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Contemporary Keyboard Division Exploring the HP-203
Exploring the HP-203
Roland Corporation US
1.
IT’S A PIANO
by ‘default’ (every time you turn it on).
a. Touch
i. Modeled from grand piano (not vertical)
ii. Gravity based system with NO springs
iii. Progressively weighted (as a fine, well-regulated grand)
b. Tone – from the world’s most widely used concert grand
c. Importance of adjusting:
i. Volume control (LEFT on Panel) [
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ii. Brilliance control (LEFT on Panel) [
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2. INCREDIBLY USEFUL FEATURES
a. No tuning maintenance required offers two outstanding benefits:
i. It’s ALWAYS in tune.
ii. It requires NO periodic maintenance. (NO maintenance cost)
b. Transposition – You play a piece in any key, and hear it any key you select
c. Transpose button is on the LEFT end of the panel. [
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3. CHOOSING TONES (voices, sounds) [
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a. The importance of exploring the tonal resources
b. Push a tone group button (located just to LEFT of the display).
c. You may use the -/+ buttons to the RIGHT of the display to ‘scroll’ through the sounds.
Each tone is identified by a number, the display shows the number of the currently
selected tone.
d. A complete list of tones begins on page 88 of the owner’s manual.
e. For those interested, Drum ‘MAPS’ begin on page 92 of the owner’s manual.
4. TWIN PIANO MODE – This exciting preset mode allows you to divide the keyboard into left and
right keyboards, each with middle ‘C’ in the center. This allows two students to work
simultaneously at one piano. [
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a. To activate TWIN PIANO MODE, simply touch the TWIN PIANO button.
b. The grand piano sound is assigned to both the left and right areas of the keyboard.
c. The right pedal is the damper pedal for the right keyboard, and the left pedal is the
damper for the left keyboard.
d. You can change the way the TWIN PIANO sound is heard by holding the TWIN PIANO
button and while holding the button down use the -/+ buttons to choose in the display:
i. 1. The sound ‘pans’ normally from left to right and would be used if the
instrument is being played through its internal speakers.
ii. 2. Notes played on the left area of the keyboard are only heard from the left
speaker, and notes on the right . . . only from the right speaker. This is the mode
to choose (#2) when using TWIN PIANO mode with the RCS848 classroom
controller.
