Suzuki Musical Instrument Corp. HG-425e manual

1 HG-425e MINI GRANDE DIGIT AL PIANO SUZUKI Pianos OWNER’S MANUAL SUZUKI[...]

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3 WELCOME! We would like to express our appreciation and congratulate you for purchasing this Suzuki Mini-Grande digital piano. This piano has been designed to provide you with years of musical enjoyment. State of the art electronics are combined with an elegant cabinet that will add beauty and sophistication to any home environment. Just a few of [...]

4 GENERAL PRECAUTIONS CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION : T O REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER-SERVICEABLE P A RTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL INSTRUCTIONS PERT AINING T O A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK OR INJUR Y : The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an [...]

5 TAKING CARE OF YOUR DIGITAL PIANO This Suzuki digital piano will supply you with years of musical enjoyment if you follow the simple rules listed below. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING When using electrical products, basic safety precautions should always be followed, includ- ing the following: SAFETY Power Source - The product should alway[...]

6 T ABLE OF CONTENTS ASSEMBLY ................................................................. 7 CONNECTOR PANELS ................................................ 16 PANEL CONTROLS ..................................................... 1 7 DISK DRIVE ............................................................... 2 8 PEDALS ........................[...]

7 ASSEMBLY PLEASE DO NO T A T TEMPT TO AS SEMBLE YOUR PIANO BEFORE READING THESE INSTRUCTIONS! IF YOU HA VE ANY QUESTION OR PROBLEMS, DO NO T CALL OR RETURN PRODUCT T O THE STORE Visit www .suzukimusic.com/hg-425e OR CALL THIS TOLL FREE HELP LINE 1-800-854-1594[...]

8 ASSEMBL Y A. You should have 3 cartons as pictured. • Large Carton: Grand Piano • Medium Carton: 3 piano legs and piano pedal assembly • Small Carton: Piano bench • Y ou will need 2 people to set up this large product. Do not attempt to set up your piano by yourself. 1 . UNPACKING YOUR NEW GRAND PIANO B. To begin, remove outer carton. •[...]

9 ASSEMBL Y D. Inner carton . • Locate the back of the inner carton. It is marked with a sticker . • Use a SMALL knife to slit the center, top and bottom t ape. • Remove the foam pieces as shown. This will reveal the bottom of the piano. • Do not open the front of the inner carton. That will expose the top of the piano. E. Piano Accessories[...]

10 ASSEMBL Y 2 . UNPACKING PIANO LEGS & PEDAL ASSEMBLY A. Get the Medium Sized box labeled ‘Grand Pedal/Grand Leg’. • Carefully slit the tape and open the box as shown. • Lift out all the parts inside this box and gently remove the protective plastic covering. Set aside on a soft surface. • Y ou are handling the high gloss lacquer fin[...]

11 ASSEMBL Y A. Assembly Positions. • Y ou will see the following areas on the bottom of your piano. 1 . Right Piano Leg Position 2 . Pedal Assembly Position 3 . Left Piano Leg Position 4 . Back Piano Leg Position 5 . Disk Drive 6 . Connection Panel 7 . S peakers 8 . Power Cord Input 9 . Serial Number 3 . ATTACHING THE LEGS TO THE PIANO. B. Insta[...]

12 ASSEMBL Y A. Pre-Pedal Assembly. • Tighten both knobs on the bottom of the pedal assembly clockwise as shown, until they are as close to the pedal board as possible. • After your piano has been placed in its final position, these 2 knobs will be adjusted down to stabilize the pedals. 4 . PEDAL ASSEMBLY ATTACHMENT B. Pedal Assembly Preparatio[...]

13 ASSEMBL Y D. The Support Rods. • Attach the pedal support rods to the piano bottom. Find the pre-drilled holes on either side of the speaker . Use the remaining 4 phillips screws. IMPORTANT! • Remember! It is important that one person hold the piano while the other person performs the installation functions. Be careful not to push or pull th[...]

14 ASSEMBLY A. Pad the Piano. • Make a thick pad by folding a blanket or quilt in quarters. Place it so the pedal assembly will land on it. Using 2 or 3 persons, lift the piano and pivot onto the pad. 5 . INSTALLING THE LEFT LEG B. Install the Left Leg. • With one person holding the piano in position, go under the piano and install the left leg[...]

15 ASSEMBL Y WARNING • When positioning the piano in your home it is recommended that you carry it to the final position. The solid brass casters may be damaged by rough surfaces and the casters may damage some flooring surfaces like hardwood or tile. 6 . POSITIONING YOUR NEW GRAND PIANO WARNING - DO NOT PUSH THE PIANO! • Do not roll the piano [...]

16 CONNECT OR P ANELS 1. MIDI OUT / MIDI IN / MIDI THRU - This piano contains MIDI in, MIDI thru and MIDI output ports. MIDI jacks allow communication with other products equipped with MIDI interfaces. Please see the MIDI section of this manual for further details. 2 . AUDIO IN - These stereo audio input jacks will amplify the supplied signal throu[...]

17 P ANEL CONTROLS This Suzuki piano’s control panel is designed for ease of use and intuitive playing. The following is a brief description of all the features located on the control panel. POWER SWITCH - The power switch is located to the left of the piano keys. Press the button to turn the power on and off. There is an indicator light on the F[...]

18 P ANEL CONTROLS 7 8 DEMO SET UP RHYTHM CONTROL F ADE FILL TO V AR FILL IN ST ART / STOP INTRO / END – TEMPO + ONE TOUCH ACCOMP SYNCH 9 7 . DEMO (DEMONSTRATION SONGS) - Press the DEMO button. The first demo song will begin to play instantly . This piano has thirteen different demonstration songs designed to showcase the instrument’s capabilit[...]

19 P ANEL CONTROLS 11 10 RHYTHM CONTROL F ADE FILL TO VAR FILL IN ST ART / STOP INTRO / END – TEMPO + ONE TOUCH ACCOMP SYNCH 12 1 0 . ONE TOUCH - This button works in association with your selected Rythm Style. The ONE TOUCH button will automatically select the predetermined optimum instrument voice settings for the selected rhythm style. Functio[...]

20 P ANEL CONTROLS 13 14 15 RHYTHM CONTROL F ADE FILL TO VAR FILL IN ST ART / STOP INTRO / END – TEMPO + ONE TOUCH ACCOMP SYNCH BIG BAND BOSSA POP ACOUSTIC RHYTHM STYLES SWING OLDIES 16 17 1 3 . INTRO/END (INTRODUCTION/ENDING PATTERN) - All of the 70 rhythm styles can be started with their own introduction. Function: When the Intro Button is enga[...]

21 P ANEL CONTROLS 18 F ADE FILL TO V AR FILL IN ST ART / STOP – TEMPO + ONE TOUCH ACCOMP BIG BAND BOSSA SWING S. BALLAD R & B LA TIN ROCK OLDIES POP ACOUSTIC RHYTHM STYLES 1 8 . QUICK SELECT RHYTHM STYLE BUTTONS - There a total of 70 Rhythm Style Accompaniments in the HG-425e Piano. There are ten Rhythm Styles that can be selected quickly by[...]

22 PANEL CONTROLS 21 22 20 LEFT RIGHT SCREEN – + VALUE ENTER ESCAPE CURSOR 19 23 1 9 . CURSOR - The CURSOR button group (right arrow, left arrow, up arrow and down arrow) allows you to access and highlight different areas within the LCD Display screen. Please note - After your selection has been highlighted Press the Enter button to engage your s[...]

23 PANEL CONTROLS 25 26 24 EFFECTS LOWER LA YER REVERB GRAND PIANO UPPER SOUND GROUP REGISTRA TION MEMOR Y PIANO VIBES ORGAN GUIT AR BASS VIOLIN STRINGS STL.DRUM BANJO SYNTH FX SYNTH SYNTH LEAD FLUTE SAXOPHONE 6 5 4 3 2 1 STORE 27 29 28 2 4 . UPPER - This is the Main 88 note Instrument V oice Selection Button. This button is used to select the voic[...]

24 PANEL CONTROLS 30 EFFECTS REVERB GRAND PIANO TRUMPET SOUND GROUP SOUND FX REGISTRA TION MEMOR Y PIANO VIBES ORGAN GUIT AR BASS VIOLIN STRINGS STL.DRUM BANJO SYNTH FX SYNTH SYNTH LEAD FLUTE SAXOPHONE BANK 6 5 4 3 2 1 STORE 33 32 31 3 0 . (QUICK SELECT INSTRUMENT VOICE) SOUND GROUP - There are sixteen voices that can be selected quickly by pressin[...]

25 PANEL CONTROLS 3 4 . ACCOMP (ACCOMPANIMENT) - Music Recorder Section - The ACCOMP button is used to record the selected auto Accompaniment Rhythm Style for your music recording session. See Record Section of the manual for further information. 3 5 . MEL (MELODY) 1-4 - Music Recorder Section - There are four tracks for recording melody or piano k[...]

26 PANEL CONTROLS ACCOMP MEL. 1 MEL. 2 MEL. 3 MEL. 4 RESET MARK BEG. MARK RECORD STOP PLA Y/PAUSE SONG MIDI DISK METRONOME COMPOSER 37 38 39 40 41 3 7 . PLAY/PAUSE - Press the PLAY/PAUSE button to hear previously recorded tracks. Press the PLAY/PAUSE button again to pause the recording or playback. See Record Section of the manual for further infor[...]

27 PANEL CONTROLS MEL. 2 MEL. 3 MEL. 4 RESET MARK BEG. MARK RECORD SONG MIDI DISK METRONOME 42 43 44 45 4 2 . DISK - The DISK button toggles the disk the LCD Display Screen on and off. Please see the Disk section of this manual for more information. 4 3 . METRONOME - The METRONOME button toggles the metronome feature on and off and accesses the Met[...]

28 DISK DRIVE DISK DRIVE - The disk drive is located under the piano keys on the right hand side of the unit. It is used to play a floppy disk. Please see the Disk section of this manual for more information. Microphone Jack Input Floppy Disk Drive “In Use” Indicator LED Light Piano Power On/Off Indicator LED Light[...]

29 PIANO PEDALS 1 . SOFT PEDAL - When the left pedal is engaged the piano volume is reduced and the timbre slightly altered on the notes that are played. 2 . FUNCTION PEDAL - This center pedal can be used to trigger various events, such as start/stop and Fill In. Pedal function is assigned in the setup menu, “Pedal Assign”. Please see the Setup[...]

30 DISPLAY SCREEN LEFT RIGHT SCREEN – + V ALUE ENTER ESCAPE CURSOR Simple Selecting and Engaging of various Features and Functions: The Main Performance Menu Screen is shown and explained below . How to select and engage a Menu Item on the LCD Display Screen: 1. Use the CURSOR keys to select Function or Feature that you wish to engage. When this [...]

31 DEMOMONSTRA TION SONGS SELECT AND PLAY A DEMO SONG - 1. Press the DEMO button, the indicator will turn on. The first demo song will playback instantly . The piano will now play all thirteen demonstration songs unless the S t art/S top or Demo Button is pressed.. 2. Press the DEMO button again to play a specific Demo Song. 3. Use the SCREEN RIGHT[...]

32 PIANO VOICES - SOUND CHANNEL MODES ASSIGNING DIFFERENT PIANO SOUND CHANNEL MODES - Depending on your playing style this piano can be set up to play in 4 different Piano Sound Channel Modes: Upper , Layer , Lower and Drum. TO SELECT AND ENGAGE ONE OF DIFFERENT SOUND CHANNEL MODES PRESS ONE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE BUTTONS. UPPER VOICE - Upper is use t[...]

33 PIANO VOICES - VOICE SELECTION – + VALUE LOWER LA YER UPPER NC 1 : Big Band A1 / = 100 20 : Church Organ VOICE SELECTION FOR UPPER, LA YER AND LOWER SOUND MODES - There are 128 GM (General MIDI) Instrument V oices available on this piano. There is a complete list of all 128 Instrument V oices in the back of the manual. THERE ARE TWO W A YS TO [...]

34 TRUMPET SOUND GROUP SOUND FX PIANO VIBES ORGAN GUIT AR BASS VIOLIN STRINGS STL.DRUM BANJO SYNTH FX SYNTH SYNTH LEAD FLUTE SAXOPHONE Quick Select Sound Group Buttons Shown Above. T o select an Instrument V oice for your Piano follow the easy steps shown below: QUICK SELECT - For all 88 Key voice selections (Upper Mode) There are 16 voices that ca[...]

35 PIANO VOICES - SELECTING ALL VOICES Reed Group A Soprano Sax T enor Sax Alto Sax Baritone Sax Reed Group B Oboe Bassoon English Horn Clarinet Reed Group B Oboe Bassoon English Horn Clarinet LEFT RIGHT SCREEN ENTER ESCAPE CURSOR UPPER NC 1 : Big Band A1 / = 100 70 : English Horn SELECTING ONE OF THE 128 VOICES 1. Press a quick select SOUND GROUP [...]

36 The Grand Piano, Reverb and Chorus Buttons can reset your piano’s current functions or add Digital Effects to your selected Instrument V oice. GRAND PIANO - This button will reset the piano to its default (power up) settings. The Grand Piano voice will be engaged for all 88 keys. No matter what control, functions, features or modes that the pi[...]

37 RHYTHM SECTION - SELECTING A RHYTHM RHYTHM STYLE SELECTION - Y our Suzuki HG-425e Piano has a large variety of exciting musical “Rhyrhm S tyles” that you can “play along with” to back up your own performance. Y ou can choose from a simple piano or percussion accompaniment to a full band or orchestra. S tored in the memory of this Instrum[...]

38 RHYTHM SECTION - SELECTING A RHYTHM SELECTING ONE OF THE 70 RHYTHM STYLES FROM THE RHYTHM STYLE BUTTON GROUPS 1. Press one of the quick select RHYTHM STYLE buttons twice, to display the Rhythm S tyle selection menu on the display screen. Each button will contain four to eight related Rhythm S tyles. For our example we pressed the Swing Button. 2[...]

39 RHYTHM SECTION - SELECTING A RHYTHM SELECTING A RHYTHM STYLE USING LCD DISPLA Y P ANEL CONTROLS Selecting a Rhythm S tyle using only the Cursor and V alue Buttons 1. Highlight the Rhythm S tyle name area using the CURSOR buttons. 2. Press the V ALUE + and - buttons or turn the Data Wheel to cycle through the Rhythm S tyle numbers and names until[...]

40 FILL TO VAR RHYTHM SECTION - PLA YING THE RHYTHM RHYTHM CONTROL F ADE FILL TO VAR FILL IN ST ART / ST OP INTRO / END SYNCH STRAIGHT ST ART 1. Press the S tart/S top Button. Y our Selected Rhythm S tyle Drum Pattern will begin to play . INTRO - Begin the Rhythm Performance with an Intro Pattern. 1. Press the INTRO/ENDING Button 2. Press the S tar[...]

41 RHYTHM SECTION - PLA YING THE RHYTHM F ADE - Finish the Rhythm Performance with by Fading the Rhyrhm V olume to Zero. 1. Press the S tart / S top Button 2. Press the Fade Button. The normal rhythm pattern begins to gradually Fade until completion. ADJUST THE TEMPO CONTROLS - The T empo of the Rhythm Pattern can be adjusted with the T empo Button[...]

42 AUTO ACCOMP ANIMENT Simply by playing a chord on the keyboard, the AUTO ACCOMP ANIMENT function automatically plays an accompaniment pattern which matches perfectly the selected rhythm. With a real accompaniment as a background, you can concentrate on playing the melody . HOW AUTO ACCOMP ANIMENT WORKS When an Auto Accompaniment Chord is selected[...]

43 AUTO ACCOMP ANIMENT - TYPES HOW TO PLA Y CHORDS There are 3 different ways to specify chords on the Keyboard. Basic Mode (One Finger) For beginner players, a left hand chord can be specified with just one finger . Y ou can either press one key on the left keyboard section to specify the root note (one-finger), or play all the notes of the chord.[...]

44 AUTO ACCOMP ANIMENT - TYPES FINGERING GUIDE Please note , the notes listed in parentheses can be omitted. The listed chord fingerings are all in root note position, other inversions can be used with the exception of: 1. The M6 chords are only recognized in root note position. All other inversions are interpreted as m7. 2. The 6 9 chords are only[...]

45 PIANO CHORD MODE - In the Piano Mode the entire keyboard can be used to specify chords for the automatic accompaniment. Please Note: In this Mode the keyboard does not S plit. Chords can be specified anywhere on the keyboard. Chords are specified the same way as for the Fingered Mode and the types of Chords are also the same. MANUAL BASS - It is[...]

46 AUTO ACCOMP ANIMENT - HOW T O USE SELECTING YOUR AUTO CHORD TYPE 1. Press the ACCOMP button, Its indicator LED will turn on. The LCD Display Screen will show the accompaniment “Chord” menu. 2. Use the cursor to move the highlighted area to the chord fingering mode that you want, One Finger , Fingered or Piano. The Fingered mode is the defaul[...]

47 AUTO ACCOMP ANIMENT - HOW TO PLA Y PLA YING IN THE AUTO ACCOMP ANIMENT MODE - 1. Press the ACCOMP button its LED indicator light will turn on. 2. Select the Chord Findering Mode (see previous page). SYNCHRONIZED ST ART Begin the Accompaniment Orchestration when you play a chord with the piano keys on the left side of the piano. 1. Press the SYNC[...]

48 AUTO ACCOMP ANIMENT - HOW T O PLA Y CONTINUED FILL IN - Y ou can insert a fill-in pattern any time during the Accomp animent Orchestration. Choose from two different Fill In Patterns (Fill In or Fill to V ar). 1. Press the piano Fill In or Fill to V ar Button. A Fill In Pattern is heard for the remainder of the measure. When a Fill In Button is [...]

49 SETUP USING THE SETUP MENU 1. Press the SETUP button. The Initial Set Up Screen Menu will appear on the LCD Display . As Shown Below 2. Press the SCREEN RIGHT Button to access all the Setup Menus. There are a total of 3 Setup Menu Screens. The remaining two Menu Screens are shown below . 3. Use the SCREEN RIGHT (OR LEFT) AND CURSOR Buttons to na[...]

50 SETUP MODE PERFORMANCE SETUP MENU 1. Press the SETUP button. The first Set Up Menu Screen will appear on the LCD Screen 2. The Performance Listing will be highlighted. Press the ENTER button to access the Performance menu. 3. Use the CURSOR buttons to access the following options shown below . V elocity - This adjusts the Piano Keybed’ s T ouc[...]

51 SETUP - PERFORMANCE MENU Performance Setup V elocity T ranspos Norm 0 S plit Point G 2 Screen Hold 4 5 Performance Setup V elocity T ranspos Norm 0 S plit Point G 2 Screen Hold 4S PERFORMANCE- SETUP MENU 1. Press the SETUP button. The first Set Up Menu Screen will appear on the LCD Screen 2. The Performance Listing will be highlighted. Press the[...]

52 PERFORMANCE- SETUP MENU 1. Press the SETUP button. The first Set Up Menu Screen will appear on the LCD Screen 2. The Performance Listing will be highlighted. Press the ENTER button to access the Performance menu. 3. Use the SCREEN RIGHT BUTTON and the CURSOR buttons to access the following options shown below . Performance Setup T une Fade T ime[...]

53 SETUP - PERFORMANCE MENU PERFORMANCE- SETUP MENU 1. Press the SETUP button. The first Set Up Menu Screen will appear on the LCD Screen 2. The Performance Listing will be highlighted. Press the ENTER button to access the Performance menu. 3. Use the SCREEN RIGHT BUTTON and the CURSOR buttons to access the following options shown below . Performan[...]

54 SETUP - HARMONY MENU Harmony T rio OFF Duet OFF Oct OFF HARMONY SETUP MENU 1. Press the SETUP button. 2. Use the CURSOR button to highlight the Harmony menu. 3. Press the ENTER button to access the Harmony menu. 4. Use the CURSOR button to select a harmony type, then use the VALUE buttons to turn that harmony type on or off. Only one harmony typ[...]

55 SETUP - KEY MODE MENU Key Mode OFF Manual Bass Lower Hold 0FF Key Mode OFF Manual Bass Lower Hold 0FF KEY MODE SETUP MENU 1. Press the SETUP button. 2. Use the CURSOR button to highlight the Key Mode menu. 3. Press the ENTER button to access the Key Mode menu. 4. Use the CURSOR button to select a key mode type, then use the VALUE buttons to turn[...]

56 SETUP - SUST AIN MENU Sustain UPPER ON LA YER ON LOWER ON Sustain UPPER ON LA YER ON LOWER ON Sustain UPPER ON LA YER ON LOWER ON SUST AIN - SETUP MENU 1. Press the SETUP button. 2. Use the CURSOR button to highlight the Sustain menu. 3. Press the ENTER button to access the Sustain menu. 4. Use the CURSOR button to select a sustain type, then us[...]

57 SETUP - REVERB MENU Reverb Setting Reverb UPPER Room 3 100 L A Y E R LOWER 100 100 REVERB - SETUP MENU 1. Press the SETUP button. 2. Use the SCREEN RIGHT button to access the second page of the setup menu options. 3. Press the ENTER button to access the Reverb menu. 4. Use the CURSOR button to access the following options: REVERB Reverb simulate[...]

58 SETUP - EFFECTS MENU Effect Setting Effect UPPER Chorus 3 100 L A Y E R LOWER 100 100 EFFECTS (CHORUS) - SETUP MENU 1. Press the SETUP button. 2. Use the SCREEN RIGHT button to access the second page of the setup menu options. 3. Use the CURSOR button to highlight the Effects menu. 4. Press the ENTER button to access the Effects menu. 5. Use the[...]

59 SETUP - CHORD MENU ACCOMP : Fingered One Finger Piano Mode Fingered CHORD - SETUP MENU 1. Press the SETUP button. 2. Use the SCREEN RIGHT button to access the second page of the setup menu options. 3. Use the CURSOR button to highlight the Chord menu. 4. Press the ENTER button to access the Chord menu. 5. Use the CURSOR button to select a finger[...]

60 SETUP - PEDAL MENU Pedal Assign S tart/S top Intro/Ending Fill Lower Hold PEDAL ASSIGN - SETUP MENU 1. Press the SETUP button. 2. Use the SCREEN RIGHT button to access the second page of the setup menu options. 3. Use the CURSOR button to highlight the Pedal menu. 4. Press the ENTER button to access the Pedal menu. 5. Use the CURSOR button to se[...]

61 SETUP -PERCUSSION MENU Percussion Setup Drum Kits OFF PERCUSSION (DRUM KIT SELECTION) - 1. Press the SETUP button. 2. Use the SCREEN RIGHT button to access the third page of the setup menu options. 3. Press the ENTER button to access the Percussion menu. 4. Use the – V ALUE + buttons to change the current V alue. PERCUSSION (DRUM KIT SELECTION[...]

62 SETUP - METRONOME MENU Metronome Setup Time Signature Sound T empo 100 120 V olume 4/ 4 62 32 METRONOME - SETUP MENU 1. Press the SETUP button. 2. Use the SCREEN RIGHT button to access the third page of the setup menu options. 3. Use the CURSOR button to highlight the Metronome menu. 4. Press the ENTER button to access the Metronome menu. 5. Use[...]

63 REGISTRA TION MEMOR Y REGISTRA TION A registration is a particular group settings such as style, voice, chord and other parameters or features that you have engaged. Y ou can save these Settings or your “set up” so that it can be recalled by press- ing a single button. This piano has four banks with six registration numbers in each bank, for[...]

64 RECORD FUNCTIONS This piano’s 5 track music recorder (sequencer), is designed to be very simple to use. It will record all note events and the accompaniment patterns exactly as they are performed. All the recorded tracks can playback separately or together as a complete song. Y ou may also save your recorded information to disk, to play back a[...]

65 RECORD FUNCTIONS RECORD FEA TURES - continued Auto Accomp animent T rack (Accomp Button) - The Auto Accompaniment track will record the chord changes, style, tempo, variation, intro, fill-in and ending. Pressing The ACCOMP track button and the Record Button will select the accompaniment track for recording. If ACCOMP Record track button has been[...]

66 RECORDING HOW TO RECORD RECORDING 1. Prepare - Prepare to record by setting the voice, style, tempo and reverb level and other parameters as desired. 2. Select a track to record on - Press the RECORD button. It’s Indicator LED will blink. NOTE: The first available melody track will also be automatically selected and it’s corresponding LED In[...]

67 RECORDING - PLA YBACK ACCOMP MEL. 1 MEL. 2 MEL. 3 MEL. 4 RESET END MARK BEG . MARK RECORD STOP PLA Y/P AUSE COMPOSER PLA YBACK T o listen to your recording follow these simple steps.. 1. T o Playback Y our Recorded Music Press the PLA Y/P AUSE button. The Play Buttons LED Indicator will stay on until the playback is com- plete. Y ou can play alo[...]

68 RECORDING - MARK MARK - The mark feature allows you to isolate a section of a track of your recording. If you would like study or to re-do a segment of your track recording, it can be easily accomplished with the BEG MARK, END MARK buttons. The area that you mark by using the BEG MARK and END MARK buttons will function the same way as your previ[...]

69 SONG - PLA Y ALONG SONG This piano includes a range of songs covering a variety of genres that are enjoy- able to listen to, or to play along with. Y ou can begin practicing with just one hand, and you can even practice at your own tempo. This instrument will even evaluate and grade your performance for you! SONG The SONG button will access a pl[...]

70 SONG - LESSON USING THE LESSON FEA TURE From Song Selected Menu Screen Shown Above EX: T est Left Hand Play (listen to right hand only and play lef t hand part) 1. Press the CURSOR Buttons to Highlight the L=Y Function. This function denotes which hand you would like to be tested on. R = Right Hand L = Left Hand Y = Y e s N = No 2. Press the V a[...]

71 SONG - LESSON LESSON FEA TURES TEST - Pressing the ENTER button engages the TEST mode when hightlighted. Y ou may test yourself on the right hand melody , the lef t hand accompa- niment or both hands by highlighting the appropriate area and using the V ALUE buttons to toggle those parts on, Y (Y es) or off, N (No). TEST MODES Right hand test - S[...]

72 DISK DISK FEA TURES - The Disk features allows you to Load Songs, Save Songs, Delete Song Files and Rename your song files. Microphone Jack Input Floppy Disk Drive “In Use” Indicator LED Light Piano Power On/Off Indicator LED Light INSERT THE DISK - Insert the 3.5” ( HD 1.4mb only ) disk into the disk drive with the label side up and the m[...]

73 DISK - LOAD SONG Load Song - Load Song retrieves one of your previously stored Music Performances or MIDI File songs from the floppy disk. Since the S tandard MIDI file that you have on disk and your musical performance in the pianos music recorder share the same memory , selecting a song file may bring up a confirmation pop up screen, saying it[...]

74 DISK - SA VE SONG DISK MENU Load Song Save Song Utility Play Disk SA VE SONG - Save song function lets you save your musical performance data that you recorded in the 5 track music recorder (sequencer) and save it onto a floppy disk so that it can be accessed later . 1. Make sure the floppy disk (HD 1.4mb) that you have selected has room to stor[...]

75 DISK - PLA Y DISK DISK MENU Load Song Play Disk Utility Save Song PLA Y DISK - The Play Disk function lets you play all SMF MIDI Song Files that are on the floppy disk. 1. Place a Floppy Disk (HD 1.4mb) into the Disk Drive. Make sure that there are some of your previous musical performances on it or MIDI (SMF-S tandard MIDI File) Format files on[...]

76 DISK - PLA Y DISK MENUS Load Song V arious Menu Screens - Load Song function has various menu screens that allow you to view Song Lyrics and to play along with the disk. FILE DA T A The File Data Screen displays the song’s MIDI file name and what Musical Instrument V oice for the piano has been selected. This Instrument V oice is called the So[...]

77 DISK - UTILITY UTILITY - Selecting Utility will access the Disk Utility Screen. Use the Utility sub-menu to access the following options. Format - Format prepares a new disk for use. Most Floppy disks have been formatted but if you happan to have a disk that is not formatted then data cannot be stored on it. For- mat will erase all previous file[...]

78 DISK - UTILITY UTILITY MENU - continued Delete - Delete is used to remove unwanted files from the disk to make more space available. 1. Load the disk into the disk drive. Make sure that the disk you have selected has the song data file you want to delete on the disk. 2. Select the Delete menu, the menu will show the available songs on the disk. [...]

79 MIDI & VIDEO OUT JACKS MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. This is a world wide standard communication interface that enables electronic musical instruments and comput- ers (of all brands) to communicate with each other so that instructions and other data can pass between them. This exchange of information makes it possible[...]

80 MIDI MIDI CHANNELS - The MIDI system in this unit has 16 channels numbered from 1-16. Each of the channels is responsible for a voice. When the instru- ment receives from an external device, the active channel is determined by the control message. The transmission channels on this piano are fixed as follows: Channel 1: Master voice Channel 2: La[...]

81 MIDI MIDI LOCAL CONTROL MODE - Local control refers to the fact that normally , this Suzuki piano controls the internal tone generator . This is the normal play mode. Local control can be turned off, so that the piano does not play the internal voices, however , the MIDI information is still transmitted via the MIDI Out connector when notes are [...]

82 MIDI IMPLEMENT A TION CHART Function T ransmitted Recognized Remark Basic Channel 1 CH 1-16 CH Channel changed 1-16 CH 1-16 CH Default Mode 3 3 Note Number 9-120 0-127 V elocity: Note On  V elocity: Note Off X  Pitch Bender  Control Change: 0  X V ariation page 1 X X Modulation 5 X X Portamento value 7, 10  V olume, Pan 1[...]

83 VOICE LIST Please note: The MIDI program number for any voice listed is one less than the display number . Group A Group B 1 : Grand Piano 2 : Bright Piano 5 : Rhodes Piano 6 : Chorus Piano 3 : Elec. Piano 4 : Honky T onk Pno 7 : Harpsichord 8 : Clavinet 9 : Celesta 10 : Glockenspiel 13 : Marimba 14: Xylophone 1 1 : Music Box 12 : Vibraphone 15 [...]

84 STYLE LIST Group A Group B 1 : Big Band 1 2 : Miller Band 5 : Orch. W altz 6 : Jazz W altz 3 : Latin Big Band 4 : Broadway 7 : Jazz Band 8 : Cool Bossa 9 : Pop Bossa 12 : Salsa 13 : T ango 10 : Bossa Nova 1 1 : Samba 14 : Swing T rio 15: SoloPianoSwing 18 : Lounge 19 : Jazz 16 : Swingin’Organ 17 : Dixie 20 : Swing 21 : 50’ s Ballad 22 : Bole[...]

85 DRUM KIT LIST DRUM KIT LIST 1 No.-Key 27-E b 1 28-E1 29-F1 30-F#1 31-G1 32-G#1 33-A1 34-B b 1 35-B1 36-C2 37-C#2 38-D2 39-E b 2 40-E2 41-F2 42-F#2 43-G2 44-G#2 45-A2 46-B b 2 47-B2 48-C3 49-C#3 50-D3 51-E b 3 52-E3 53-F3 54-F#3 55-G3 56-G#3 57-A3 58-B b 3 59-B3 60-C4 61-C#4 62-D4 63-E b 4 64-E4 65-F4 66-F#4 67-G4 68-G#4 69-A4 70-B b 4 71-B4 72-C[...]

86 DRUM KIT LIST 2 No.-Key 27-E b 1 28-E1 29-F1 30-F#1 31-G1 32-G#1 33-A1 34-B b 1 35-B1 36-C2 37-C#2 38-D2 39-E b 2 40-E2 41-F2 42-F#2 43-G2 44-G#2 45-A2 46-B b 2 47-B2 48-C3 49-C#3 50-D3 51-E b 3 52-E3 53-F3 54-F#3 55-G3 56-G#3 57-A3 58-B b 3 59-B3 60-C4 61-C#4 62-D4 63-E b 4 64-E4 65-F4 66-F#4 67-G4 68-G#4 69-A4 70-B b 4 71-B4 72-C5 73-C#5 74-D5[...]

87 SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICA TIONS PIANO 88-note, hammer-action piano POL YPHONY : 64 VOICES 128 V oices 16 quick select voice buttons VOICE MODE Upper Layer (dual) voice Lower (split) voice AUT O ACCOMP ANIMENT STYLE 70 Auto accompaniment styles ten quick select style buttons AUTO BASS CHORD MODE One Finger Fingered Piano Off CONTROLS Power: On/Of [...]

88 QUESTIONS AND/OR PROBLEMS Where is the serial number on my piano? The serial number of the piano should be directly underneath the piano on the right hand side near the floppy disk drive. Where can I buy recorded disks to play in my piano? Visit www .suzukimusic.com/hg-425e. Y ou may purchase from other outlets but please remember to order only [...]

89 NOTES[...]

90 WARRANTY This product, except the exterior cosmetic part s, is warranted by the Suzuki Corporation to the original purchaser to be free from defect s in material and workmanship under normal use as follows: 1. For a period of one year from the date of purchase, the Suzuki Corporation will p ay the labor charges to rep air the defective product. [...]

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92 SUZUKI Mini-Grande Digit al Piano SUZUKI OWNER’S MANUAL HG-425e P .O. BOX 261030 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92196 (858) 566-9710 Visit us on the web at www.suzukimusic.com Copyright 2004 Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation[...]