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Other useful digital piano functions, Changing the scale of the keyboard – Casio CDP-200R User Manual

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Other Useful Digital Piano Functions

You can use the procedure in this section to change the scale
(tuning system) of the keyboard from the standard equal
temperament to another scale that is more suitable for playing
Indian music, Arabic music, ancient classics, etc.
You can select from among 16 preset scales, or you can
adjust specific notes to created the scale you want.

The Scale Editor provides you the following four options for
changing the scale.

1.

Press

bs

.

2.

Press

5

and

7

at the same time.

3.

Use the

cl

(10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select the

Scale Editor option you want.

• If you do not perform any operation for a few seconds

after the selection screen appears, the display will
return to the previous screen automatically.

4.

Press

5

.

Now you can perform one of the scale editing operations
described below.

Scale Fine Tune

1.

Press the key whose note you want to change,
and then use the

cl

(10-key) [–] and [+] keys to

change the tuning value.

2.

After you are finished, press

5

to assign the

scale to the keyboard.

7

7

bt

bt

cl

cl

cn

cn

cq

cqcr

cr

dk

dk

co

cocp

cp

5

5

bs

bs

Changing the Scale of the
Keyboard

Using the Scale Editor

Display

Indicator

Description

Scale Fine
Tune

“Fin”
“ScalMode”

Changes the tuning value
in 1-cent steps within the
range of +99 to –99 cents.

Quarter Tone

“qUA”
“ScalMode”

Lowers the tuning value by
–50 cents. Use the option
to lower the E and G notes
of the scale for Arabic
music.

Preset

“PrE”
“ScalMode”

Use this option to select
from among a collection of
preset scales.

Equal
Temperament

“EqU”
“ScalMode”

Changes the scale to the
standard equal
temperament.

S c a l M o d e

F i n : C

Tuning value

Keyboard key

The keyboard key(s) whose notes were changed will be lit.

C