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Keyboard Mode Functions

Immediately after you turn on the power, the Prelude will be in

a state where you can use the entire keyboard to play a piano

sound. The Prelude’s keyboard can operate in one of the

following three modes.

If BACKING TYPE [STYLE] is on, the left region of the keyboard

(the Lower Part) is used to enter chords (p. 24).

Regardless of the current settings, you can easily select Single

mode by choosing the “Piano Mode” described below.

If the [SPLIT] and [DUAL] are off, the keyboard will be in Single

mode, meaning that the entire keyboard will play a single

Tone.

When you turn on the power, the Prelude will be in this mode.

Using Piano Mode

Regardless of the keyboard mode that is currently selected,

you can use the following operation to call up the “Piano

Mode.”

This will make the appropriate settings for playing piano on

the Prelude; the entire keyboard will play a piano sound.

Press [SPLIT] and [DUAL] (PIANO MODE) simultaneously.

Such a division of the keyboard into right- and left-hand

sections is called a “Split,” and the key where the division

takes place is called the “Split Point.”

While in Split mode, a sound played in the right side is called

an “Upper Tone,” and the sound played in the left side is a

“Lower Tone.” The Split-Point key is included in the upper

section. The Split Point has been set at the factory to “C4”.

Press [SPLIT] so the button is lit.

The Tone you selected in Single mode will be the Tone for

the Upper Part.

Use [ ] [ ] to select the Upper or Lower part if you

wish to assign it a different Tone.

To exit Split mode, press [SPLIT] once again so its light

goes out.

In Split mode, the most suitable octave settings for each Tone

are applied automatically.

Changing the Split Point

Press and hold [SPLIT] (for approximately two seconds).

The Split Point setting screen will appear.

Turn the VALUE dial to change the Split Point.

When you’re finished making the setting, press [EXIT].

You can also change the Split Point by holding down [SPLIT]

and playing the desired key.

The lowest split point note is “C#2”.The screen doesn’t display

notes lower than the “C#2”.

“Dual” is the mode in which two Tones are layered, so that

they sound together.

In Dual mode, one Tone is called the “Upper Tone,” and the

other is called the “Lower Tone.”

Press [DUAL] so the button is lit.

The Tone you selected in Single mode will be the Tone for

the Upper Part.

Use [ ] [ ] to select the Upper or Lower part if you

wish to assign it a different Tone.

Playing Sounds from the

Keyboard (Keyboard Mode)

SINGLE

The entire keyboard plays one Tone.

SPLIT

The region of the keyboard to the left of the Split

Point becomes the Lower Part, while the region of

the keyboard to the right of the Split Point

becomes the Upper Part. Each part plays a

different Tone.

DUAL

The entire keyboard plays two Tones (assigned to

the Upper and Lower parts) simultaneously.

Using Single Mode

Using Split Mode ([SPLIT])

Using Dual Mode ([DUAL])

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