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PX320ES1A ES USER’S GUIDE GUÍA DEL USUARIO Please keep all information for future reference. Guarde toda documentación para futuras consultas. Safety Precautions Bef ore tr ying to use the piano , be sure to read the separate “Saf ety Precautions”. Precauciones de seguridad Antes de intentar usar el piano, asegúrese de leer las “Precauci[...]
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T O REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, REFER SER VICING T O QU ALIFI ED SER VICE PERSONNEL. Impor tant! Please note the f ollowing important information before using this p roduct. • Before using the AD-12 Adaptor to power the product, be sure to chec k the A C Adaptor f or any damage first. Carefully check the power cord for breakage, cu[...]
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E-1 Contents General Guide ......... .................. E-2 Installing the Music Stand ....... .............. ................. ..... E-3 TONE, Area Buttons (1 through 12) .............. ............. E-4 Using the T /NO and S /YES Buttons . ........... ............. E-5 Saving Settings and Using O peration Lock .............. .. E-5 Returning the [...]
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E-2 General Guide ∗ 4 ∗ 3 ∗ 1-1 ∗ 1-2 ∗ 2 ∗ 5 ds bn dt ek el 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 bk bl bm bo bp bq br bs bt ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct dk dl dn do dm em dp dr dq * 3 Left Side * 1-1 Back left * 2 * 4 Bottom * 1-2 Back right PX320_e.book 2 ページ 2007年 8月1日 水曜日 午 前9時28分[...]
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General Guide E-3 NO TE • The names shown here are always indicated in bold when they appear within the text of this manual. Insert the bottom of the music stand into the groove on the top of the digital piano’s console. 1 VOLUME controller 2 METRONOM E button 3 INTRO/ENDING, WW REW bu tton 4 SYNCHRO/FILL-IN, FF XX button 5 START/STOP, PLAY/STO[...]
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E-4 General Guide The following three functions are assigned the digital piano’s 12 TONE , Area buttons, depending upon the type of operation you are performing. •T o n e s e l e c t i o n ( TONE buttons) (page E-1 0) • Registrat ion area sele ction (Area buttons) (page E-25) • Other functions (Marked belo w each button.) ( page E-34) You c[...]
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General Guide E-5 Use the T /NO and S /YES buttons to change the currently displayed s etting as you view the results of your changes on the displ ay. • The rhythm number (page E-17) appear s first whenever you turn on the digital piano. See the applicable pages in this manual for detailed information about each type of setting. • Each press of[...]
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E-6 Po w e r O u t l e t Your digital piano runs on standard household power. Be sure to turn off power whe never you are not using the digital piano. Use only the A C adaptor tha t is specified for u se with this digi tal piano. Specified AC Adaptor: AD-12 Left Side Note the follow ing importan t precautions to av oid damage to the power cord. Dur[...]
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E-7 Connections IMPORT ANT! • Before connecting headphones, be su re to use the digital piano’s VOLUME controll er to turn the volume down to a low level. After connecting, you can adjust th e volume to the level you want. • The digital piano automatical ly adjusts sound ou tput to optimize for headphones (when headphones a re connected) or t[...]
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E-8 Connections Pedal Connector You can connect the optional ly availabl e 3-Pedal Unit (SP-30) to the pedal connector on the bo ttom of the digital piano. You can then use the pedals for expression that is similar to th at available on an acoustic piano. Bottom NO TE • The SP-30 Pedal Unit supports half-pedal operation (pressing the pedal part w[...]
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Connections E-9 Playing Output from External Equipment through the Piano’s Speakers 1 LINE IN R jack input sounds through the piano’s right speaker, while LIN E IN L/MONO jack input sounds through the left speaker. Connecting to the LINE IN L/MONO jack only causes the same output to be produced from both speakers. It is up to you to purchase co[...]
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E-10 Selecting and Pla ying a T one Your digital piano has the following types of tones built in. 1. Press the POWER button to turn on the digital piano. Left Side IMPORT ANT! • When you turn on the digital pi ano, it performs a startup routine, during which the following messages appears on the display. • It takes about six seconds to reach pr[...]
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Selecting and Playing a Tone E-11 3. Press one of the TONE buttons (not the VARIOUS/GM TONES button) to select the tone you want. • The names of the refined tones are marked above the TONE buttons. • This will cause the lamp of the se lected tone’s button to light. Example: GRAND PIAN O (CLASSIC) 1. Use the tone list on page A-1 to find the V[...]
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E-12 Selecting and Playing a Tone Use the following procedure to layer two tones, so they sound at the same time. The tone you specify first is called the “main tone”, while the tone you specify second is called the “layer ed tone”. 1. While holding down the TONE button of t he tone that corresponds to the main tone, press the button that c[...]
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Selecting and Playing a Tone E-13 To specify the keyboar d split point 1. While holding down the SPLIT button, press the keyboard key where you want the left limit of the high range (right) tone to be. • This will change the split point and display the name of keyboard ke y that you pressed. NO TE • The split point also is the boundary between [...]
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E-14 Selecting and Playing a Tone 1. Press the METRONOME button. • This will start the metronome. • The two lamps above the START/STOP button will flash along with the metronome beats. 2. To change the beats per measu re, hold down the METRONOME button as you press the T /NO or S /YES button. • You can select a value in the range of 2 through[...]
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Selecting and Playing a Tone E-15 You can use the Duet Mode to split the piano’s keyboard in the center so two people can play a duet. The left and right side keyb oards have virtually the same range. If you have th e optionally available SP-30 Pedal Unit installed, the left pedal operates as the left side damper pedal, while the right peda l is [...]
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E-16 Selecting and Playing a Tone Changing the Oct aves of the Keyboards You can change the ranges of the left and right keyboards in octave units from their initial default settings. This comes in handy, for example , if the initial default range is not enough when one person is playing the left hand part and another person is playing the right ha[...]
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E-17 Pla ying a Rh ythm You can select from among 70 built-in rhythms. 1. Press the RHYTHM button so the lamp above it is lit. • Each press of the button toggles between the la mps above and below the button. • This will cause the currently selected rhythm number to appear on the display. 2. Find the rhythm number of the rhythm you want to use [...]
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E-18 Playing a Rhythm With Auto Accompaniment, th e digital piano automatically pl ays rhythm, bass, and chord parts in accordance with chords yo u select us ing simplified keyboard fingerings, or chords you play. Auto Accompaniment makes it feel li ke you have your own private backup group with you all the time. NO TE • With the rhythms listed b[...]
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Playing a Rhythm E-19 7. Finger the first chord within the accompaniment keyboard range. • Playing a chord will cause the intro pattern for the selected rhythm to play, followed by the accompaniment rhythm and chord pattern. 8. Finger other chords on the keybo ard. • See “How to Play Cho rds” on page E-19 for information about how to fi nge[...]
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E-20 Playing a Rhythm IMPORT ANT! • In the CASIO CHORD mode, the keys in the accompaniment keyboard range o f the keyboard operate as “chord switches” only. You ca nnot use the keys in this keyboard range to play notes. • You can use the split point to change the size of the accompaniment keyboard range . See “To specify the keyboard spli[...]
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Playing a Rhythm E-21 Fingered Chord Notes • Except for the chords whose names have * 1 after them in the abo ve examples, you also can use inverted fingerings. This means that fingering either E-G-C or G-C-E will produces a C chord. • Except for the chords whose names have * 2 after them in the above examples, you need to press all of the indi[...]
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E-22 Pla ying Bac k Built-in Songs IMPORT ANT! • After you select a built-in s ong, it can take a number of seconds for the song data to be loaded. While the data is being loaded, the song number will flash on the displa y, and the keyboard keys and button operation s will be disabled. Selecting a song wh ile playing something on the keyboard wil[...]
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Playing Back Built-in Songs E-23 The Music Library incl udes bo th built-in songs (01 to 60), plus u p to 10 song s (61 to 70) th at have been sa ved to digital piano memory from a computer * or SD memory card (page E-41). You can use the procedure below to select one of these songs and p lay it back. * You can download music data from the Internet[...]
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E-24 Playing Back Built-in Songs To skip forward through a song 1. While playback is in progress, hold down the FF button. • This skips forward throug h the song measure-by- measure. • The measure number appears on the disp lay while you are skipping forward. 2. When you reach the point you want, release the FF button to resume playback. You ca[...]
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E-25 Sa ving Digital Piano Setups (Registration Memory) You can save up to 96 digital piano setups in registration memory, including tone, rhythm, and tempo settings, for quick and easy recall whenever you need them. Registration Areas and Banks Each setup is stored in an “area”. There are a total of 96 areas, which are grouped into eight “ba[...]
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E-26 Saving Digital Piano Setups (Registration Memory) Registration Data Storage Notes • Registration data is stor ed even when the digital piano is turned off. • Storing new data in an area replaces any data that is currently in the same area. • The digital piano is shipped from the factory with registration data stored in each area. You can[...]
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Saving Digital Piano Setu ps (Registration Memory) E-27 1. Press the TONE/REGISTRATION but ton so the registration lamp is lit. • This will cause the currently selected bank number to appear on the display. • Each press of the button toggles between the upper lamp and lower lamp. 2. Use the T /NO and S /YES buttons to display the number of the [...]
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E-28 Recor ding and Pla y Bac k You can store the notes you play in digital piano memory for later playback. You can have up to five songs in memory at one time. A track is a container of re corded data, and each song consists of two tracks: Track 1 and Track 2. You can record each track separately and then combine them so they play back together a[...]
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Recording and Play Back E-29 Using the RECORDER Button Each press of the RECORDER button cycles through the recording options in the sequence shown below. After recording to either of the tracks of a song, you ca n record to the other track while listening to playback what you recorded in the first track. To record to a specifi c track of a specifi[...]
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E-30 Recording and Play Back 7. When you are finished, press the START/ STOP but ton to stop recording. • To stop recording with a rhythm/Auto Accompaniment ending pattern, press the INTRO/ ENDING b utton. • Stopping recording will cause the REC lamp to go out and the PLAY lamp to light. • To play back the track yo u just recorded, press the [...]
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Recording and Play Back E-31 1. Press the RECORDER button so the PLAY lamp is lit. 2. Use the T /NO and S /YES buttons to display a song number (1 to 5). NO TE • When a song has something re corded in both tracks, you can turn off one track and play back just the other track, if you want. Whether a track is on or off is indicated by the lamps abo[...]
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E-32 Other Settings This section explains how to configure key, touch, pedal, MIDI, and other settings. • The basic procedure belo w is used for config uring all settings. The only differ ence is the button that you press to select a parameter. • See the “Secondary Parameter Reference ” on page E-34 for details about the settings you can co[...]
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Other Settings E-33 To change the setting of one of the EFFECT button parameters Press the EFFE CT button in step 3 of the “To configure other settings” procedure to toggle between the two parameters shown below. To change the setting of one of the MIDI button parameters Press the MIDI button in ste p 3 of the “To configure other settings” [...]
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E-34 Other Settings Tones * Split Point Key Name Display Secondary P arameter Reference Setting Paramet er Name Settings Description VARIOUS/ GM TONES button assignment TONE SEL See “Tone List” on page A-1. Assigns one of the digital piano’s Various tone, GM tone, or Drum set to the VARIOUS/GM TONES button. Tone layering volume balance LA[...]
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Other Settings E-35 Song, Rhythm, and Metronome Keyboard Setting Paramet er Name Settings Description Tempo TEMPO 20 to 255 Specifies the temp o of Music Library songs, the metronome, Auto Accompanim ent playback, re cording and playback, etc. Metronome beats per measure BEAT 0, 2 to 6 Specifies the metronome beat. (page E-14) Metronome vol[...]
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E-36 Other Settings Pedals MIDI and Other Settings Setting Paramet er Name Settings Description Soft/Sostenuto pedal jack setting OTHERS J.SF: Soft J.SS: Sos tenuto Soft pedal is the initial power on default setting for a pedal connected to the digital piano’s SO FT/ SOSTENUTO PEDAL jack . This parameter ca n be used to change the pedal t[...]
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Other Settings E-37 * Setup Memory Data Contents Tone selection, la yer/split on/off, reverb/ chorus on/off , rhythm number, SD memory card playback selection, settings on pages E-34 through E-37 (except VARIOUS/GM TONES button assignment, Accomp MIDI out, MIDI In Chord judge, Local control , Operation Lock), RHYTHM/MUSIC LIBRARY button setting, TO[...]
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E-38 Connecting to a Computer What is MIDI? MIDI is a standard for di gital signals and connectors that allows musical instrume nts, computers, and other devices, regardless of manu facturer, to exchange data with each other. NO TE • For details about MIDI implementation, visit: http://world.casio.com/ MIDI Connections Connecting your computer or[...]
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Connecting to a Computer E-39 • You need to have Adobe Reader or Acrobat Rea der installed on your co mputer in order to view the contents of the “CASIO USB MIDI Driver User’s Guide” (manual_e.pdf) . If your computer does not have Adobe Reader or Acrobat Reader installed already, use the procedure below to install it. To install Adobe Reade[...]
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E-40 Connecting to a Computer You can store up to 10 songs you have downloaded with your computer as songs 61 through 70 of the Music Library and practice along with them as they play, just as you do wi th the built-in songs. You also can use the CASIO SMF conversion software (SMF Converter) to convert SMF data files you have purchased or created, [...]
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E-41 Using an SD Memor y Car d Your digital piano’s SD memory card slot makes it possible for you to store song data on a commercially available SD memory card. The digital piano also can read SMF song data and CASIO format song data from an SD memory card. z Supported SD Memory Cards The maximum supported SD me mory card size is 2 GB. Use of any[...]
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E-42 Using an SD Memory Card SD Memory Card and SD Memory Card Slot Precautions IMPORT ANT! • Whenever handling an SD memory card, be sure to observe the instructions and preca utions in the user documentation that co mes with it. • SD memo ry card s have a wr ite-protect switch that protects against accidental deletion of data. • Avoid using[...]
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Using an SD Memory Card E-43 Use the procedures in this section to format an SD memor y car d. IMPORT ANT! • When using an SD Memory ca rd, first be sure to format the memory card on th e digital pian o. • Before performing the procedure below, check to make sure that the SD memory card does not contain any da ta you might need. • The SD memo[...]
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E-44 Using an SD Memory Card 5. Use the T /NO and S /YES buttons to display the file number where you want to save the song data. 6. When everything is the way you want, pre ss the FUNCTION button to begin savin g data. • The message “CPL” (complete) will appear on the display to let you know when the save operation is complete. After that, t[...]
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Using an SD Memory Card E-45 You can use the procedures in this section to transfer data from an SD memory card to the digital piano user area, *1 recorder area, *2 or registration area. *3 *1 Music Library Songs 61 to 70 *2 Memory area wher e songs re corded on the digit al piano are stored. *3 Memory area where registration data on the piano is s[...]
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E-46 Using an SD Memory Card To transfer song data from an SD memory card to the recorder area 1. Press the RECORDER button so the PLAY lamp is lit. 2. Use the T /NO and S /YES buttons to display the number of the recorder area song (1 through 5) to which you want to transfer the song data. 3. Hold down the CARD button until its lamp starts to flas[...]
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Using an SD Memory Card E-47 Playback of SMF format data and song data converted using SMF conve rsion software to CASIO CM2 f ormat. IMPORT ANT! • Note the following important pre cautions whenever playing back a data file you copi ed to a memory card with a computer. To perform the procedure below, yo u must have an SD memory card to which an S[...]
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E-48 Using an SD Memory Card SD Memory Card Err ors Display Message Cause Action No SD memory card loaded in the SD memory card slot or the card is not loaded corre ctly. Correctly in sert the SD memory card into the SD memory card slot. (Page E-42) You are trying to load data from an SD memory card that does not contain any data that is supported [...]
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E-49 Ref erence T r oubleshooting Problem Cause Action See Page No sound is produced when I press a keyboard key. 1. The VOLUME controller is set to “MIN”. 2. Headphones are connected to the digital piano. 3. MIDI Local Control is turned off. 4. Check the current accompan iment mode setting. Normally, the accompaniment keyboard range will not p[...]
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E-50 Reference I can’t load data from an SD memory card. 1. The card is n ot inserted prope rly into the SD memory card slot. 2. The capacity o f the SD memory card is not supported by the digital piano. 3. Th e SD memory card is damaged. 4. When the data was copied to the SD memory card from a computer, it was copied to a fo lder other th an “[...]
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Reference E-51 • Specifications and d esigns are su bject to change without notice. Pr oduct Specifications Model PX-320 Keyboard 88-key piano keyboar d, with Touch Response Maximum Polyphony 128 notes Tones 202 (with Layer and Split) Effects Reverb (4 types), Chor us (4 types), Bril liance (–3 to 0 to 3), Acoustic Re sonance Metronome • Beat[...]
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E-52 Reference Be sure to read and observe the fo llowing operating precautions. Location Avoid the follow ing locatio ns for this product. • Areas exposed to direct sunlight an d high humidit y • Areas subjected to temper ature extremes • Near a radio, TV, video deck, or tuner The above devices will not cause malfunction of the product, [...]
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A-1 Appendix/Apéndice T one List/List a de tonos No./ N º Tone Na me/ Nom bre de to nos Program Change/ Cambio de programa Bank Select MSB / MSB de selección de banc o Maximum Polyph ony/ Polifo nía máxima Acous tic Resona nce/ Resonanci a acús tica 01 GRAND PIANO MODERN 04 8 6 4 02 GRAND PIANO CLASSIC 0 49 64 03 GRAND PIANO VARIATION 0 50 12[...]
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A-2 Appe ndix/Apén dice NO TE • Acoustic re sonance (page E-3 4) is applied only to t ones indicate d by “ ”. NO T A • La reso nancia ac ústica (pá gina S- 34) se apli ca solame nte a los t onos indic ados medi ante “ ”. 108 GM HARP 46 0 128 109 GM TIMPANI 47 0 128 110 GM STRINGS 1 48 0 128 111 GM STRI NGS 2 49 0 128 112 GM SYNTH-STR[...]
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Appendix/Ap éndice A-3 NO TE • “ ” : ind icates the same sound as STANDA RD SET. NO T A • “ ” : ind ica el mismo sonido que STANDARD SE T. Drum Assignm ent List/ Lista de son idos de batería ST ANDARD SET BRUSH SET E1 F1 G1 A1 B1 C2 D2 E2 F2 G2 A2 B2 C3 D3 E3 F3 G3 A3 B3 C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 E5 F5 G5 A5 B5 C6 D6 E6 F6 2 [...]
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A-4 Appe ndix/Apén dice Rh ythm List/Lista de ritm os Category/Cat egoría No./ N º Rhythm Name/ Nomb re de ri tmo 8BEAT/16B EAT 01 STRAIGH T 8 BEAT 02 MELLO W 8 BEAT 03 GUITAR 8 BEAT 04 8 BEAT POP 05 16 BEAT 06 16 BEAT SHUFFL E BALLA D 07 SLOW BALLA D 08 POP BALLA D 09 6/8 BALLAD 10 ROCK B ALLAD POPS 11 POP 12 POP ROCK 13 FA ST SOUL 14 60’S SO[...]
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Appendix/Ap éndice A-5 Tone Demo/Demostr ación de tonos Music Library/B iblioteca mus ical Song List/L ista de canciones No./ N º Tone Name/ Nom bre de to nos Song Nam e/ Nombr e de canci ones 01 GRAND PIAN O (MODER N) Pr_lude [Suite bergamasque] 02 GRAND PIAN O (CLASSI C) 3 Romances Sans Paroles 3 03 GRAND PIAN O (VARIAT ION) Ungarischer Tanz 5[...]
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A-6 Appe ndix/Apén dice Fing ered Chord Char t/Cuadr o de acordes digitados (Fing ered) dim m7 b 5 M7 M m 7 m 7 dim7 Chord Type Root C D E F G A B C /(D ) b # (D )/E b # F /(G ) b # (G )/A b # (A )/B b # aug sus4 C D E F G A B C /(D ) b # (D )/E b # F /(G ) b # (G )/A b # (A )/B b # m add9 7sus4 mM7 7 b 5 add9 Chord Type Root PX320_s.book 6 ペー[...]
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E-1 Function T ransmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel 1 - 16 1 - 16 1 - 16 1 - 16 Def ault Changed Note Number 21 - 108 0 - 127 0 - 127 * 1 T r ue voice Program Change O 0 - 127 O 0 - 127 :T r ue # After To u c h Control Change X X X O Pitch Bender XO System Exclusive OO K ey’s Ch’s V elocity O 9nH v = 1 - 127 X 8nH v = 64 O 9nH v = 1 - 12[...]
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This recycle mark indicates that the packaging conforms to the environmental protection legislation in Germany. Esta marca de reciclaje indica que el empaquetado se ajusta a la legislación de protección ambiental en Alemania. MA0708-A Printed in China PX320ES1A C[...]