Roland Digital Piano HP - Manual (Page 28)

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Performing
The pedals perform the following operations. You’ll use them mainly
when playing piano.
Soft Pedal
Sostenuto Pedal
Damper Pedal
Damper Pedal (right pedal)
Use this pedal to sustain the sound.
While this pedal is held down, notes will be sustained for an extended
time even if you release your fingers from the keyboard.
The length of sustain will change subtly depending on how deeply you
press the pedal.
MEMO
When you press the damper pedal of an acoustic piano, a slight
noise is heard when the damper frees the strings, and a richly
spacious resonance is added by the strings that vibrate in sympathy
with the strings of the notes you actually play. The HPi-7F replicates
the sound created when the damper releases the string (“damper
noise”) and the sympathetic vibration (“damper resonance”).
You can modify the sound of the damper releasing the string and
the sound of the sympathetic vibration (p. 40).
Sostenuto Pedal (center pedal)
The notes you are pressing when this pedal is depressed will be
sustained.
Soft Pedal (left pedal)
This pedal is used to make the sound softer.
Playing with the soft pedal depressed produces a sound that is not as
strong as when otherwise played with the equivalent strength. This is
the same function as the left pedal of an acoustic piano.
The softness of the tone can be varied subtly by the depth to which
you press the pedal.
MEMO
You can switch the function of the sostenuto pedal and soft pedal
(p. 73).
NOTE
If you disconnect the pedal cord from the HPi-7F while the power is
turned on, the pedal effect will remain applied. You must connect
or disconnect the pedal cord while the HPi-7F’s power is switched
off.
About the Adjuster
If you feel that the pedal is unstable (for example if you’ve moved the
HPi-7F to a different location), you can adjust the adjuster located on
the bottom of the pedals as follows.
Adjuster
Turn the adjuster to lower it until the adjuster is in firm contact with
the floor. The pedal may be damaged if there is a gap between the
adjuster and the floor. In particular, when you’ve placed the HPi-7F on
carpet, you must turn the adjuster until it is pressing firmly against the
floor.
Using the Pedals