Selecting & playing voices, Selecting voices, Procedure – Yamaha Clavinova CLP-320 User Manual

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Selecting & Playing Voices

CLP-320

Owner’s Manual

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ENGLISH

Selecting & Playing Voices

Selecting Voices

To understand the characteris-
tics of various voices, listen to
demo songs for each voice
(page 15).

Press and release the

[PIANO/VOICE]

button to select the Grand Piano 1 voice.

Press and release the

[PIANO/VOICE]

button, press the

[+]

or

[–]

button to select a dif-

ferent voice.

Selecting a voice automatically
engages the best-suited reverb
type and depth (page 20) for
that particular voice.

If you wish to select a particular voice directly, press and hold down the

[PIANO/

VOICE]

button, then press one of the C1–A1 keys.

Turn the

[MASTER VOLUME]

control to adjust the volume level while playing the key-

board.

Procedure

Voice:
On this instrument, a voice
means a “tone” or “tonal
color.”

Key

Voice Name

Description

C1

Grand Piano 1

Recorded samples from a full concert grand piano. Perfect for classical
compositions as well as any other style that requires acoustic piano.

C 1

Grand Piano 2

Spacious and clear piano with bright reverb. Good for popular music.

D1

E.Piano 1

An electronic piano sound created by FM synthesis. Good for popular music.

D 1

E.Piano 2

The sound of an electric piano using hammer-struck metallic “tines.” Soft
tone when played lightly, and an aggressive tone when played hard.

E1

Harpsichord 1

The definitive instrument for baroque music. Since the strings of a harpsi-
chord are plucked, there is no touch response.

F1

Harpsichord 2

Mixes the same voice an octave higher for a more brilliant tone.

F 1

Vibraphone

The sound of a vibraphone played with relatively soft mallets.

G1

Church Organ 1

This is a typical pipe organ sound (8 feet + 4 feet + 2 feet). Good for
sacred music from the Baroque period.

G 1

Church Organ 2

This is the organ’s full coupler sound, often associated with Bach’s “Toc-
cata and Fugue”.

A1

Strings

Spacious and large-scale string ensemble. Try combining this voice with
piano in DUAL mode.

C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 A1

C 1

D 1 F 1 G 1

The lowest key

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