of this manual Playing a song 1 2 1 Press the s button The song plays 2 Press the s button once again The song stops Song operations Return to the beginni...

Page 3: ...24 Basic Operations in Function Mode 24 Matching the Pitch with Other Instruments Master Tuning 24 Changing the Tuning Method Temperament 24 Specifying the Tonic Note Temperament Key 24 Adjusting the...

Page 4: ...h notes position A in the illustration and slowly raise it A When opening the lid take care not to open it too far An angle of about 30 degrees is appropriate Opening the lid significantly beyond this...

Page 5: ...the fallboard use both hands to gently lower it MEMO 5 5 By pressing the L button you can turn the power on off while leaving the fallboard open p 6 5 5 You can specify that the power not turn off eve...

Page 6: ...sound of the dampers releasing the strings and the sound of strings adjacent to the ones for the notes actually played resonate sympathetically resulting in a rich resounding tone 5 5 The distinctive...

Page 7: ...re connected to the Output jacks To prevent malfunction and equipment failure always turn down the volume and turn off all the units before making any connections USB Memory Port You can do the follow...

Page 8: ...ttings for this piano 1 Simultaneously press the Ambience button and Brilliance button 2 Use the K J buttons to select the item that you want to set 3 Use the buttons to edit the setting page 24 Chang...

Page 9: ...Play by pressing two tone buttons simultaneously Changing tone 1 and tone 2 1 Use the K J buttons to select tone 1 or tone 2 2 Press a tone button 3 Use the buttons Balance Adjusts the volume balance...

Page 10: ...of that song MEMO Use the K J buttons to select the item that you want to set Use the buttons to change the value of an item Sound the metronome Turn the Metronome button on Change the tempo Use the...

Page 11: ...st of three parts accompaniment left hand and right hand You can mute a specific part so that it will not sound only the parts that you want to hear will play Let a part play Make the button light for...

Page 12: ...y the keyboard without pressing the s button recording starts immediately In this case a count is not sounded 2 Press the s button Recording stops and your performance is automatically saved MEMO 5 5...

Page 13: ...he beginning of your recorded performance Converting an SMF recorded song to audio A song that you previously recorded as SMF can be converted to audio data so that you can play it back on your comput...

Page 14: ...he copy is executed NOTE Never turn off the power or disconnect the USB flash drive while the screen indicates Executing 7 Simultaneously press the Ambience button and Brilliance button to exit Functi...

Page 15: ...f 1 10 Adjusts the overall resonance of the acoustic piano when its damper pedal is pressed the sound of other strings vibrating in sympathy when you press the damper pedal and the resonance of the en...

Page 16: ...umber button 1 to 5 to choose the location where the desired registration is saved 3 Press the buttons to select the registration variation The settings change accordingly You can press the cursor J r...

Page 17: ...istration Set Registration Import Here s how a registration set that s saved on a USB flash drive can be loaded into the Registration button NOTE When you load a registration set the registrations tha...

Page 18: ...Select the position at which you want to change the character buttons Change the character 5 Press the s Enter button The settings are saved NOTE Never turn off the power or disconnect the USB flash d...

Page 19: ...en press the s Enter button The memory is formatted NOTE Never disconnect the USB flash drive or turn off the power while the screen indicates Executing 7 Simultaneously press the Ambience button and...

Page 20: ...Using Apps with the Piano p 22 You can connect a music score viewing app and use the pedals to turn pages You can view electronic scores in a score viewing app such as piaScore on your iPad or other...

Page 21: ...ing on your mobile device and then try the procedure again from step 5 Connecting an Already Paired Mobile Device 1 Turn on the Bluetooth function of the mobile device The piano and the mobile device...

Page 22: ...bile device on which you ve installed the app that you want to use 4 Press the Ambience button and Brilliance button simultaneously 5 Use the K J buttons to select Bluetooth Turn MIDI and then press t...

Page 23: ...09 is added to the list My Devices of the mobile device The indication PAGE appears beside the Bluetooth logo in the piano screen 9 Simultaneously press the Ambience button and Brilliance button to ex...

Page 24: ...triads are consonant in this tuning Beautiful sonorities are obtained when playing songs that are written in keys appropriate for this tuning Kirnberger II This is a revision of Kirnberger I that redu...

Page 25: ...ects Are Applied Damper Pedal Part When you press the damper pedal during Dual Play or Split Play the pedal effect is normally applied to both tones but you can also select the tone to which the effec...

Page 26: ...d after you stop playing or operating the instrument Effective The power turns off when you close the fallboard Auto Off Making the Power AutomaticallyTurn off After aTime Auto Off With the factory se...

Page 27: ...s designed to simulate the mechanism of an acoustic piano Even on an acoustic piano a thumping sound is actually being produced when you press a key Such sounds do not indicate a malfunction Power tur...

Page 28: ...with the mobile device might become unavailable After unpairing the GP609 that is registered on the mobile device turn the mobile device s Bluetooth function Off and then On again and then reestablish...

Page 29: ...ou can initialize the external media p 19 The internal memory might be damaged Format the internal memory p 19 Error 15 The file is unreadable The data format is not compatible with this piano Error 1...

Page 30: ...ssure since that might result in the loss of luster Store in a location that is out of the reach of small children If accidentally ingested induce vomiting immediately Then see a doctor to obtain a di...

Page 31: ...3 Rich Strings 4 Orchestra Str 5 Orchestra 6 Chamber Winds 7 Harp 8 Violin 9 Velo Strings 10 Flute 11 Cello 12 OrchestraBrs 13 Pizzicato Str 14 Symphonic Str 2 15 Soft Pad 16 Magical Piano 17 Jazz Sca...

Page 32: ...ryderyk Franciszek Chopin 24 Radetzky Marsch Johann Baptist Strauss 25 Tr umerei Robert Alexander Schumann 26 Fr hlicher Landmann Robert Alexander Schumann 27 La pri re d une Vierge Tekla Badarzewska...

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