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Voices

CVP-205/203

■ HARMONY/ECHO

This control adds Harmony or Echo effects to the voices played on the right hand section

of the keyboard (page 135).

■ MONO

This control determines whether the voice is played monophonically (only one note at a

time) or polyphonically for each part (MAIN/LAYER/LEFT). This is set to MONO when the

lamp is lit, and set to polyphonic when the lamp is off. When set to MONO, only the last

note played will sound. This lets you play wind instrument voices more realistically.

Depending on the selected voice, the MONO setting also lets you effectively use the

Portamento effect, when playing in legato.

■ LEFT HOLD

This function causes the left part voice to be held even when the keys are released — the

same effect as when the damper (sustain) pedal is pressed. This function is especially

effective when used with the auto accompaniment. For example, if you play and release a

chord in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard (with the left part on and the

Left voice set to Strings), the strings part sustains, adding a natural richness to the overall

accompaniment sound.

■ Damper Pedal (Right)

■ Sostenuto Pedal (Center)

■ Left Pedal

When the Piano voice is selected, pressing this pedal reduces the volume and slightly

changes the timbre of the notes you play.

The settings assigned to this pedal may differ depending on the selected voice.

■ Foot Controller/Footswitch

An optional Yamaha foot controller (FC7) or footswitch (FC4 or FC5) can be connected to

the AUX PEDAL jack and used to control various functions assigned in the FUNCTION page (page 131).

You can add special empha-

sis to melody lines you play

over chords by using the

Layer function with a mono-

phonic voice. Set the Main

voice to play polyphonically

and set the Layer voice to

play monophonically

(MONO). In this case, the

melody you play — including

the top notes of any chords

— sounds monophonically.

Try this using the following

voices.

MAIN voice

: Brass Section

(polyphonic) +

LAYER voice

Sweet Trump (monophonic)

The Portamento effect creates

a smooth pitch glide between

successively played notes.

Using the Pedals

You can also assign one of

many other functions to

these pedals (as well as the

optional foot controller or

footswitch). For example, you

can use it to start/stop the

accompaniment style, or use

it to play Fill-ins (page 131).

Damper Pedal

Sostenuto Pedal

Left Pedal

The CVP-205/203 features three pedals.

• Some voices may sound

continuously or have a

long decay after the notes

have been released while

the damper pedal is held.

• Certain voices in the [PER-

CUSSION] and [XG]

groups may not be affected

by use of the damper pedal.

When you press the damper pedal

here, the notes you play before you

release the pedal have a longer sustain.

The damper pedal performs the same function as the

damper pedal on an actual acoustic piano, letting you

sustain the sound of the voices even after releasing the

keys.

• Certain voices, such as

[STRINGS] or [BRASS],

sustain continuously when

the sostenuto pedal is

pressed.

• Certain voices in the

[PERCUSSION] and [XG]

groups may not be

affected by use of the sos-

tenuto pedal.

When you press the sostenuto pedal

here while holding the note, the note will

sustain as long as you hold the pedal.

If you play a note or chord on the keyboard and press the

sostenuto pedal while the note(s) are held, those notes will

be sustained as long as the pedal is held, but all

subsequently played notes will not be sustained.

The depth of the left pedal

effect can be adjusted

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page 131