Yamaha Electone DK-40B Series User manual

Welcome to the Yamaha world of music. We are sure
your selection of a Yamaha Electone was a wise one,
and we want you to know that we will do everything
possible to help you derive a lifetime of enjoyment
from this fine musical instrument.
Please read this manual carefully to be sure you are
familiar with each of the Electone’s features and their
expressive possibilities. In that way you and your
Electone can become lifelong partners in musical
creativity.
Contents
Care of Your Electone
This is Your Electone
Keyboard. ....
Solo Manual
Tone Levers
Upper Preset Tones
Portamento
Effect Levers .
Effect Controls and Selectors
Sound in Motion Tremolo.
Auto Rhythm Section
Auto Bass/Chord Section ......
To Fully Enjoy Your Electone......
Do not Be Alarmed If
Specifications

Care of Your Electone
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In general, treat your Electone with the same care you would any fine musical instrument. The
following points are suggested for optimum enjoyment.
1. Use only proper line voltage. Consult your 5. Shield the cabinet from direct sunlight, hu-
Yamaha serviceman for changes. midity and heat to protect the finish and
joints.
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2. Never touch the inside parts yourself. 6. Do not hit or scratch the cabinet with a
hard object.
3. Always shut off the power after playing. 7. To open or close the fallboard grasp the front
lip with both hands and slide gently. Never
pull directly upwards. Do not place anything
OFF
heavy
on
the
fallboard.
ON
4. Clean keys, etc, with a damp cloth only.
Never use solvents such as gasoline; they will
damage the finish.
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Keyboards
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The DK-40B has five keyboards. The upper four are called “manuals” (“solo”, ‘‘portamento”,
"upper" and “‘lower’’), and the bottom, for the feet, is the. "pedals."
Upper Manual 4 octaves C ~ Ca
Lower Manual 4 octaves C~ cs
Pedals 1 octave Ci~ C
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Manual
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The Electone is designed to permit playing the melody on the upper manual with one hand, the
chords on the lower manual with the other, and bass notes on the pedals with either foot. For special
selections the solo manual can be used to provide a melodic line with its own exciting voices. Use
the portamento manual to create a range of unique sounds, pressing or sliding your finger(s) up and
down. All keys and pedals are arranged in the traditional keyboard method: two black keys, three
black keys. Each white key has a name (from C to B), and the blacks are sharps or flats. “Cis
always the white key just below the left black key in the two-black-key group. Any complete set
of seven white keys and five black keys is called an “octave”.
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PEDALS
UPPER MANUAL
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LOWER MANUAL

Solo Manual
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All four Solo voices have been specially designed for brilliant realism. Each voice is set via its selector
tablet at the left of the Solo manual.
Note: The four voice tabs, i.e., Violin, Clarinet, Trumpet and Saxophone, control voices which purposely cannot
produce chords; if two or more keys are pressed simultaneously, only the higher will sound. Please also
note that solo voices cannot be combined. If two or more voice selector tabs are pressed, the one to the
the right takes precedence.
TOUCH VIBRATO
This world-famous Yamaha exclusive gives to the organist
the same expressive fingertip vibrato enjoyed by the violinist.
With this effect, vibrato can be applied to any solo note
by the lateral vibration of the hand, and its speed will
correspond exactly to the hand's vibration.
FUZZ
Fuzz is frequently used on the electric guitar.
This Fuzz effect affects each tone of the Solo manual by
switching the Fuzz selector “ON.”
ATTACK WAH-WAH
Works
like
Upper
manual
wah-wah
for
solo
tones.
Note:
When
Attack
Wah-Wah
and
Fuzz
are
both
set,
the
former
will
have
precedence.
Touch
Vibrato
and
Attack
Wah-Wah
can
be
used
simultaneously.
SOLO VOLUME CONTROL
This permits a variety of manual balance settings.

Portamento Manual
Tone Levers
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The Portamento manual produces continuous pitch shifts
just like those produced when the finger slides up and
down a violin string. The 2% octave range becomes higher
toward the right. There are four Portamento voice selector
tabs and except for the Astro tab they can all be combined
with each other. If the Astro tab is set it cancels all the
others.
PORTAMENTO VOLUME CONTROL
This permits a separate volume control.
On the panel above the solo manual and selectors is a
series of tone levers which control the voices (instrument
sounds) which will be heard when the keys are depressed,
as well as many of the effects. They are divided into groups
for upper, lower and pedals, so that different registrations
can be set for each.
Upper Manual Levers 12 voices
Lower Manual Levers 5 voices
Pedal Levers 3 voices
PITCHES OR FOOTAGES
The DK-40B has five different pitch levels, indicated by
the numbers 16’, 8’, 5%’, 4’ and 22", These are standard
musical abbreviations showing the tone’s pitch in relation
to the fundamental (written note). An 8’ tone will sound
just as it has been written. As the numbers increase, the
tones lower. A 16’ tone (meaning that the wave length of
the vibrations are twice as long as 8’, or half as fast) will
provide a tone exactly one octave lower than the written
note. Similarly, 5%’ tones are a fifth higher than the written
note, 4’ tones one octave higher, and 2*5' tones one octave
and a fifth above the fundamental. Tones at octave intervals
from the written notes are "consonant harmonics," while
all others are ‘‘dissonant.”

Upper Preset Tones
To the left of the lower manual are eight Upper Preset Tone selectors (seven tones plus Cancel).
These on/off switches are special tonal blends that most closely resemble the instruments they name
(Accordion, Piano, Hawaiian Guitar, Banjo) as well as three special preset combinations.
Since these buttons are factory preset, they automatically cancel! all other upper manual tone lever
settings. This lets you switch back and forth. In addition, precedence is to the right. This means
that if two or more buttons are pressed, the one to the right will take effect. To switch from one
button to another it is not necessary to first press the cancel button.
Note: Upper Sustain control lever does not work with the Accordion, Piano, Hawaiian Guitar and Banjo preset
selectors.
ORGAN PRESET ENSEMBLE
This lever controls the effect which adds the upper tone to the upper preset tone. (Accordion, Piano,
Hawaiian Guitar, Banjo)

Effect Control Levers different effects which and a variety of total variations to the Electone’s voices.
Each lever works in the same way as the tone levers, with both infinitely-variable continuous control
and click-stop settings.
Brilliance
With this single, continuously-variable control you can
pinpoint the degree of overall softness or clarity desired
for any mood of music.
Vibrato,
Vibrato
Speed
Vibrato is an emotional wavering applied to a tone most
noticeable in the trembling left hand of violinists and
cellists. It can add a great deal to the emotional depth
of a passage, especially string voices. The Vibrato lever
provides continuous adjustment of this effect’s depth, while
Vibrato Speed lets you continuously set the vibration speed.
Repeat Speed
Cuts and repeats each note just like the double-strumming
effect of a mandolin. The lever provides continuous speed
adjustment to create a full variety of different moods.
Affects upper manual notes only.
Upper Percussive
Changing the beginning of some or all notes can do wonders
for lively selections. Your Electone’s percussive effects
provide subtle but important shading at the moment each
note is heard. The special popping 4’ and 224" percussive
drive can be smoothly blended into all upper manual tones
with two variable levers, and a separate lever regulates the
length of decay for this effect. With percussive, use a
staccato fingering. Each note should be played cleanly;
slurred notes will diminish the percussive impact.
Note: If Upper Percussive 4’ is set at the same time as Upper
Sustain, no sound will be heard.
Percussion
O BRUSH LOWER CYMBAL, PEDAL CYMBAL
Provide lively brush (hissing snare drum brush) and cymbal
percussion sounds with each lower manual or pedal note.
Attack Wah-Wah
Provides a spicy wah-wah sound at the beginning of every
upper manual tone.
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