Introduction
Thank you for choosing a Yamaha Clavinova. Your Clavinova is a fine musical instrument that employs
advanced Yamaha music technology. With the proper care, your Clavinova will give you many years of musical
pleasure.
as the presets.
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Full-keyboard ABC (Auto Bass Chord) provides ac-
companiment as you play across the entire keyboard.
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50 Solo Styleplay variations make it simple to pro-
duce rich, complex harmonies.
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10-track performance memory records and plays
back your keyboard performances.
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Registration Memory memorizes 12 complete control-
panel setups that you can recall whenever needed.
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Internal 3.5" floppy disk drive provides extended Per-
formance Memory capacity and Disk Orchestra play-
back capability – one blank floppy disk for recording
and one Disk Orchestra Collection disk with corre-
sponding score are provided.
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MIDI compatibility, GM voices, and a range of MIDI
functions make the Clavinova useful in a range of
advanced MIDI music systems.
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AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generator sys-
tem offers a range of 60 rich, realistic voices.
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32-note polyphony permits use of sophisticated play-
ing techniques.
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Piano-like touch response provides extensive expres-
sive control and outstanding playability.
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Dual and split play modes allow 2 voices to be played
simultaneously or individually with the left and right
hands.
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50 exciting accompaniment styles can be used to
provide rhythm-only accompaniment or fully-orches-
trated rhythm, bass, and chord accompaniment. 50
additional accompaniment styles are provided on
floppy disk (Style Disk).
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Custom Rhythm lets you create original rhythm pat-
terns that can be recalled and played in the same way
In order to make the most of your Clavinova’s performance potential and features, we urge you to read this
Owner’s Manual thoroughly, and keep it in a safe place for later reference.
Contents
Taking Care of Your Clavinova
1
The Panel Controls
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Preparation
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The Volume Controls
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Demonstration Playback
6
Voice Selection
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Selecting the 60 Voices ....................... 7
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Keyboard Percussion .......................... 8
Dual Mode
9
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Engaging the Dual Mode ..................... 9
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Dual-mode Voice Balance ................... 9
Split Mode
10
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Engaging the Split Mode ................... 10
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Changing the Split Voices ................. 10
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Changing the Split Point .................... 10
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Split Balance ..................................... 11
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Damper Pedal Operation in the
Split Mode ......................................... 11
Digital Reverb Effects
12
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Selecting a Reverb Effect .................. 12
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Reverb Depth Control ........................ 12
The Keyboard & Polyphony
13
Pan
13
The Pedals
14
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Right Pedal (Damper Pedal) ............. 14
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Center Pedal (Sostenuto Pedal) ........ 14
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Left Pedal (Multi-function) ................. 14
Pitch Control
16
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The Pitch Display .............................. 16
Accompaniment
17
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Style Selection ................................... 17
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Tempo Control ................................... 18
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Starting the Accompaniment ............. 18
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Fill-ins ................................................ 20
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Left-pedal Rhythm Break ................... 20
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Stopping the Accompaniment ........... 20
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Metronome ........................................ 20
Auto Bass Chord (ABC)
21
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Single-Finger & Fingered
Accompaniment ................................. 21
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Full-keyboard ABC ............................ 22
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Volume Control .................................. 23
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Changing the ABC Split Point ........... 23
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Special Modes ................................... 23
Custom Rhythm
24
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Creating an Original Rhythm Pattern 24
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Playing Back Your Custom Rhythm
Pattern ............................................... 25
Disk Styles
26
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Selecting & Loading Disk Styles ........ 26
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Using a Loaded Disk Style ................ 27
Solo Styleplay
28
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Using Solo Styleplay ......................... 28
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Harmonization Variations .................. 28
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The Left Pedal & Solo Styleplay ........ 28
Registration Memory
29
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Memory Store .................................... 29
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Recall ................................................ 29
Disk Orchestra
30
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Automatic Performance ..................... 30
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Playing Back only Specific Parts ....... 31
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Volume Control .................................. 32
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Guided Right- and Left-hand Practice ... 32
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Repeat Functions .............................. 33
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Other Playback Controls ................... 34
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DISK ORCHESTRA COLLECTION
Disk Copy .......................................... 34
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Playing Other Types of Music Data ... 34
Performance Memory
35
Easy One-pass Recording & Playback .. 35
Multi-track Recording & Playback ..... 36
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Adding New Tracks ........................... 38
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Punch-in Recording ........................... 39
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Playback ............................................ 40
The Chord Sequence Function ........... 41
Utility Functions
42
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Selecting & Using the Utility Functions . 42
The Utility Mode Functions ................ 42
Effect Functions ..................................... 43
Disk Functions ....................................... 44
MIDI Functions ....................................... 54
General Utilities ..................................... 60
The Connectors
65
Factory Preset Recall
66
Troubleshooting
66
Options
66
Index
67
Assembly ................................................ i
MIDI Data Format ................................... iii
Voice List .............................................. vii
Percussion Kit List ............................... ix
Specifications ....................................... xi
Fingering Chart .................................... xii
MIDI Implementation Chart ................ xvii
