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Advanced operation 9
Using the pedals4.3
The EUROGRAND is equipped with three foot pedals performing
the same functions as the pedals on an acoustic grand piano.
Normally, the pedals are used in accordance with the instructions
given in the music, where they are marked by special symbols. It
is useful to know how sound is produced on an acoustic piano to
better understand how the pedals work.
When you strike a key, a hammer hits several strings for each note;
the strings produce a tone with a defined pitch. When you let go
of the key, a damper felt falls down on the strings to stop them
from vibrating any longer. As a result, the tone decays quickly.
However, if the key is held down, the tone is sustained for a while
before it decays completely. In this case, the tone decays only
after a certain time.
This decay characteristic can be influenced using the three foot
pedals.
Soft/piano pedal (left): = The soft pedal produces a
soft and intimate sound. Use this pedal for particularly
soft musical passages (pianissimo).
On an acoustic piano this soft sound results from a
smaller distance between hammer and strings. On
a grand piano, however, the position of the hammer
changes, so that the hammer does not hit all strings.
Press the pedal to dampen all tones played afterwards with 1)
the pedal down.
Let go of the pedal for normal playing.2)
You can adjust the effect of the damper pedal (see +
chapter 5.6.2).
Sostenuto pedal (middle): = Use the sostenuto pedal
to sustain individual tones. The notes already played
– as long as they have not yet decayed – will be
sustained as soon as you press the pedal. All notes
played subsequently will be dampened as described
above. This allows you to play and sustain a certain
note using the pedal, while all subsequent tones will
be played in a staccato (detached) manner.
When you sustain single notes on an acoustic piano
using the sostenuto pedal, the damper felts of the
notes already played do not dampen the strings when
you release the keys, but are held in their position.
Play the notes to be sustained.1)
Press the pedal to sustain the tones you just played.2)
Play the next notes. These are played with normal decay.3)
Release the pedal for normal playing. 4)
Damper/Forte pedal (right): The damper pedal al- =
lows you to sustain the notes already played (and
held) plus all subsequent notes, without having to
hold the keys down. The damper pedal is often used
to achieve a richer sound. This is the pedal that is
used most often. You can also use it very subtly, for
example, by holding it down only half-way.
On the acoustic piano notes are sustained by keeping
all the damper felts in their raised position even after
releasing the keys. This allows the notes played to
decay quite naturally.
Play the notes to be sustained.1)
Press the pedal to sustain the notes you just played plus all 2)
subsequent notes.
Release the pedal for normal playing.3)
Using headphones4.4
The EUROGRAND is equipped with two headphone jacks located
on the underside of the playing console (front left). Headphones
are ideal for practising without disturbing others. The second
headphone jack allows another person, for example a music
teacher, to listen as well so that piano lessons can also be held
using headphones.
Use the MAIN VOLUME control to turn the volume down 1)
(move the slide control to the left half of its control range).
Connect your headphones to a free headphone jack on the 2)
underside of the playing console.
While playing adjust the volume as desired using the MAIN 3)
VOLUME control.
If required, the SPEAKERS button allows you to switch the 4)
built-in loudspeakers of the EUROGRAND on or off.
The built-in loudspeakers of the EUROGRAND are +
switched off as soon as you connect a pair of head-
phones; the MUTE LED above the SPEAKERS button
lights up.
When you disconnect your headphone from the +
headphones jack, the built-in loudspeakers of the
EUROGRAND are switched on again and the MUTE LED
above the SPEAKERS button goes out.
Advanced operation5.
The following chapters provide information on advanced operating
functions of the EUROGRAND.
Using EDIT mode5.1
Many advanced operating functions of the EUROGRAND are
available in EDIT mode. The following sections describe how to
adjust these functions in EDIT mode.
Whenever you are prompted to enter EDIT mode, please +
follow the step-by-step instructions given below to se-
lect a function and adjust its parameters.
Keep pressing the SELECT button in the TEMPO/EDIT 1)
MODE section until the EDIT MODE LED lights up.
Scroll through the functions using the 2) < > buttons, until the
appropriate function (e.g. E1) has been selected.