Yamaha CLAVINOVA C L P - 3 8 0 - Manual (Page 24)

Selecting and Playing Voices
CLP-380 Owner’s Manual 24
Basic Operation
The Clavinova has three foot pedals: damper pedal (right), sostenuto pedal
(center), and soft pedal (left) that produce a range of expressive effects similar to
those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano.
Damper (right) pedal
When you press the damper pedal, the notes you play
have a longer sustain.
When you select Grand Piano 1, pressing the damper
pedal activates the instrument’s special “Sustain
Samples” to accurately recreate the unique resonance of
an acoustic grand piano’s soundboard and strings. The
damper pedal also features a naturally expressive half-
pedal function.
Sostenuto (center) pedal
If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press
the sostenuto pedal while holding the note(s), the
notes will sustain as long as the pedal is held. All
subsequent notes will not sustain.
Soft pedal (left)
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. Press the pedal immediately before you play the target notes.)
With the Vibraphone, Jazz Organ and Mellow Organ voices, this pedal turns vibrato on
and off or toggles the speed of vibrato. (See page 98.)
Using the pedals
If the damper pedal doesn’t work,
or notes are sustained even when
the pedal is not pressed, make
sure that the pedal cord is properly
plugged into the [PEDAL] jack on
the unit (see step 6 on page 119).
Also, make sure that the
RPedalFunc parameter in the
“FUNCTION” menu is set to ON
(see page 96).
Half-pedal:
While playing the piano with
Sustain and you want to slightly
mute the sustained sound, release
the damper pedal from maximum
position to half position.
The threshold at which the Half
Pedal effect starts can be set from
the Half Pedal Point parameter in
the Function menu (page 98).
You can adjust the depth of the
resonance produced by the
“Sustain Samples” using the
Sustain Sampling Depth parameter
in the “FUNCTION” menu. (See
page 99.)
You can assign a function to each
pedal via the “RPedalFunc”,
“CPedalFunc”, and “LPedalFunc”
parameters in the “FUNCTION”
menu. (See page 96.)
The center and left pedals can also
be assigned to song start/stop
operation (PLAY/PAUSE function)
via the “PedalPlay/Pause”
parameter in the “FUNCTION”
menu (on page 98).
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When you press the damper pedal
here, the notes you play before you
release the pedal have a longer
sustain.
When you press the sostenuto
pedal here while holding the note(s),
the notes will sustain as long as you
hold the pedal.