User manual KAWAI E300

[. . . ] 4 TEMPO/VALUE DIAL, VOLUME SLIDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 THE `RIGHT 1' PART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 THE `RIGHT 2' PART, COMBINING WITH `RIGHT 1'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You cannot use the 1-2 Play function and Registrations at the same time. Choosing one always cancels the other. To create your own Registration: Step 1 Set up the instrument's panel and functions in the way that you'd like to save them. Step 2 Press the REGISTRATION GROUPS button. Step 2 Touch the SAVE button, then touch one of the five Registration Groups listed in which to save your setup. Touch the PAGE buttons to view the 20 Registration Groups in sets of five. Touch the name to select the Registration Group. Using a Style PAGE : Display Registration Groups listed on pther pages. 5 Step 3 Press one of the 8 REGISTRATION buttons to specify which location you'd like to save your Registration to. Press the specific REGISTRATION button where you'd like to save to. The following settings can be stored in a Registration: Sounds (Solo, Right1, Right2, Left), Split Point, Style and Variation, Fill-in mode, Tempo, Accompaniment settings, Mixer settings, Chorus settings, Effect settings, Harmony settings, Voicing, Detune, Resonance, Left Pedal functions, Mic Harmony, and Mic Effect You can save your Registrations to a USB memory device and load them into the CP later. (See page 132. ) To rename the Registration Group: Step 1 Press the REGISTRATION GROUPS button. Step 2 Select the Group that you wish to rename. Page 74 Step 3 Touch the NAME button. The display will show a virtual keyboard. Step 4 Touch the screen to enter a new name for the Registration Group. BACK : Takes you to the previous menu. SAVE : Saves the new Registration Group name Step 5 Touch the SAVE button to confirm the new Registration Group name. 5 Using a Style Page 75 5) Song Stylist With over 900 Sounds and nearly 300 Styles, it can sometimes be difficult to decide the best settings with which to play a song. Even if you are very familiar with the Concert Performer, you may want a quick way to change the CP's setup to play another song. The Song Stylist feature was created to handle this situation for you. You simply pick the name of the song you want to play and the Concert Performer sets up everything for you. The Song Stylist contains a list of 1000 popular song titles. In the Song Stylist, there is an appropriate setup for each of those songs. Touch the screen to take you to the first letter of the name of the desired song. Step 3 Touch the PAGE buttons to search for the name of your song. Then touch the song name to select it. The CP automatically returns to the Main Screen ready with all of the settings for that song. Using a Style 5 Page 78 6) Keyboard Harmony When the Auto-Accompaniment is enabled, selecting the Keyboard Harmony function will automatically add notes to your right hand (melody) part, helping you to sound more professional. This function analyzes the notes you play and automatically adds notes from the Accompaniment chord (shown in the Main Screen when the Accompaniment is on), creating a "harmony" part (even if you are only playing single notes in the left and right hands). There are 10 types of Harmony. Block Open Jazz Rockn' Dynamic Duet Octave Octave Duet Vocal 1 Vocal 2 Adds three or four notes based on the chord. Adds three or four notes based on the chord. Harmony notes may extend over one octave below the lowest right-hand note. Adds three or four notes based on the chord. Adds a note at a fifth (or fourth) interval to the lowest note played in the RIGHT Part. Adds three or four notes based on the chord. Harmony notes are played within one octave below the lowest note played in the right hand. Adds a note according to the lowest note played in the right hand and based on the chord. [. . . ] March Militaire by Chopin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand March from "Aida" by Verdi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gymnopedie by Sati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gypsy Chorus from "Carmen" by Bizet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]