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USER’S GUIDE
GUÍA DEL USUARIO
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Safety Precautions
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Precauciones de seguridad
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de leer las “Precauciones de seguridad”
separadas.
PX500L-ES-1
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NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interfere
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Contents General Guide ..........................E-2 Other Settings ........................E-22 Attachment of the Score Stand .................. E-2 Changing the Keyboard Touch ................. E-22 Playing Back All the Music Library Tunes ... E-3 Changing the Piano Key ........................... E-22 Changing the Pitch of the Piano to Match Another Instrument ........................ E-22 Power Supply ...........................E-4 Turning Off Keyboard Lighting .................. E-23 Using
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General Guide Back Panel Attachment of the Score Stand Insert the score stand into the slot at the top of the digital piano as shown in the illustration. 12 Left Side Panel 345 6 H LM 789 0ABC D E F G IJK NOTE CONTROL • Each chapter of this manual starts with an illustration of the piano’s console, which shows the buttons and other controllers you need to operate. REVERB CHORUS E-2 414A-E-004A
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General Guide 1 C PEDAL DAMPER jack MUSIC LIBRARY, RHYTHM button 2 PEDAL SOFT/SOSTENUTO jack D LEFT/TRACK 1 RIGHT/TRACK 2 button 3 E POWER button SONG MEMORY button 4 DC 12V jack F METRONOME button 5 G MIDI OUT/IN terminals Display screen 6 PHONES jacks H TONE buttons 7 I VOLUME knob TEMPO buttons 8 CONTROL button J SONG/RHYTHM SELECT buttons 9 K REVERB CHORUS button BEAT buttons 0 EASY, INTRO/ENDING button L VARIATION button A M NORMAL, SYNCHRO/FILL-IN button SPLIT button B PLAY/STOP, START/ST
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Power Supply You can power this digital piano by plugging it into a Power On Alert standard household power outlet. Keyboard keys light to alert you if you leave power Be sure you turn off power and unplug the power cord on and do not perform any operation for about 6 from the electrical outlet whenever the digital piano minutes. Note that keys light only, and no sound is is not in use. produced. When this happens, press any button or keyboard key to clear the power on alert. Using the AC Adapto
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Connections IMPORTANT! Connecting to a PEDAL Jack • Whenever connecting external equipment, first set the VOLUME knob of the digital piano and the volume Depending on the type of operation you want the controller of the external equipment to relatively low pedal (SP-3) to perform, connect the pedal’s cable to volume settings. You can later adjust volume to the level the digital piano’s PEDAL DAMPER jack or PEDAL you want after connections are complete. SOFT/SOSTENUTO jack. If you want to use bo
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Playing with Different Tones Press the VARIATION button so the 4 Selecting and Playing a Tone indicator lamp above it is lit. Your piano has the following types of tones built in. • This selects the variation tone assigned to each TONE button. Example: MARIMBA Main Tones 15 • For information about variation tone assigned Variation Tones 15 to each button, see the Tone List on page A-1. GM Tones 128 To toggle between the main tone Drum Sets 10 5 (VARIATION indicator lamp off) and variation tone
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Playing with Different Tones While holding down the CONTROL button, NOTE 3 press the GM TONES button. Remember to • You can also select a tone by holding down the GM TONES button as you use the GM SELECT [ ] keep the CONTROL button depressed. and [ ] buttons to scroll through tone numbers • This causes the tone number of the GM tone on the display. that is currently assigned to the GM TONES button to appear on the display. Example: 080 (GM SQUARE LEAD) • The tone that you assign to the GM TONE
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Playing with Different Tones Other Effect Settings Layering Two Tones You can select from among four reverb effects and four Use the following procedure to layer to two tones, so chorus effects by pressing the keyboard keys shown they sound at the same time. below. PREPARATION 1 Reverb Effect Keys 1: Room 2 3: Hall 2 • If you plan to use a variation tone, perform the procedure on page E-6 to select the variation tone for the applicable TONE button(s) before starting this procedure. 0: Room 1 2:
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Playing with Different Tones Adjusting the Volume of Layered Tones Specifying the Keyboard Tone Split Point While holding down the CONTROL While holding down the SPLIT button, 1 1 button, use the keyboard keys shown below press the keyboard key where you want the to adjust the volume of the layered tones. left limit of the high range (right) tone to be. – Left limit of the high range Low range High range + C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 + : Raises the volume (0 to 24) – : Lowers the vol
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Playing with Different Tones Pedal functions Using the Built-in Metronome • Damper pedal Pressing this pedal causes notes to reverberate and You can use the metronome to sound a count that helps to sustain longer. keep you in proper time. • Soft pedal Press the METRONOME button. 1 Pressing this pedal dampens notes and slightly • This starts the metronome. reduces their volume. Only notes played after the pedal is depressed are affected, and any notes While holding down the CONTROL played before
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Playing Rhythms You can select from among 120 built-in rhythms. See Press the START/STOP button again to stop 4 the Rhythm List on page A-2 of this manual for more the rhythm. information. NOTE NOTE • You can also cycle through the available rhythms • Rhythms 110 through 119 consist of chord in step 2 by holding down the CONTROL button accompaniments only, without any drums or other and pressing the SONG/RHYTHM SELECT [ ] percussion instruments. These rhythms do not or [ ] button. sound unless C
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Playing Rhythms To adjust the tempo of the rhythm Using Auto Accompaniment With auto accompaniment, the keyboard Press the RHYTHM button so the RHYTHM 1 automatically plays rhythm, bass, and chord parts in indicator lamp is lit. accordance with chords you select using simplified • Each press of the button toggles between the keyboard fingerings, or chords you play. Auto upper indicator lamp and lower indicator lamp. accompaniment makes it feel like you have your own private backup group with you
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Playing Rhythms Use a CASIO CHORD fingering to play the How to Play Chords 4 first chord within the accompaniment The way you finger chords depends on the current keyboard range. chord mode. • See “How to Play Chords” on this page for information about how to finger chords with Normal the various chord modes. In this mode there is no auto accompaniment, so you • This will cause the intro pattern for the selected can play all of piano’s keys for standard-fingering rhythm to play, followed by th
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Playing Rhythms Chord Types CCm Cdim CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of chords with minimal fingering. Chord Types Example 1 2 Caug * Csus4 C7 * Major chords Press one accompaniment key. C Major (C) Note that the chord produced CC## DEEF F GAAB B CC#DE E F when you press an 2 2 5 Cm7 * Cmaj7 * Cm7 accompaniment keyboard key does not change octave, regardless of which key you use to play it. 5 1 Minor chords (m) C7 * C7sus4 Cadd9 To play a minor chord, keep the C mi
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Playing Rhythms FULL RANGE CHORD Adjusting Accompaniment Volume This accompaniment method makes it possible to play Perform the following operation to change the volume a total of 38 chord variations: the 15 available with level of the rhythm and chord accompaniment (setting FINGERED plus 23 additional variations. The range : 000 to 127). keyboard interprets any input of three or more keys that matches a FULL RANGE CHORD pattern to be a While holding down the CONTROL chord. Any multi-key input
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Learning to Play the Music Library Tunes Press the PLAY/STOP button. 3 Playing a Music Library Tune • This starts the playback of the tune. Your piano comes with 80 Music Library tunes built Press the PLAY/STOP button again to stop in. See the Song List on page A-2 of this manual for 4 more information. tune playback. Press the MUSIC LIBRARY button so NOTE 1 MUSIC LIBRARY indicator lamp (above the • You can also cycle through the available tunes in step 2 by holding down the CONTROL button and
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Learning to Play the Music Library Tunes Keyboard Lighting During Lesson Play When using an auto-accompaniment tune with the Lesson System, the lights indicate not only the note you should play, but how long you should play it (how long you should keep the key depressed). The following describes what illumination of keys indicates. • Note Guide : A lit key indicates the note to be played. • Length Guide : Key remains lit for as long as note should be played. • Next Note Guide : A flashing key in
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Learning to Play the Music Library Tunes Easy Lesson Normal Lesson PREPARATION PREPARATION • Select the tune you want to practice and adjust the tempo. • Select the tune you want to practice and adjust the tempo. If you are playing a tune for the first time, a slow tempo If you are playing a tune for the first time, a slow tempo is probably best. is probably best. Use the LEFT/TRACK 1 RIGHT/TRACK 2 Use the LEFT/TRACK 1 RIGHT/TRACK 2 1 1 button to select the part you want to button to select th
