INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing the 
Kawai Concert Performer (CP) 
Series Digital Piano.

The CP Series piano has been 
designed to provide you with the 
tools to experience the fun and 
satisfaction that only music 
performance can offer.  Featuring 
superbly realistic piano tones 
and the most finely crafted 
keyboard in its class, the CP is 
a unique combination resulting 
from Kawai's seventy-year 
experience with acoustic piano 
manufacturing and electronic 
music technologies.  

With 300 different onboard sounds 
are at your disposal, you and 
your CP have the flexibility to 
perform any kind of music ranging 
from traditional to contemporary.  
The auto-accompaniment modes 
allow anyone the enjoyment of 
playing along with rich, fully 
orchestrated music. even if they 
have no prior musical experience.  
Hundreds of built-in music styles 
will inspire and assist you in 
playing your favorite songs, and 
thanks to the new Song Stylist 
feature you can recall all the 
important front panel settings 
for your favorite song at the 
push of a button.

Your piano also incorporates many 
professional and powerful 
features, such as a 16-track MIDI 
Recorder, Multi Effects 
Processor, Style Maker and floppy 
disk drive.  Unique features like 
Kawai's Concert Magic allow 
children and adults alike who may 
have never played a musical 
instrument to experience, with 
only the tap of a finger, the 
thrill of being a performing 
musician.

The CP offers tremendous 
opportunities for anyone who is 
interested in making music.  
Please read this manual 
thoroughly and keep it handy as a 
reference so that you can get the 
most out of this incredible 
instrument.

We hope you enjoy every moment 
that you spend with your Concert 
Performer.

OVERVIEW
This manual provides you with all 
the information you'll need  in 
order to take full advantage of 
the Concert Performer's music-
making potential.   Before you 
begin learning how to use the 
specific features, it is 
important to understand some of 
the basic ideas behind the 
instrument's design.

The Concert Performer has been 
designed to have an easy and 
intuitive user interface.  
However, the instrument has so 
many features that it is simply 
impractical to have a dedicated 
button for every single function.  
As a result, many features are 
accessed by choosing them from 
lists, or "menus", that are 
presented to you on the CP's 
large display screen.  Often 
times selecting a feature from a 
menu may call up another "sub-
menu" of options specific to 
that feature.  This system of 
menus and sub-menus keeps 
everything logical and 
straightforward, and becoming 
familiar with how to make your 
way through them is very easy. 


LCD SCREEN
The LCD Screen is the window 
through which the Concert 
Performer communicates with you 
all kinds of information 
concerning its settings.  The 
large display size allows many 
items to be clearly displayed at 
the same time, allowing for not 
only words but large, insightful 
graphics to be shown as well.

SELECT BUTTONS
The Select Buttons are used to 
directly choose a function on the 
CP that you would like to work 
with. In most cases, that 
specific function is printed on 
the front panel directly above 
the button. For example, there 
are buttons labeled 1-2 PLAY, 
FILL-IN, and one labeled CHORUS.  
In this manual, references to the 
Select Buttons are always printed 
in capital letters for clarity.

Most of these buttons have an LED 
Indicator (small light) on them.  
This Indicator will be turned on 
when the function is in use so 
that you can quickly glance over 
at the button to see if the 
function has been activated.

There are 17 buttons surrounding 
the LCD screen that do not have 
labels printed next to them 
because they do not have 
predetermined functions. Instead, 
they are used to select whatever 
item is currently displayed next 
to them on the LCD screen.  For 
example, a button might have the 
name of an instrument sound 
displayed next to it in one menu, 
and you could then select that 
instrument by pushing the button, 
while in another menu that exact 
same button might serve to 
activate a feature related to 
floppy disk operations.
To keep things simple, this 
manual will refer to the five 
buttons along the left side of 
the LCD screen as L1-L5.  
Likewise, the five buttons along 
the right side of the screen will 
be referred to as R1-R5.  And 
the seven buttons along the 
bottom of the screen, which are 
known as the function buttons, 
will be referred to as F1-F7. 

Many times when you see an item 
displayed on the screen and press 
the L or R button next to it, a 
box will appear around that item 
on the screen to acknowledge your 
choice.  Sometimes a sub-menu 
screen relating to your choice 
will be called up immediately to 
present you with further options. 

When you press one of the F 
buttons, its function on the LCD 
screen will be highlighted (shown 
in reverse color) to indicate 
that it has been activated.  


 DIAL
The Dial is used to change data 
values or scroll through options 
that are displayed on the LCD 
screen.  
When you turn the Dial, you will 
notice that whatever item in the 
display is currently selected 
(as identified by being boxed or
highlighted) will be affected.  
Or, in many cases when the screen 
is presenting you with a list of
choices, turning the Dial will 
allow you to quickly run down the
list until you arrive at your
choice.  At times it is 
another way of getting to an
item on the screen other than 
using the L or R buttons directly.

BASIC CONTROLS
This chapter discusses the basic 
operations that are used to play 
the Concert Performer, such as 
sound selection, Part 
configuration and effect 
settings.

SELECTING A PART
When you are in the CP's main 
play screen (such as when you 
first turn the machine on), you 
are presented with four sound 
Parts that can be played from the 
keyboard.  These four Parts are 
named LEFT, RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2, and 
SOLO, and each has an instrument 
sound assigned to it from the 
selection of 300 onboard sounds.  
You can selectively turn on and 
off any combination of these four 
Parts, allowing you to have up to 
four different sounds heard at 
the same time across the 
keyboard.  Whatever sounds are 
assigned to Parts RIGHT 1, RIGHT 
2 and SOLO will be layered on top 
of each other if all three Parts 
are active at the same time.  
Activating the LEFT Part 
automatically splits the keyboard 
so that only the sound that is 
assigned to the LEFT Part is 
heard when you play in the lower 
octave keys.  Each Part has a 
dedicated Select button on the 
front panel.  

Selecting a Part is easy:

1) Press the Part button that you 
wish to activate.  The Indicator 
light on the button will turn on.

2) To deactivate a Part, simply 
press that Part button again.  
The Indicator will go out.

If the LCD screen is currently 
showing the main play screen, you 
can tell which Part is active by 
looking at the name of the sound 
assigned to it.  If the name of 
the sound is in large typeface, 
then the Part is active.  If the 
sound name is displayed in small 
typeface, then the Part is not 
active.


SPLITTING THE KEYBOARD
When the LEFT Part is activated, 
the CP automatically splits the 
keyboard such that only the sound 
assigned to the LEFT Part will be 
heard when you play below a 
specified key on the keyboard. 
The key that serves as this split 
point can be chosen by you.  

To change the split point:

1) Press the LEFT/SPLIT button to 
activate the LEFT part.  The LCD 
screen will display a diagram of 
the CP's 88 note keyboard.

2) Press the LEFT/SPLIT button 
again, and while still holding 
it down, play the actual key on 
the keyboard that you want to 
serve as the split point (the 
lowest note that you want to 
still play the RIGHT1, RIGHT2, 
and/or SOLO sounds). 

You may also use the L4 and R4 
buttons to move the split point.  
On the LCD screen the split point 
marker will move across the 88 
note keyboard diagram as you 
press these buttons. 

PORTAMENTO
The Solo Part is monophonic (only 
plays one note at a time) no 
matter what sound is assigned to 
it.  You can use Portamento on 
this Part.  Portamento is a 
gradual slide in pitch from one 
note to the next, and is useful 
for adding very expressive 
qualities to many instruments.

To use Portamento:

1) Press the PORTAMENTO button to 
activate it.

2) Press the button again to 
deactivate it.

You can adjust the Portamento 
Time, which determines how 
quickly the pitch will slide from 
one note to the next.  

SELECTING SOUNDS
The Concert Performer has 300 
built-in sounds selectable from 
the front panel.  You can freely 
assign any of these sounds to the 
four Parts, keeping in mind that 
there is always a sound assigned 
to each of the Parts, even if 
they are not currently active and 
you don't hear them.
The sounds span a tremendous 
variety of  instruments, ranging 
from traditional acoustic sounds 
to modern electronic tones.  To 
help you quickly find the sound 
that you want, they are grouped 
into 15 categories by their type, 
each group having a dedicated 
Sound Selection button on the 
CP's front panel. 

To select a Sound:

1) In the main play screen, 
select the Part to which you wish 
to assign a new sound, using the 
L3, or R1-R3 buttons and checking 
to see that the name of the old 
sound currently assigned to that 
Part becomes boxed.

2) Press the SOUND button for the 
sound category that your are 
interested in.  A menu of nine or 
ten instrument sound names from 
that category will then be 
displayed.

3) Choose a sound by pressing the 
L or R button that is next to the 
displayed name.  

4) If the currently displayed 
menu of sounds does not have the 
one that you are looking for, you 
can press the F1 or F2 buttons to 
jump to another SOUND category 
(alternatively you can of course 
just press the other category's 
dedicated Select button), or turn 
the Dial and scroll through all 
300 sounds one by one until you 
find it.

The USER button lets you select 
any sounds that may be stored in 
the User Sound category.

MIXER
The Mixer feature allows you 
adjust the volume, panning, and 
reverb levels of each Part.

To use the Mixer:

1) Press the MIXER/REVERB button 
(F1) while in the main play 
screen.

2) Use the F2-F7 buttons to 
select which Part you wish to 
adjust.

3) Use the L and R buttons to 
select a setting to modify

4) Turn the Dial to change the 
value.
	
Volume level can be also adjusted 
from the main play screen, using 
the VOLUME buttons (F4, F5).

The Mixer not only lets you 
adjust overall volume level for 
the Style, but individual levels 
for the 6 Sections.

To adjust the individual Section 
level:

1) When in the Mixer screen, 
press the MORE button (F1).  A 
Style Mixer menu will come up.

2) Use the F2-F7 buttons to 
choose a Section, and change the 
volume level by turning the Dial.

3) When leaving the Mixer, press 
the EXIT button to go back to the 
main play screen.  Or press the 
BACK button (F1) to go back the 
previous Mixer menu.

If you turn off a Section from 
within the Conductor menus, you 
will see "Mute" displayed over 
that Section, and changes in the 
Style Mixer volume settings for 
that Section will not have any 
affect.  (See page 74 for 
details.)

REVERB TYPES
Hall 1, Hall 2	
Creates the ambience of a concert 
hall or theater.

Stage 1, Stage 2	
Creates the ambience of a small 
hall or live house.

Room 1, Room 2	
Creates the ambience of a living 
room or small rehearsal room.

Plate	
Creates the effect of a metal 
plate reverb.



EFFECTS
The Concert Performer has a 
selection of 21 effect types that 
can be used to enhance or even 
dramatically alter the instrument 
sounds.  The most common effects 
are Reverb, Chorus and Delay, but 
the CP goes well beyond that to 
include other effects that can 
add very interesting qualities to 
the sounds.  Each of the 300 
instrument sounds has already 
been assigned a chorus amount and 
an additional effect that suits 
its type.  For example, a 
moderate Delay effect is used on 
the Church Organ to recreate the 
sense of being in a large church, 
and a Rotary speaker effect is 
used on the Drawbar organ to give 
it an authentic, vintage feel.  
There are dedicated front panel 
buttons labeled CHORUS and EFFECT 
which you can use to instantly 
choose whether the chorus and the 
other specific effect assigned to 
the sound is activated. 

If you wish, you can change these 
effect settings entirely to suit 
your tastes.  For any instrument 
sound you can adjust the level of 
the Chorus, choose another effect 
and adjust its level, and select 
whether you want these effects to 
be automatically activated next 
time you select this sound to 
play.
(The CP can also remember this 
setting as a part of a 
Registration)

To turn on the 3-D effect:

1) Press the 3-D button.  The 
Indicator light will show that it 
has been activated.

2) Pressing the 3-D button again 
will turn the 3-D effect off.

The 3-D effect is produced with 
the Sound Retrieval System  
developed and licensed by SRS 
Inc.  This technology enhances 
the acoustic environment and adds 
a rich depth to the sound.

To add Chorus:

1) Press the CHORUS button.  The 
button's Indicator light will 
show that it has been activated.  

2) If you wish to edit the 
settings, hold down the CHORUS 
button for a moment until the 
Chorus Settings menu is 
displayed.

3) Use the F3-F6 buttons to 
select the Part which you are 
going to adjust settings on.

4) Use the L2-L4 buttons to 
select the specific setting that 
you wish to modify.

5) Turn the Dial to change the 
value.

6) Press the EXIT button to leave 
the Settings menu.

7) If you wish to deactivate the 
chorus effect, press the CHORUS 
button again.

The Indicator light on the CHORUS 
button will be lit only when 
Chorus is turned on for the 
active "Priority Part".  See 
"Effect Priority Guidelines" 
later in this chapter for an 
explanation of this.

You can select from four chorus 
types when in the Chorus Settings 
menu.  There is a fifth chorus 
type which is assigned as an 
Effect from the Effect Settings 
menu.  In this way, you can 
actually have two chorus effects 
active if so desired. 

To add an Effect:

1) Press the EFFECTS button.  The 
currently assigned effect is 
turned on.  

2) If you wish to edit the 
settings, hold down the EFFECTS 
button for a moment until the 
Effect Settings menu is 
displayed.

3) Use the F4-F7 button to select 
the Part which you are going to 
adjust settings on.

4) Use the L2-L5 buttons to 
select the specific setting that 
you wish to modify

5) Turn the Dial to change the 
value.

6) Press the EXIT button to leave 
the Settings Menu.

7) If you wish to turn the Effect 
off, push the EFFECTS button 
again.

EFFECT TYPES
Chorus	
Simulates the richness that would 
occur if many instruments played 
the same tone simultaneously.

Flanger 1-2	
Creates a gradually shifting 
tonal quality.

Ensemble	
A three-phase chorus with a 
slight modulation to each phase.


Celeste	
A three-phase chorus without 
modulation.

Delay 1-3	
Adds echoes to the sound.  The 
three types differ in the length 
of time between the echoes.


Auto Pan	
Moves the sound source back and 
forth across the stereo field.

Tremolo	
Modulates the volume of the 
sound.   



Tremulant	
A combination of tremolo and 
vibrato.  It simulates the 
tremulant pipes of  a church 
organ.

Phaser 1-2	
Creates a phase change, adding 
motion to the sound.  

Rotary 1-3	
This effect simulates the sound 
of the Rotary Speaker cabinet 
commonly used with electric 
organs.  Rotary 3 adds 
distortion.

Auto Wah	
Sweeps a tone filter up and down 
at the beginning of a note, 
recreating the popular vintage 
wah wah pedal sound.  

Enhancer	
Emphasizes high frequencies to 
make a sound more easily 
discernible in a mix.

Distortion	
Adds frequencies that were not 
present in the original sound, 
resulting in a "fuzzy" or 
warmer tone.

EFFECT PRIORITY GUIDELINES
The fact that the Concert 
Performer remembers what Chorus 
and Effect settings you've chosen 
for a particular sound is great, 
because this way you don't have 
to worry about remembering all 
the effect settings yourself. 
just select your sound, and the 
CP automatically recalls the 
rest.  However, since the CP's 
effect processor can only have 
one Effect turned on at a time 
(in addition to the Chorus, 
Reverb, and 3-D), what happens if 
you have two (or more) Parts 
active, with entirely different 
sounds, each with their own 
Chorus and Effect settings?
In these cases, the CP's effects 
processor can only follow the 
settings of one of the Parts.  
The effect settings for this one 
Part will be heard, while those 
for the others may be 
automatically turned off.  This 
"Priority Part" depends on the 
current situation. If you only 
have one Part active, regardless 
of which Part it is, it makes 
sense that the effect settings 
for that sound should be heard.  
If you have two or more Parts 
active, then the CP will treat 
one of them as the Priority Part, 
and not follow the settings of 
the other(s).   

Here are some guidelines to keep 
in mind:

Priority is given to the Parts in 
the following order: 
SOLO>RIGHT1>RIGHT2>LEFT.

This means that anytime the SOLO 
Part is active, its Effect 
settings are the ones that are 
applied not only its sound, but 
also to any other sound, in any 
other Part, that you've decided 
is to be enhanced by the CP's 
effects processor.  Likewise, the 
only time an active LEFT Part's 
settings will be applied is if 
the other 3 Parts are inactive.  
		
The Effect settings will only 
change in response to a change in 
the Priority Part being 
activated/deactivated, or a new 
sound is assigned to an active 
Priority Part.  In the latter 
case, the new Effect settings 
will reflect whatever settings 
are assigned to the new sound 
that you've just selected.
		
When the Effect settings change, 
the Effect (except Chorus) will 
be automatically turned off for 
the other Parts.  (This is so 
that your Flute sound on RIGHT2 
doesn't suddenly get effected by 
the Distortion settings of the 
Electric Guitar that you've just 
assigned to the SOLO Part!) 
		
You can, however, instruct any of 
the Parts to be effected by the 
new settings by adjusting the 
Effect On/Off option in the 
display for that Part.
		
The LED Indicator on the EFFECT 
and CHORUS buttons will be on 
only when the active Priority 
Part has effects turned on.
TRANSPOSE & OCTAVE SHIFT
Transpose raises or lowers the 
CP's pitch in half-note step 
while Octave Shift acts in octave 
increments.

Transpose and octave shift are 
useful features for when you are 
playing multiple sounds across 
the keyboard.  You may need the 
octave shift to adjust a bass 
sound to play in the proper pitch 
range in the LEFT Part, or to get 
one sound in a layer of 
RIGHT1/RIGHT2 sounds to play 
lower so that it mixes well with 
the other sound. 

Transpose is also useful when you 
wish to play a piece written a 
key that you are not comfortable 
with. It lets you "move" the 
keys around until you can play 
the piece 
You can transpose the Concert 
Magic songs, the Accompaniment 
sounds, and any of the 300 
instrument sounds that you select 
to play on the keyboard.

To Transpose:

1) Press either the UP or DOWN 
TRANSPOSE buttons.  The transpose 
amount will be displayed in the 
LCD screen and go up or down 
every time one of these buttons 
is pressed.

2) To get the CP back to its 
default (normal) key, press both 
the UP and DOWN buttons at the 
same time.  The transpose amount 
will disappear from the LCD 
screen, indicating that the CP is 
now back to its original setting.




To use the Octave Shift:

1) Select the Part that you would 
like to apply the shift to.

2) Press either the UP or DOWN of 
the OCTAVE SHIFT buttons.  The 
number of shifted octaves will be 
displayed with triangle symbols 
in the LCD screen and go up or 
down every time the button is 
pressed.

3) To get the CP back to the 
normal octave setting, press both 
the UP and DOWN buttons at the 
same time.  The symbols will 
disappear from the screen, 
indicating that the instrument is 
back to its normal octave range.

The number of octaves shifted is 
represented by the number of 
triangles shown above the sound 
name for each Part.

Transpose amount is shown at the 
bottom of the screen.

The Octave Shift has a range of 
four octaves in each direction.  
However, the onboard sounds have 
a limited range in which they 
play properly.  If you shift too 
far out of this range, the 
instrument may sound strange or 
may not play at all.  This has no 
affect on the CP's proper 
function, though, and you should 
feel encouraged to use this 
feature as a means of getting 
interesting tonal variations out 
of the presets.  

METRONOME
The Metronome is a timing device 
that aids in your playing by 
giving audible "ticks" at a 
constant tempo that you can use 
as a reference.

To use the Metronome:

1) Press the METRONOME button.  
The CP piano will start ticking 
and you will see Volume level, 
Beat (time signature), as well as 
the metronome icon appear in the 
screen next to the Tempo value..

2) Use the BEAT, VOLUME, or TEMPO 
buttons (F2-F7) to select the 
setting you wish to modify.

3) Enter your changes by either 
using the F buttons or turning 
the Dial.
You can also adjust the tempo by 
tapping on the TAP TEMPO button.  
Simply tap on the button with 
your finger three or more times 
at the desired tempo, and the CP 
will automatically translate that 
into a tempo value on the screen!

4) To stop the metronome, press 
the METRONOME button again.


PIANO ONLY
The Piano Only function is used 
to make the CP ready for piano 
soloing at the push of a button.  
It turns off all auto-
accompaniment functions, assigns 
the Grand Piano sound to RIGHT1, 
and deactivates the other 3 
Parts. 

You can also use this function to 
play Concert Magic songs with the 
Grand Piano instead of their pre-
assigned sounds.

To use Piano Only:

Press the PIANO ONLY button.  The main play 
screen is displayed with the Grand Piano sound 
assigned to RIGHT1.

USING A STYLE
A Style is a preprogrammed 
accompaniment pattern consisting 
of drums, bass and four chord (or 
obbligato) phrases which you can 
play along with, responding to 
the key you specify.

The CP has 128 built-in Style 
presets selected from various 
types of music.

Song Stylist is a powerful and 
instantly satisfying feature that 
greatly simplifies the process of 
setting up the CP when you want 
to perform a particular song.

SELECTING A STYLE
The Styles are categorized into 
14 groups, each having a 
dedicated Style select button on 
the front panel.

To select a Style:

1) Press the STYLE button for the 
category of your choice. The 
Style Selection menu will be 
displayed on the screen.

2) Press the L or R button 
closest to the on-screen name of 
the Style you wish to select .  
3)If you don't see your desired 
Style in the currently displayed 
list, you can use the F1 and F2 
buttons (STYLE GROUP) to go 
through the other groups,  press 
another STYLE button to jump to 
another group, or turn the Dial 
to scroll through all the Styles 
one after another.

4) If you wish play the selected 
Style, press either the 
START/STOP button to start the 
Style playing immediately, or the 
INTRO/ENDING button to start the 
Style with an Intro phrase, or 
the SYNC/FADE OUT button to have 
the CP wait until the moment you 
press a key before starting the 
Style.

5) To adjust the tempo of the 
Style, make sure Tempo is 
selected in the main play screen 
and then turn the Dial.
You can also use the TAP TEMPO 
button.  Tap the button three or 
more times at the desired tempo, 
and the CP will automatically 
translate that into an on-screen 
value.

6) To stop the Style, press 
either, the START/STOP button to 
stop the Style immediately, or 
the INTRO/ENDING button to stop 
with an ending phrase, or the 
SYNC/FADE OUT button have the 
music fade out gradually.

When you are in the main play 
screen, you can select a Style by 
just using the Dial.  Press the 
L1 button or F2-F3 (STYLE) and 
the Style name will become boxed.  
Then turn the Dial or press the 
F2-F3 button to go through the 
Styles.

The CP remembers the last Style 
selection that you made from 
within each group as long as the 
power is on.  When you press a 
STYLE button, the CP will 
automatically select the Style 
previously chosen in the same 
group.

When you switch from one Style to 
another while it is running, the 
new Style will wait until the 
beginning of the next measure 
before taking over.

FILL-IN AND VARIATIONS
Each Style is made of four 
patterns called Variations and 
four Fill-ins.  

Fill-ins are temporary 
embellishments that can add 
excitement and rhythmic change to 
a playing Style. To use a Fill-
in, just press one of the FILL IN 
buttons.  You will hear the fill 
phrase immediately start playing 
from a rhythmically appropriate 
spot.

To select a Variation, press one 
of the three VARIATION buttons 
that are not lit (the lit button 
is the Variation that is 
currently playing).  The pattern 
will change on the first beat of 
the next measure.

You can set the CP to 
automatically place a Fill-in as 
the switch from one Variation to 
the other.  Select your preferred 
option in the Fill-in mode. 
AUTO-ACCOMPANIMENT
Auto-accompaniment is a powerful 
feature that controls how the 
Concert Performer reacts to your 
playing and intelligently 
contributes to your performance.  
It is based upon your ability to 
instruct the CP as to the key 
that you wish to play in.  There 
are three modes of key 
recognition-One Finger, 
Fingered, and Full Keyboard. Your 
choice of which of these to use 
depends on your skill level and 
desired musical style.

Fingered	
Player has to play all the notes 
that make up a chord within the 
Left Part.  The CP piano 
recognizes 61 chord types as well 
as most of their inversions.  
(See page 162 for chord table.)

One Finger	
In addition to Fingered, a 
simplified chord method is 
available that allows beginners 
to specify a chord by playing 
only one or two notes.  Types of 
simplified chords that can be 
recognized, however, are limited 
to Major, Minor, and 7th.

Full Keyboard	
This method is basically 
identical to Fingered.  However, 
Full Keyboard recognizes keys 
from the notes played anywhere 
across the 88 keys.


Bass Inversion
When Bass Inversion is on, the 
bass part of the accompaniment 
responds to the lowest note 
played in the Left Part 
regardless of the overall key 
recognized as a result of the 
other notes played.

To turn Auto-accompaniment on:

1)	Select a Style that you 
would like to play.
2)	Press one of the 
ACCOMPANIMENT buttons to select 
the mode.  The mode will be 
displayed at the bottom in the 
LCD screen if you're in the main 
play screen.
3)	Press the BASS INVERSION 
button if you would like to turn 
it on.
4)	Press the ACC ON/OFF button 
to activate the accompaniment 
function.
5)	Press the START/STOP button 
to start the music, and play some 
chords in the LEFT Part.  You 
will hear the accompaniment start 
and change keys as you play 
different chords.
6)	If you want to cancel or 
stop the Auto-accompaniment, 
press the ACC ON/OFF button 
again.

When you play along with the 
Auto-accompaniment using the 
Fingered or Full Keyboard modes, 
you may hear two sounds playing 
the chords: one is selected by 
the front panel and the other is 
preprogrammed for the Style.  
This is because the sounds used 
by the Auto-accompaniment Style 
are independent of the Left and 
Right Part sound settings.  
Therefore you will hear the 
instrument sounds played by your 
hand as well as those generated 
by the accompaniment.

In most cases, these are just 
duplicate notes being played 
using the different sounds.  In 
some cases however, you may hear 
different notes in an unexpected 
chord inversion.  If the overall 
musical effect is undesirable, 
just make the Left Part inactive 
and let the accompaniment play 
alone. 

You can use the Auto-
accompaniment function without 
the Style running.  In this way 
you can make use of the chord 
recognition without having the 
preprogrammed rhythms or patterns 
playing.  Just turn the ACC on 
and play without starting the 
Style.  You will hear the bass 
and chord parts only.  This may 
be useful when you play a musical 
piece that is not played with 
drums.

The accompaniment sounds are 
preprogrammed to best suit the 
different Styles, and you cannot 
alter them.  When playing in One 
Finger mode, however, you can 
replace the chord sound with the 
sound chosen for the Left Part.  
Assign your preferred sound and 
make the Left Part active.


1-2 PLAY
If you have found a Style which 
appeals to you, but have no idea 
as to what sounds you should 
assign to the different Parts, 
try using 1-2 Play.  This feature 
presents you with a preprogrammed 
panel setup with suggested 
settings for the Style you have 
chosen.

To use 1-2 Play:

1) Select the Style you would 
like to play.

2) Press the 1-2 PLAY button.  
The 1-2 Play Indicator will 
become lit, and the words "1-2 
Play" be displayed in the main 
play screen.

3) Start the Style.

4) Press the 1-2 PLAY button 
again to turn it off.

REGISTRATION
A Registration is a setup that 
remembers most of the panel 
settings, such as Style choices 
and sound selections, so that you 
can recall them at the touch of a 
button and play music quickly 
instead of spending your time 
trying to call up all the 
settings and values manually.
In addition to the 64 
preprogrammed Registrations, you 
can store 40 setups of your own.

To use a Registration:

1) Press the REGIST. GROUP 
button.  The Registration Group 
menu will be displayed.

2) Choose the particular Group 
from the list using the L and R 
buttons.

3) Press one of the eight 
REGISTRATION buttons, each of 
which calls up a Registration 
from your selected group.

4) To leave, press the EXIT 
button.

Use the L and R buttons to select 
the Group.  Then press one of 
eight REGISTRATION buttons to 
call the desired setup.

The CP remembers how the front 
panel was setup before you chose 
a Registration so that after 
exiting the Registration, the 
prior settings will be restored. 

You don't always have to begin 
with the REGIST. GROUP button 
when selecting a Registration if 
you are already aware of which 
Group you are in.  Pressing one 
of the REGISTRATION buttons will 
bring up a specific setup in that 
group.  Just as long as the CP 
hasn't been turned off, it 
remembers the Group chosen last 
even if no Registration setup is 
currently in use.
You cannot use the 1-2 Play and 
Registration features at the same 
time.  One always turns the other 
off.

To create your own Registration:

1) Set up the panel settings in 
the way that you'd like to save 
it.

2) Press the SAVE button.  The 
Registration Group menu will be 
displayed.

3) Use the R1-R5 buttons to 
select the Group to save in.

4) Then press one of eight 
REGISTRATION buttons where you 
want it saved specifically.

5) To leave, press the EXIT 
button.

Press one of the REGISTRATION 
buttons where you want your 
current setup saved.

The following settings can be 
stored in a Registration:
Sound (Solo, Right1, Right2, 
Left), Split point, Style and 
Variation, Fill-in mode, Tempo, 
Accompaniment settings, Mixer 
settings, Effect settings, 
Harmony, Voicing, Detune, 
Resonance and Pedal functions.

You can save your Registrations 
on a floppy disk and load them 
into the CP later.

STYLE LOCK
Pressing the STYLE LOCK button 
holds the current Style even if 
another Registration is selected.  
This is useful if you wish keep 
using the same Style but have 
other settings change.

SONG STYLIST
If you know the melody and even 
the title of a popular song that 
you'd like to play but really 
don't know what specific sounds 
or Styles would best suit it, the 
Song Stylist is the perfect 
feature for you.  You simply pick 
the name of a song, and the 
Concert Performer sets up 
everything else.

The CP has 400 built-in song 
titles.  You may search for your 
favorite title either 
alphabetically by song name, or 
by song category.

Not only that, but you can expand 
the title database using floppy 
disks!  

To use the Song Stylist:

1) Press the SONG STYLIST button.  
The song selection menu will come 
up.

2) Use the SEARCH BY CATEGORY 
buttons (F1, F2) to go get to the 
song category to which your 
desired song belongs.  The name 
of category is shown at the top 
of the screen.  Or use the SEARCH 
BY NAME buttons (F4, F5) to 
search for the title in 
alphabetical order.  You may use 
the Dial to go through the names 
in either search method.

3) If you look for a song from a 
floppy disk, press the DISK 
button (F6).  

4) Use the L and R buttons to 
select one of ten songs displayed 
in the screen.  Then press the 
SELECT button (F7), and the CP 
returns to the main play screen 
with all of the loaded settings 
displayed. 

5) Start the Style and play.

6) To quit the Song Stylist, 
press the SONG STYLIST button 
again or press the EXIT button.


You may use different Sounds, 
Styles, Tempo and other settings 
to customize to your taste.

When using a floppy disk, the 
Song Stylist is able to retrieve 
the melody data and chord 
sequence data as well.  The chord 
sequence, called the Auto Chord 
Progression, will provide you 
with the right chord change data, 
while the melody will play the 
most familiar part of the song.  
It is useful for the player to 
listen to the song first to learn 
it.


HARMONY
When the Auto-accompaniment is 
on, you can use Harmony.  This 
function analyzes the notes being 
currently played and 
automatically adds to them, which 
creates a "harmony" part even 
if you are playing a single note.

The way Harmony reacts to your 
playing is determined by which of 
8 methods is used:

Dynamic	
Adds three or four notes based on 
the notes played in the LEFT 
Part.  Harmony notes are played 
within one octave below the 
lowest note played in the RIGHT 
Part.

Open	
Adds three or four notes based on 
the notes played in the LEFT 
part.  Harmony notes may extend 
over one octave below the lowest 
RIGHT Part note.



Octave	
Takes the highest note played in 
the RIGHT Part and doubles it an 
octave down. 

Duet	
Adds a note according to the 
lowest note played in the RIGHT 
Part and the chord recognized 
with the LEFT part.

Octave Duet	
Adds an Octave note and a Duet 
note.

Rockin'	
Adds a fifth (or fourth) note to 
the lowest note played in the 
RIGHT Part.

Block	
Adds three or four notes based on 
the key recognized with the LEFT 
Part.  

Jazz	
Adds three or four notes based on 
the key recognized with the LEFT 
Part.  

Vocal 1	
Adds a note based on the key 
recognized with the LEFT Part.  


Vocal 2	
Adds three notes based on the key 
recognized with the LEFT Part.

To use the Harmony:

1) Press the HARMONY button.  The 
Indicator will be lit to show 
that it is active.  You will also 
see the Harmony symbol if you are 
in the main play screen.

2) To change the Harmony type, 
hold down the Harmony button for 
a moment until the Harmony Select 
menu is displayed.

3) Choose the preferred type 
using the L and R buttons.

4) Press the EXIT button to leave 
the Harmony Select menu.

5) To turn off the Harmony, press 
the HARMONY button again.	

Harmony can be active only when 
Auto-accompaniment is on.  
Therefore pressing the HARMONY 
button will automatically 
activate the ACC button as well.

Harmony is created with the notes 
played in the RIGHT1 and RIGHT2 
Parts.  The SOLO and LEFT Parts 
are not added to by the Harmony 
function.

The Harmony notes are played with 
the same sound as the RIGHT1 or 
RIGHT2 sound.

CONCERT MAGIC
Thanks to Kawai's innovative 
CONCERT MAGIC (CM) feature, 
absolutely anyone can sit at the 
Concert Performer and experience 
the joy of being a real 
performing musician. even if 
they have never touched a 
musical instrument in their 
life!

Concert Magic allows you to play 
a song by simply tapping any 
keys on the keyboard.  
Regardless of what keys you 
play, the notes that are heard 
will be the proper ones in the 
song.  However, what makes this 
really exciting is that you 
control the timing of the notes, 
as well as their dynamics.  Thus 
you can add a level of 
expressiveness and individuality 
to the song that makes it truly 
a performing experience.   

As you play a CM song, a handy 
Note Navigator display helps you 
keep track of where you are in 
each bar, as well as suggesting 
how the rhythm of the original 
song arrangement should be 
tapped out on the keys.

Many of the popular CM songs 
have lyrics which can be 
displayed as the song is being 
performed.  A very exciting and 
innovative feature unique to 
Kawai is the Bouncing Ball, 
which takes advantage of the 
CP's large LCD display by making 
its way over the lyrics, 
following the player's 
performance and encouraging 
everyone around the instrument 
to sing along.
Selecting a Concert Magic Song
The 176 on-board Concert Magic 
songs are divided into eight 
groups by song category: 
Children's Songs, American 
Classics, Patriotic Songs, 
Christmas Songs, Hymns, 
Classics, Special Occasions, and 
International songs.

In addition, you can create your 
own Concert Magic songs from 
song data in Standard MIDI File 
format.

To select a song:

1) Press the CONCERT MAGIC 
button. The song selection menu 
will be displayed.

2) Ten song titles to choose 
from will be displayed at a 
time. The current category that 
you are in will be displayed at 
the very top of the screen.  If 
you need to go to another 
category to find the song that 
you want, press SEARCH BY 
CATEGORY (F1, F2).  You can also 
search for a specific title by 
using SEARCH BY NAME (F4, F5), 
which will list all 176 song 
titles in alphabetical order.

You may use the Dial to scroll 
through all the titles one after 
another.

If you wish to load a CM song 
from floppy disk, press the DISK 
button (F6) first, then select 
your song from the list of 
available files.

3) When you have found the song 
that you want to play, use the L 
or R buttons to move the box 
over the title.  Press the 
SELECT button (F7) to choose it.  
The Note Navigator screen will 
be displayed, and you are ready 
to perform!

Performing a Concert Magic Song
Using Concert Magic is one of 
the easiest, yet one of the most 
enjoyable ways to use the 
Concert Performer.  Just pick a 
song and tap the keys, and you 
are making music!
Being familiar with how a 
particular song goes does help 
when it comes to deciding the 
rhythm of your key tapping.  
However, the Note Navigator can 
help you play a song that you've 
never heard before by displaying 
the appropriate rhythm as a 
large chart.

The Note Navigator chart 
provides an outline of the 
song's rhythm by displaying up 
to four bars at a time.  Each 
bar is divided into beat 
partitions according to the time 
signature.  Within each of these 
partitions are dots (
) that 
show you where the note events 
should fall if you want to play 
the song with its correct 
rhythm. After you've played past 
a note in the song, the dot 
becomes a cross (+) to help you 
keep track of where you now are. 

To play a selected CM song:
	
1. From the Note Navigator 
screen Press START (F3) to 
listen to the song.  The CP will 
play back the song on its own.  
Press the STOP (F3) button again 
to stop.  Notice how the Note 
Navigator displays the rhythm as 
the song is playing.

2. If you wish to perform the CM 
song yourself, press any of 88 
keys while the song is not 
playing, and this will play the 
first note(s) of the song.

3. Press the RESET (F3) button 
at any time to start at the 
beginning of the song again.

4. To play another song, press 
the SONG LIST buttons (F6, F7) 
to display the list.

5. If you have selected a song 
with lyrics and want view them 
instead of the Note Navigator, 
press the LYRICS button (F1).

6. To exit Concert Magic, simply 
press the CONCERT MAGIC button 
again.

When your performance reaches 
the end of the song, press any 
key one more time.  This will 
not produce sound, but instead 
resets the song to the beginning 
for another performance.

The Bouncing Ball only works 
with song files that are 
specifically designed for 
Concert Magic to take advantage 
of this feature.

A Concert Magic song is made of 
two parts, a melody and the 
accompaniment, and many songs 
have been programmed with 
different sounds for each part.  
You can however select your 
preferred sound for each part 
separately.  The RIGHT1 sound 
plays the melody and the LEFT 
sound handles the accompaniment.  
You can also introduce a RIGHT2 
sound as a layer.

You can transpose the song by 
pressing the TRANSPOSE buttons.

Concert Magic Song Arrangements
Concert Magic songs are 
specially arranged so that they 
will work well with your key 
tapping.  Each of the 176 CM 
songs falls into one of 3 
categories regarding how they 
were arranged, and this allows 
for 3 skill levels of how the 
player should tap the keys to 
appropriately play the song.

EASY BEAT
These are the easiest songs to 
play.  To perform them, simply 
tap any keys that you desire at 
a constant beat.  
You can easily tell which songs 
are Easy Beat songs when you 
look at the Note Navigator.  The 
dots are lined up at a constant 
interval in the chart, 
indicating a constant beat.


MELODY PLAY
These songs are also quite easy 
to play, especially if you are 
familiar with them.  To perform 
them, tap the keys to the rhythm 
of the melody. 

SKILLFUL
These songs are more 
challenging.  To perform them, 
tap out the rhythm of both the 
melody and the accompaniment 
notes on the keys.
It may require some practice to 
successfully play these 
selections.  Even skilled 
players will undoubtedly enjoy 
the challenge that they offer.  
Try listening to these songs 
first, and then try to tap out 
the rhythms that you hear.
Creating a Concert Magic Song
What if you want to use Concert 
Magic to play a song that isn't 
one of the 176 built-in titles?  
One of the fun things about the 
Concert Performer is that you 
can actually take your favorite 
song and turn it into a CM file!

Record your song as a Standard 
MIDI File on a floppy disk.  
Then use your personal computer 
to change the name of the file 
so that instead of ".MID" as 
the extension, it now reads 
".CMG".  This needs to be done 
so that Concert Magic will know 
to look at the file when it is 
searching the floppy disk.  The 
file can now be selected when 
you are in Concert Magic.

As you might imagine, getting 
your song to act exactly the way 
you want it to in Concert Magic 
may require a few adjustments to 
the original arrangement.

The most important consideration 
when creating a song to be used 
with Concert Magic is keeping 
the arrangement as simple as 
musically possible.  This is 
because Concert Magic "pauses" 
the song after every note that 
is played as it waits for you to 
tap the next key, so if there 
are complex patterns that have 
many notes per beat (such as a 
rhythm part), having to tap a 
key for every little note to be 
played can make the performance 
overly difficult.



Here are some suggestions for 
creating a Concert Magic song:

1. Make the melody first.

2. Then arrange the 
accompaniment part so that its 
notes fall on the same beats as 
the melody. (This makes a Melody 
Play song.)

3. Insert a few carefully placed 
accompaniment notes in between 
melody note beats.  (This 
creates a Skillful song.)

Of course, these are merely 
suggestions.  There are no 
steadfast rules for how to 
compose your song, and in fact 
very rewarding musical 
experiences may come out of  
simple trial and error.

PLAYING THE DEMOS
There three types of Demonstration 
pieces programmed in the CP piano.

Song Demo	
An exciting and entertaining long 
piece that shows off the CP's 
musical potential as a whole.


Sound Demo	
Fifteen small pieces, one per 
Sound category, that demonstrate 
how the instrument sounds can be 
used.

Style Demo	
Fourteen small pieces, one per 
Style category, that demonstrate 
how the Styles can be used.

To listen to a Demo:

1) Press the DEMO button.  The 
DEMONSTRATION menu will be 
displayed.

2) Select your preferred Demo 
piece by either, using the Main 
Demo Song button (F3-F5) to select 
the Song Demo, or use any of the 
SOUND select buttons to select a 
Sound Demo or use any of the STYLE 
select buttons to select a Style 
Demo.

3) To stop the Demo, press 
PLAY/STOP.  To exit, press EXIT or 
the DEMO button again.

The SOUND select buttons are used 
to select the Sound Demo for that 
sound category.

The STYLE select buttons are used 
to select the Style Demo for that 
Style category.


If no pieces are selected after 
the DEMO button is pressed, the CP 
will automatically start playing 
the Main Song Demo.

When a selected Demo piece ends,
another piece of the same type 
will be randomly chosen from 
another category and played.



