The C-230 contains two fortepiano sounds. 1. Press the Fortepiano button for the sound that you want to play. The button you pressed lights, the ORGAN BASS, CLASSIC ORGAN, Harpsichord and Others sections are switched off. Now you can play the selected Fortepiano sound. 2. To switch off the selected Fortepiano sound, select a sound in the ORGAN BASS, CLASSIC ORGAN, Harpsichord and Others section. .™ Fortepiano Only one Fortepiano sound can be selected at a time. Playing Playing The C-230 contains 18 “Others” sounds that can be assigned to the [Celesta] and [Chime] buttons. By default, these buttons select the Celesta and Chime sounds respectively. The “Others” sounds can be played either separately or in combination with your current Organ selection. 1. Press the [Celesta] or [Chime] button (it lights). To use both “Others” sounds, simultaneously press the [Celesta] and [Chime] buttons. 2. Now you can play the selected “Others” sound. 3. If you like, you can add an organ sound. CelestaChimeOthers See “Choosing different Others sounds and setting their volume” on p. 29 for how to assign different sounds to these buttons. Playing Selecting a classical tuning (Pitch) Playing Selecting a classical tuning (Pitch) If you’re playing the C-230 together with other instruments in an ensemble, you can adjust the pitch of the C-230 to match the other instruments if necessary. • You can adjust the C-230’s reference pitch by choosing one of three fixed settings: A= 440Hz (default), 415Hz (Baroque pitch) or 392Hz (Versailles pitch). •When you turn on the power, the pitch is set to 440Hz (the “440Hz” indicator lights). . Press the [Pitch] button repeatedly until the indicator of the desired pitch lights. Selecting a temperament The C-230 allows you to easily change the temperament. By using historical temperaments to play music that is appropriate for the characteristics of each temperament, you can more strongly bring out the beauty or tension inherent in a composition. In particular, when playing a composition that uses a transposable temperament and includes transpositions, the sonority of the chords will change when a transposition occurs, creating subtle changes in the coloration of the piece. “Werckmeister” is a temperament that combines Meantone and Pythagorean scales to enhance the degree of transposability, and has been used ever since Bach up to the present. “Kirnberger” was conceived using similar methods, and is used mainly when playing the organ works of Bach. “Vallotti” is the most recent of the temperaments described here. It is close to equal temperament, but since it is somewhat pure, it blends easily with other instruments, and today is often used in ensembles. Meantone was popular throughout Europe during the Baroque era, and was used customarily by Baroque musicians such as Handel as well as in compositions of the Renaissance period. . Press the [Temperament] button repeatedly until the indicator of the desired temperament lights. If you proceed past Meantone, you will “wrap around” to Equal. The [Temperament] button only lights when a temperament other than “Equal” is selected. “Equal” will be selected every time the power is turned on. Equal Equal temperament Werckmeister Werckmeister temperament Kirnberger Kirnberger temperament Vallotti Vallotti Meantone Meantone temperament (E ) The difference between the various temperaments may not always be obvious. Listening to the demo songs The C-230 contains 22 pieces that allow you to audition its sounds. These pieces are called “demo songs”, because they demonstrate the C-230’s capabilities. The demo songs are divided over 4 banks (see the table on p. 22). 1. While holding down the [Function] button, press the [Demo] (PLAY/PAUSE) button. FunctionSongDemoSTOPPLAY/ PAUSEREC The C-230 starts playing all demo songs. The first button in the Harpsichord section flashes to indicate that Bank 1 is selected. Tilt tab “1” also flashes to indicate that the first song of that bank is playing. Demo playback will continue repeating all available songs until you stop it. To listen to a specific demo song, continue with step (2). You can’t control the voices while a demo performance is in progress. To listen to a specific demo song, proceed with step (2). Otherwise, proceed with step (4). 2. Press the Harpsichord button of the desired bank. Demo playback will continue repeating all available songs until you stop it. 4. Press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button to temporarily stop (and then resume) demo song playback. You can also stop demo song playback by pressing the upper part of the flashing tilt tab. 5. Press the [STOP] button to stop demo song playback without leaving the demo function. 6. Press a different Harpsichord button and ORGAN BASS or CLASSIC ORGAN tab to listen to other demo songs. 7. Press the [Function] button to leave the C-230’s demo function. 8’.8’™4’Lute The tilt tabs that can be used to sele...
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