Casio AP-500 - Manual (Page 16)

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Selecting and Playing a Tone
Your digital piano comes equipped with three pedals:
damper, soft, and sostenuto
Pedal Functions
z Damper Pedal
Pressing the damper pedal while playing will cause
the notes you play to reverberate for a very long
time.
• When GRAND PIANO 1, GRAND PIANO 2, or
GRAND PIANO 3 is selected as the tone, pressing
this pedal will cause notes to reverberate just like
the damper pedal on an acoustic grand piano.
Half-pedal operation (pressing the pedal part way)
is also supported.
z Soft Pedal
Pressing this pedal while playing suppresses notes
played on the keyboard after the pedal was pressed,
and makes them sound softer.
z Sostenuto Pedal
Only the notes that are played while this pedal are
depressed are sustained until the pedal is released.
1. Press the METRONOME button.
• This will start the metronome.
• The two lamps above the START/STOP button will
flash along with the metronome beats.
2.
To change the beat, hold down the
METRONOME button as you press the
/NO or /YES button.
• You can select a beat value in the range of 2 through
6. A chime sounds as the first beat of each measure,
and the remaining beats sound as clicks. Specifying 0
as the setting plays a straight click, without any
chime. This setting lets you practice with a steady
beat.
3. Press the TEMPO/SETTING button.
• This will cause the button’s lamp to flash.
4. Use the /NO and /YES buttons to
adjust the tempo in a range of 20 to 255 beats
per minute.
5. Press the TEMPO/SETTING button again.
• This will cause the lamp above the button to go out.
6. Press the METRONOME button again to stop
the metronome.
NOTE
• See “Other Settings” on page E-25 for information about
another method you can use to configure the metronome
setting.
Using the Digital Piano’s
Pedals
Soft pedal
Damper pedal
Sostenuto pedal
Using the Metronome
Flashes on the
first beat.
Flashes on
subsequent beats.
Slower Faster
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