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Playing with Concert Magic<br />
Thanks to <strong>Kawai</strong>’s innovative CONCERT MAGIC (CM) feature,<br />
absolutely anyone can sit at the Concert Performer and experience<br />
the joy of being a real performing musician… even if they have<br />
never touched a musical instrument in their life!<br />
Concert Magic allows you to play a song by simply tapping any key<br />
on the keyboard. Regardless of what keys you play, the notes that<br />
are heard will be the correct ones for the song. However, what<br />
makes this really exciting is that you control the timing of the notes,<br />
as well as their dynamics. This lets you add a level of expressiveness<br />
and individuality to the song that makes it real musical performance.<br />
As you play a CM song, a handy Note Navigator display helps you<br />
keep track of where you are in the music, as well as suggesting<br />
how the rhythm of the song should be tapped out on the keys.<br />
Many of the CM songs have lyrics that can be displayed as the song<br />
is being performed. As the song is played, a Bouncing Ball makes<br />
its way over the lyrics, following the player’s performance and<br />
encouraging everyone around the instrument to sing along.<br />
The Concert Performer can also automatically play any of the<br />
Concert Magic songs. Listening to the song first can make it easier<br />
to play. There is also a Chain Play mode, giving you options to<br />
listen to groups of CM songs.<br />
Selecting a Concert Magic Song<br />
The 176 on-board Concert Magic songs are divided into eight groups by song category: Children’s<br />
Songs, American Classics, Patriotic Songs, Christmas Songs, Hymns, Classics, Special Occasions,<br />
and International songs.<br />
• In addition, you can create and play your own Concert Magic songs using the floppy disk drive.<br />
To select a song:<br />
CONCERT<br />
MAGIC<br />
1) Press the CONCERT MAGIC button. The song selection menu will be displayed.<br />
2) Ten song titles from the Children’s Songs category will be displayed. The category name is displayed<br />
at the very top of the screen. If you want to go to another song category, press SEARCH BY CATEGORY<br />
(F1, F2). You can also search for a specific title by using SEARCH BY NAME (F3, F4), which will list<br />
all 176 song titles in alphabetical order. You may also use the Dial to scroll through all the titles one<br />
after another.<br />
• If you wish to play a CM song from floppy disk, press the DISK button (F6) to see the list of songs<br />
on disk.<br />
3) When you have found the song that you want to play, use the L or R buttons to move the box over the<br />
title. Press the SELECT button (F7) to choose it. The Note Navigator screen will be displayed, and<br />
you are ready to perform!<br />
P. 108<br />
<strong>Kawai</strong> Concert Performer Series Digital Piano
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