The velocity sensitivity and the arrow correspond in the following way: Light Little strength is required to play fortissimo. Heavy Select this setting for maximum expressiveness: even small variations of the force with which you strike a key produce audible changes. The trade-off is, however, that you have to strike the keys forcefully to achieve the maximum volume. (Center) Normal setting. Velocity sensitivity closest to that of an acoustic piano. Note: You can also change the velocity sensitivity using the Utility Menu (see page 46). Tuning You can select the tuning of the keyboard. 1. Press . Stretch Tuning “Stretch Tuning” is a method of tuning unique to pianos. Compared with equal tuning, low notes are tuned slightly lower, while high notes are tuned slightly higher. At power on, this parameter is set to On. 2. Set the Stretch Tuning ON/OFF with the buttons to the left of the display. ON— Like an acoustic piano, the low range is a little flat, and the upper range a little sharp. OFF — The tuning of all notes is scientifically correct. Temperament “Temperament” refers to alternative ways of tuning an instrument. Some of the options provided here allow you to play Baroque and Classical pieces with the tuning of those periods. 3. Set the tuning method with the buttons to the right of the display. You can choose from the following seven types of tuning. EQUAL— The most common kind of tuning today. In this tuning, an octave is divided into twelve equal steps. KR-3 – Piano screen functions PYTHAGOREAN— Uses the Pythagorean scale. Devised by Pythagoras, the fourth and fifth are kept from becoming ambiguous in this tuning. JUST (MAJOR)— In this tuning, the third and fifth are kept from becoming too ambiguous. Choose this setting for pieces in a major key. JUST (MINOR)— With this tuning you can achieve the same effect as for Just Major, this time for pieces in a minor key. MEAN TONE— A partial compromise of the Just (Major) tuning, to make transposition possible. WERCKMEISTER— A combination of Mean Tone and Pythagorean tunings. KIRNBERGER— An improvement of the Mean Tone and Just (Major) tunings, it is a tuning which allows greater freedom of transposition. When performing with these alternative tunings, you need to specify the fundamental tone (the root for a major key, the sixth for minor) to match the key of the song you are performing. When you are accompanying another instrument, please tune to the fundamental tones of that instrument. 4. Set the Key note by pressing the key while holding down . You need to do this for all temperaments except Equal. Note: The temperament you select here applies to all KR-3 parts (the keyboard parts, the Arranger parts, and the Composer tracks/parts). Marker function: repeatedly playing back the same section The KR-3 also provides a Marker and loop function for you to practice difficult solos or to repeat a given song part. Markers are placed at the beginning of measures. 1. Press . You can place markers at two locations in a song. When you put a marker in a song, playback will start from the beginning of the measure where the A marker is put. By way of example, let’s place a Marker at the beginning of measure 5. 2. Go to the target measure by pressing the [FWD] and [BWD] buttons. The measure number appears in the upper right of the screen. Select measure 5. 3. Press . changes to “A:5.” 4. Press the [PLAY] button. Playback of the performance will begin at the beginning of measure 5. 5. Press . The KR-3 will return to the beginning of the fifth measure, and begin playing back again. You can press the button before, during, or after playback. The KR-3 memorizes the next downbeat. In other words, if you press on the fourth beat of measure 4, for example, the beginning of measure 5 will be marked. A more precise approach would be to stop playback, fast forward or rewind to the desired measure and then press . Repeated playback (Repeat) Example: Repeating playback of measures 5- 8 6. See steps (2) and (3) above. 7. Go to the measure where you want the loop to end by pressing the [FWD] and [BWD] buttons. The measure number appears in the upper right of the screen. Select measure 9. 8. Press . Here is what you have just programmed: Marker A assigned here Marker B assigned here Region for repeated playback 9. Press . The song will return to measure five, where Mark A is located. 10. Press the [PLAY] button. Measures 5~8 will play back repeatedly. Note: If you forgot to program , the song will repeat between and the end of the song. Note: Likewise, if a song only has a , pressing will start a loop between the beginning of the song and . Erasing Marks Hold down and press either or to erase a marker. KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Function Menu 10.2 Organ screen functions For information on using markers...
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