Yamaha PORTATONE PSR-OR700 - Manual (Page 99)

Using Oriental Scales
PSR-OR700 Owner’s Manual 99
Using Oriental Scales
— Scale Setting/Scale Tuning/Scale Memory
The Oriental Scales feature lets you simply and easily raise or lower the pitches of
specific notes and create your own scales. You can change the scale settings at any
time–even when you are playing. Up to six scale settings can be stored for instant
recall, whenever you need them.
Setting an Oriental Scale
— Scale Setting
The [SCALE SETTING] buttons simulate an one-octave keyboard (C through B).
You can easily change the scale setting at any time by pressing one of the [SCALE
SETTING] buttons, located at the left side of the panel.
Pressing each button turns the Scale Setting feature for the specific note on and off.
The Scale Setting feature affects all the notes having the same note name in all
octaves. When set to on (the selected button itself is lit), you can play the keyboard
in the selected oriental scale.
The scale setting for each note is -50 cents. You can also adjust the scale tuning in
1-cent units in the SCALE TUNE display.
Scale Tuning
You can select various scales for playing in custom tunings for specific historical
periods or music genres.
1
Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] → [A] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE → TAB [√][®] SCALE
TUNE
2
Select the desired part for which you want to set the scale by using
the [6π
π π π† † † † ]/[7π π π π† † † † ] buttons.
Checkmark the box by pressing the [8π] button.
3
Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the desired scale.
The tuning of each note for the currently selected scale is indicated in the
keyboard illustration at the upper right of the display.
The [SCALE SETTING] buttons
will light or go out according to
the song playback data.
The Scale Setting function has no
effect on the Drum Kit/SFX Kit
voices.
You also can call up the SCALE
TUNE display by pressing the
[SCALE TUNE] button.