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Tyros4 Reference Manual 9

Voices – Playing the Keyboard –

Fine-tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument

You can fine-tune the pitch of the entire instrument—useful when you play the Tyros4 along with other instruments or

CD music. Please note that the Tune function does not affect the Drum Kit or SFX Kit Voices and audio files.

1 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  [A] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE  TAB [][] MASTER

TUNE

2 Use the [4 ]/[5 ] buttons to set the tuning, from

414.8–466.8 Hz.

Press the both 4 or 5’s [] and [] buttons simultaneously to reset the value to

the factory setting of 440.0 Hz.

Scale Tuning

You can select various scales for playing in custom tunings for specific historical periods or music genres.

1 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  [A] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE  TAB [][] SCALE

TUNE

2 Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the desired scale.

 Preset Scale types

Pitch-Related Settings

The tuning of each note for the currently

selected scale is shown.

EQUAL The pitch range of each octave is divided equally into twelve parts, with each half-step evenly

spaced in pitch. This is the most commonly used tuning in music today.

PURE MAJOR,

PURE MINOR

These tunings preserve the pure mathematical intervals of each scale, especially for triad chords

(root, third, fifth). You can hear this best in actual vocal harmonies—such as choirs and a cappella

singing.

PYTHAGOREAN This scale was devised by the famous Greek philosopher and is created from a series of perfect

fifths, which are collapsed into a single octave. The 3rd in this tuning are slightly unstable, but the

4th and 5th are beautiful and suitable for some leads.

MEAN-TONE This scale was created as an improvement on the Pythagorean scale, by making the major third

interval more “in tune.” It was especially popular from the 16th century to the 18th century. Han-

del, among others, used this scale.

WERCKMEISTER,

KIRNBERGER

This composite scale combines the Werckmeister and Kirnberger systems, which were themselves

improvements on the mean-tone and Pythagorean scales. The main feature of this scale is that each

key has its own unique character. The scale was used extensively during the time of Bach and

Beethoven, and even now it is often used when performing period music on the harpsichord.

ARABIC1,

ARABIC2

Use these tunings when playing Arabic music.

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