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Owner’s Manual
Bedienungsanleitung
Mode d’emploi
Manual de instrucciones
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Introduction Thank you for choosing a Yamaha Clavinova. Your Clavinova is a fine musical instrument that employs advanced Yamaha music technology. With the proper care, your Clavinova will give you many years of musical pleasure. as the presets. AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generator sys- Full-keyboard ABC (Auto Bass Chord) provides ac- tem offers a range of 60 rich, realistic voices. companiment as you play across the entire keyboard. 32-note polyphony permits use of sophisticated play
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1 Taking Care of Your Clavinova Your Clavinova will give you years of playing pleasure if you observe the simple rules given below: nism and/or the floppy disk. To remove a partially ejected 1. Avoid Humidity & Heat disk, try pressing the eject button once again or push the Avoid placing the Clavinova in areas that are subject to exces- disk back into the slot, then repeat the eject procedure sive humidity or heat. Do not leave the instrument near heaters carefully. or in a car exposed to direct
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2 The Panel Controls P R AUX IN L AUX OUT R L/L+R a 245 7 9!#% & 36 80@$^ RHYTHM BASS 1 CHORD 2 ) q BEAT FULL SINGLE/ MAX MAX KEYBOARD FINGERED SYNCHRO SOLO DEMO LEFT PEDAL A B C A B C START STYLEPLAY PROGRAM INTRO/ * ( we r t START/STOP ENDING NORMAL VARIATION CUSTOM DANCE SLOW JAZZ STYLE DISK CLAVINOVA HARPSI- UPRIGH UTILITY REVERB MARCH COUNTRY WALTZ STYLE MIN MIN RHYTHM POP 16BEAT POP BOOGIE ROCK SWING BALLAD BOSSA RHUMBA 13-50 1 STYLE 2 TAP METRONOME TEMPO PIANO TONE E. PIANO
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3 The Panel Controls 1 POWER Switch ........................................................page 4 2 MASTER VOLUME Control .....................................page 5 3 [UTILITY] Button ............... page 5, 13, 30, 33, 38, 42—64 4 [DEMO] Button .........................................................page 6 d 5 [LEFT PEDAL] Button ............................................page 14 6 [REVERB] Button...................................................page 12 s 7 AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT Volume Contro
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4 Preparation The Music Stand If you will be using sheet music with your Clavinova, raise the music stand built into it’s top panel by lifting the rear edge of the music stand. The music stand can be lowered by slightly lifting the stand and then lowering it gently back down to its resting position. The Key Cover To open the CVP-89 key cover lift it just enough to clear the keys (do not lift excessively) then slide the cover back into the main unit. To close the cover slide it forward all th
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5 The Volume Controls The Clavinova has several volume controls that RHYTHM BASS 1 CHORD 2 give you extra versatility in creating the required MAX sound. MAX MIN AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT MIN RHYTHM BASS 1 CHORD 2 FULL SINGLE/ MAX MAX KEYBOARD FINGERED SYNCHRO SOLO SONG/PHRASE PHRASE LAMP DEMO LEFT PEDAL A B C A B C START STYLEPLAY PROGRAM BEAT MEMORY NUMBER RIGHT LEFT ORCH RHYTHM REPEAT GUIDE CANCEL MASTER VOLUME 1 2 3-10 START/STOP ENDING INTRO/ NORMAL VARIATION START/STOP CUSTOM DANCE SL
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6 Demonstration Playback The Clavinova features 25 demonstration tunes that effectively demonstrate its sound and accompaniment capabilities. Here’s how you can select and play the demo tunes. HARPSI- UPRIGHT VOICE CLAVINOVA ELEC PIANO TONE E. PIANO CHORD VIBES GUITAR STRINGS ORGAN CHOIR BASS BASS DRUMS 13-60 1 23 4 5 6 7 89 0 VOICE DANCE SLOW JAZZ POP 16BEAT BOOGIE SWING BALLAD BOSSA RHUMBA MARCH COUNTRY WALTZ POP ROCK STYLE DEMO RHYTHM BASS 1 CHORD 2 MAX MAX KEYBOARD FULL FINGERED SIN
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7 Voice Selection The CVP-89 has a total of 60 different voices that can be selected in a number of ways. There’s also a “Keyboard Percussion” mode that let’s you play a range of drums and percussion instruments on the keyboard. CLAVINOVA HARPSI- UPRIGHT ELEC VOICE PIANO TONE E. PIANO CHORD VIBES GUITAR STRINGS ORGAN CHOIR BASS BASS DRUMS 13-60 VOICE 0 1 23 4 5 6 7 89 VOICE RHYTHM BASS 1 CHORD 2 FULL SINGLE/ MAX MAX KEYBOARD FINGERED SYNCHRO SOLO SONG/PHRASE PHRASE LAMP DEMO LEFT P
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8 Voice Selection Panel Voices (1 — 12) No. Name Usable Range No. Name Usable Range No. Name Usable Range 1 PIANO A-1 - C7 19 SAX SOFT A#0 - F#5 40 FOLK GUITAR E1 - A4 2 CLAVINOVA TONE C1 - C7 20 CLARINET D2 - A#5 41 JAZZ GUITAR 1 E1 - A4 3 E. PIANO C1 - C6 21 OBOE A#2 - G5 42 JAZZ GUITAR 2 E1 - A4 4 HARPSICHORD C1 - C6 22 FLUTE G2 - F#6 43 ROCK GUITAR 1 E1 - A4 5 VIBES F2 - F5 23 ACCORDION F2 - A5 44 ROCK GUITAR 2 E1 - A4 6 GUITAR E1 - F#4 24 HARMONICA C3 - C6 45 MUTE GUITAR E1 - A4 7 STRINGS C
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9 Dual Mode The DUAL mode makes it possible to play two voices simultaneously across the entire range of the keyboard. This makes it easy to create exceptionally rich, thick tonal textures. CLAVINOVA HARPSI- UPRIGHT ELEC VOICE PIANO E. PIANO VIBES GUITAR STRINGS ORGAN CHOIR DRUMS VOICE TONE CHORD BASS BASS 13-60 1 23 4 5 6 7 89 0 VOICE RHYTHM BASS 1 CHORD 2 MAX MAX KEYBOARD FULL FINGERED SINGLE/ DEMO LEFT PEDAL A B C A B C SYNCHRO SOLO SONG/PHRASE NUMBER RIGHT LEFT ORCH RHYTHM PHRAS
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10 Split Mode The split mode lets you play different voices with the left and right hands — bass with the left and pi- ano with the right, for example. You can assign any SPLIT of the Clavinova’s voices to the left and right-hand sections of the keyboard. RHYTHM BASS 1 CHORD 2 MAX MAX KEYBOARD FULL FINGERED SINGLE/ DEMO LEFT PEDAL A B C A B C SYNCHRO START STYLEPLA SOLO Y PROGRAM MEMORY SONG/PHRASE NUMBER RIGHT LEFT ORCH RHYTHM PHRASE REPEAT GUIDE CANCEL LAMP BEAT 1 2 3-10 START/STOP
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11 Split Mode Split Balance The volume balance between the left-hand and right-hand voices can be ad- justed by using the TEMPO [ ] and [ ] buttons while holding the [SPLIT] but- TEMPO SPLIT ton. The selected balance value (1 … 15) will be shown on the display while the – / NO + / YES [SPLIT] button is held. A setting of “1” sets the volume of the left voice to maximum and the right voice to minimum (no sound). [001] E.Bs Slp/Piano œ= 78 SPLIT BALANCE 8 A setting of “8” sets both voic
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12 Digital Reverb Effects The [REVERB] button provides a number of REVERB digital effects that you can use for extra depth and expressive power. RHYTHM BASS 1 CHORD 2 FULL SINGLE/ MAX MAX KEYBOARD FINGERED SYNCHRO SOLO SONG/PHRASE PHRASE LAMP DEMO LEFT PEDAL A B C A B C START STYLEPLAY PROGRAM BEAT MEMORY NUMBER RIGHT LEFT ORCH RHYTHM REPEAT GUIDE CANCEL 1 2 3-10 START/STOP ENDING INTRO/ NORMAL VARIATION START/STOP CUSTOM DANCE SLOW JAZZ STYLE DISK CLAVINOVA HARPSI- UPRIGHT EL
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13 The Keyboard & Polyphony The Clavinova has “32-note polyphony” which means you can normally play up to 32 notes at once. This number varies, however, according to the functions being used, as shown in the chart below: Keyboard only 32 notes. The number of available notes is further reduced if the dual Keyboard + rhythm 24 notes (rhythm uses 8). mode, the performance memory, or a Disk Orchestra Collec- tion disk is being played at the same time. Keyboard + ABC 12 notes (rhythm 8; ABC 12). T
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14 The Pedals The CVP-89 has three pedal which offer a range of advanced expressive capabilities. LEFT PEDAL RHYTHM BASS 1 CHORD 2 MAX MAX KEYBOARD FULL FINGERED SINGLE/ DEMO LEFT PEDAL A B C A B C SYNCHRO START STYLEPLA SOLO Y PROGRAM MEMORY SONG/PHRASE NUMBER RIGHT LEFT ORCH RHYTHM PHRASE REPEAT GUIDE CANCEL LAMP BEAT 1 2 3-10 START/STOP ENDING INTRO/ NORMAL VARIATION START/STOP MIN UTILITY REVERB MIN CUST RHYTHM OM POP 16BEAT DANCE POP BOOGIE SLOW ROCK SWING BALLAD JAZZ BOSSA
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15 Start/Stop ................................................................................................................................................ The left pedal performs the same function as the panel [START/STOP] buttons. LEFT PEDAL FUNCTION For details on the START/STOP function, refer to the “Accompaniment” section, START/STOP page 18. Rhythm Break ...................................................................................................................
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16 Pitch Control Pitch control makes it possible to tune the Clavinova over a ±50-cent range (approximate) in approximately 1.2-cent or 1-hertz intervals. A hundred “cents” equals one semitone, so the tuning range provided allows fine tuning of overall pitch over a range of approximately a semitone. Pitch control is useful for tuning the Clavinova to match other instruments or recorded music. Tuning Up ............................................................................................
