KORG MP-10 PRO User Manual

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Part 10: Playing Sounds with a keyboard

Choosing a tuning scale

You can choose a different tuning scale than the Equal tuning for the keyboard .

1.

Press the MIXER button to access the Mixer Menu .

2.

Touch the KEYBOARD Sound & FX button to access the Keyboard Sound

& FX page .

3.

Touch the MAIN (

) button to access the Main page .

4.

Touch the Tuning Scale pop-up menu to choose a tuning scale . In case you

select a User scale, you can touch the Edit command to edit it (see below) .

Scale

Notes

Equal

Equal tuning, the standard scale for modern Western music. It is made of

12 identical semitones.

Pure Major

Major chords in the selected key are perfectly tuned.

Pure Minor

Minor chords in the selected key are perfectly tuned.

Arabic

An Arabic scale, using quarter tones.

Pythagorean

Pythagorean scale, based on the music theories of the great Greek phi-

losopher and mathematician.

Werckmeister

Late Baroque/Classic Age scale. Very suitable for XVIII Century music.

Kirnberger

Harpsichord scale, also very common during the XVIII Century.

Slendro

Scale of the Indonesian Gamelan. The octave is divided in 5 notes (C, D,

F, G, A). The remaining notes are tuned as in the Equal tuning.

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