Yamaha ARIUS YDP-181 - Manual (Page 24)

Selecting & Playing Voices
Owner’s Manual
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Transposition — [TRANSPOSE]
The instrument’s Transpose function makes it possible to shift the pitch of the entire keyboard up or
down in semitone intervals to facilitate playing in difficult key signatures, and to let you easily
match the pitch of the keyboard to the range of a singer or other instruments. For example, if you
set the transposition amount to “5,” playing a C key produces a pitch of F. In this way, you can play
a song as though it were in C major, and the instrument will transpose it to F major.
Use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] button while holding the
[TRANSPOSE] button to transpose down or up as required.
The amount of transposition appears on the LED display
while the
[TRANSPOSE] button is held. The default transpose
setting is “0.”
The [TRANSPOSE] button indicator remains lit when a transpose setting other than “0”
is selected. If a value other than “0” is selected, the [TRANSPOSE] button can be
switched the transpose function ON or OFF at any time.
[–/NO] [+/YES] buttons [TRANSPOSE] button
Procedure
TERMINOLOGY
Transpose:
Change the key signature of a
song. On the instrument, trans-
posing shifts the pitch of the
entire keyboard.
NOTE
The transposition range:
–12: –12 semitones (down one
octave)
0: normal pitch
12: 12 semitones (up one octave)
Transposition