Roland HP 1500 - Damper Pedal Operation; Key Transposition; Pedal Functions

Playing with the Key Transposed
It you wish, vou can play the instrument with the key
‘transposed.’ This conveniently allows vou to play in a key
thal matches a vocal accompaniment, without changing
your fingering on the keyboard. Transposition is also
useful when vou are going to play a piece in a key other
than C, and wish to play it as il il were in the kev of C.
This makes il is easier to play.
While holding down the FUNCTION bution, press either
PIANO ( bi or HARPSICHORD (H) enough times to oblain
the amount of transposition you wish,
PIANO — HARPSI-
CHORD
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While holding i5
# With each press, the sound is raised by 1 semi-
lone. (Max. of 5 semitones.)
b With each press, the sound is lowered by 1
semitone, (Max. of 6 semitones.)
Playing a piece in some other key with the
fingering of C
You need to speciiy which note you wish to sound when
the C key (do in the key of C1 is pressed. Hold down the
FUNCTION button while vou press the keynote for the
key you wish to transpose lo (using the C-B kevs in the
upper-most octave of the keyboardi. For example, to play
an E major piece in the key of C major, you would hold
down the FUNCTION button while you press F imn.
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Press the keynote of the hey
to which vou wish to transpose
* To return to the key of C, press PIANO ( b) and
HARPSICHORD (#) simultaneously while holding
down the FUNCTION button. Or, you can hold down
the FUNCTION button while you press C in the upper-
most octave of the keyboard.
*
The indicator on the FUNCTION button will remain lit
while transposition is in effect.
*
To cancel transposition, press the FUNCTION button
again, and confirm that its indicator has gone out.
* Once you have set the transposition, all you need to do
to obtain the same transposition the next time is to
press the FUNCTION button.
* If you have used the Key Transpose feature to raise the
pitch (by 1 to 5 semitones), the keyboard’s 5 highest
keys (at the far right) will sound one octave lower than
normal when playing organ or string sounds.
Pedal Functions
The specialized stand comes equipped with 2 pedals. The
right one is the Damper pedal, and the left ane acts as the
Soft pedal. (The lett pedal can also be switched to become
a Sostenuto pedal.)
Right (Damper Pedal)
While the Damper Pedal is depressed, notes that
have been played will continue lo sound even
after your fingers have been removed from those
keys.
Left — (Soft Pedal)
When depressed, you obtain a softer sound.
(Sostenuto Pedal)
This pedal is used to sustain only the sound of
those keys that are pressed at the very moment the
pedal is depressed. Notes played afterwards are
not effected.
Using the Left Pedal as a Sostenuto Pedal
If you wish to use the left pedal as a Sostenuto pedal, hold
down the FUNCTION button while you depress the right
pedal.
FUNCTION
While holding
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* To have the pedal serve as the Soft pedal again, hold
down the FUNCTION button while you depress the
left pedal.
* The Soft pedal and Sostenuto pedal functions cannot
be obtained at the same time.
* Whenever power is turned on, the instrument is set to
provide the Soft pedal function.