﻿CVP-709/CVP-705 Owner's Manual

Welcome to the World of CVP!
This new CVP model is equipped with a convenient touch screen, enabling visual and intuitive control over virtually all instrument functions. Simply by touching this large and easy-to-see display, you can select desired items, enable and control various features, or edit parameter values—with greater ease and speed than ever before! 

The instrument also has many advanced features that enhance your musical enjoyment and expand your creative and performance possibilities. Let’s take a look…


True Acoustic Piano Feel
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This instrument features gorgeous piano Voices, created with samples of the Yamaha CFX flagship concert grand piano and the famous Bösendorfer* concert grand piano, as well as a special keyboard to fully reproduce the natural touch response and expressive nuances of an actual concert grand piano, including rapid repetitive capability. Moreover, the instrument features a VRM function which accurately recreates the acoustic resonance of a grand piano, which changes subtly by the timing and strength of the player's touch and pedal operation. This enables expression of even the most delicate performance nuances and responds minutely to your pedal use and key playing. 
The new Piano Room features provide even greater piano performance enjoyment. Piano Room lets you select the desired piano type as well as different room ambiences—enabling a complete, realistic piano experience, as if you were playing an actual piano. What's more, you can play along with other virtual "session" players, and enjoy a convincing band-like performance experience with other musical instruments.
* Bösendorfer is a subsidiary company of Yamaha.
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Play in Various Music Genres
Naturally, the CVP provides many realistic piano Voices for your playing enjoyment. But it also features a wide variety of authentic instruments, both acoustic and electronic, including organ, guitar, sax, and others used in many music genres—letting you convincingly perform in any desired music style. Moreover, the special Super Articulation Voices realistically recreate many of the performance techniques and characteristic sounds generated when an artist plays an instrument. The result is superbly detailed expression—such as the realistic sound of finger slides on guitar, and the expressive breath noises of saxophone and other wind instruments. 
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Full Backing Band Accompaniment 
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Even if you’re playing alone, the CVP can put an entire backing band behind you! Simply playing chords automatically triggers and controls the auto accompaniment backing (Style function). Select an accompaniment Style—such as pop, jazz, Latin, and various other music genres in the world—and let the Clavinova be your complete backing band! You can change arrangements on the fly, instantly selecting different rhythm variations and breaks in real time, including Intro, Ending, and Fill-in, during your performance. 
Moreover, special Audio Styles (CVP-709 only) have been provided, which feature audio recordings of studio musicians playing in various recording studios worldwide. This adds all the natural feel, ambience and warmth to the drums and percussion of the Style, giving your performance greater expressive potential.
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Enjoyable Song Lesson Features—with Score Display and Guide Lamps
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The Lesson features are a fun way to learn and master Songs, with notation shown on the display. Moreover, each key of the keyboard has a Guide lamp, which lights to indicate the notes to be played, letting you practice melodies and phrases smoothly—even if you are a beginner or have trouble reading notation. 
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Sing Along with Song Playback or Your Own Performance
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Since a microphone can be connected to the Clavinova and Song lyrics can be shown on the display, you can enjoy singing along with your keyboard performance or along with Song playback. Moreover, a powerful Vocal Harmony effect automatically applies lush, authentic sounding vocal harmonies to your singing voice. You can also cancel the vocal part on audio recordings, letting you sing along with (or instead of!) your favorite artists and groups, and enjoy performing even more. 
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Want to learn more about the Clavinova’s features? Press the [DEMO] button and start the demonstration!
In the Demo Menu, you can play special Demo Songs or call up brief explanations of the functions of the Clavinova by touching the display. 
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