YDP-135 Owner’s Manual
Selecting & Playing Voices
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ENGLISH
Using the Pedals
If the damper pedal doesn’t
work, make sure that the
pedal cord is properly
plugged into the main unit
(page 33).
Organ and string Voices will
not decay but continue to
sound for as long as the
sostenuto pedal is depressed.
Damper (Right) pedal
The damper pedal functions in the same way as a
damper pedal on an acoustic piano. When the damper
pedal is pressed, notes sustain longer. Releasing the
pedal immediately stops (damps) any sustained notes.
Sostenuto (Center) pedal
If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press
the sostenuto pedal while the note(s) are held, those
notes will sustain as long as you hold the pedal (as if the
damper pedal had been pressed) but all subsequently
played notes will not be sustained. This makes it
possible to sustain a chord, for example, while other
notes are played “staccato.”
Soft (Left) pedal
The soft pedal reduces the volume and slightly changes the timbre of notes played while
the pedal is pressed. The soft pedal will not affect notes that are already playing when it is
pressed.
When you press the damper
pedal here, the notes you play
before you release the pedal
sustain longer.
When you press the sostenuto
pedal here while holding the
note, the note will sustain as
long as you hold the pedal.
