The Yamaha CVP Clavinovas are state-of-the-art digital pianos with many exciting features. With a true grand piano touch and tone, the CVP Clavinova reproduces the experience of playing an actual grand piano. In addition to the wonderful piano touch and tone, authentic voices and dynamic styles produce a truly professional quality of sound. The sophisticated but easy-to-use features make the instrument an endless source of musical enjoyment and creativity. Whatever type of music you have ever dreamed of playing, the Clavinova can make it possible. Detailed information about Yamaha CVP Series Clavinovas can be found on www.clavinova.com (Just select CVP Series, and choose a model to explore).

The Clavinova Festival is a fun, relaxed performance opportunity in which all students can participate. Students look forward to it every year and can perform any type of music they choose to play on the most current Yamaha CVP Clavinova. With the wide variety of features the CVP has to offer the Clavinova Festival is a very thrilling event. Our youngest performer to date was 3 years old and our eldest was 94. Any age and any level is welcome - they just need a desire to have fun with music!

No - owning a Clavinova is not a requirement for this event. Sponsoring Yamaha Clavinova dealers will have instruments available in their store to assist your preparation for this exciting event.

The first place is to check with your local dealer. Many people in the Yamaha dealer network are very savvy on the use of CVP Clavinovas. If they are unable to answer your question, Yamaha has a help desk available at 1-800-PRO-YAMAHA (1-800-776-9262). If they are unavailable at the time of your call, please leave a message, and they will return your call promptly.

If you have a CVP300 Series Clavinova, do the following:

• If the Clavinova you are using has the USA Edition installed (if it doesn't, you can ask your dealer to install it), press Song Select and tab over to the "User Drive."
• Select the folder that says USA Edition.
• Another folder will show on the screen that says "HL Method Sampler." Select this folder.
There are 50 MIDI accompaniment files that go with 50 songs found in the Hal Leonard Piano Library. The song titles will be listed in the display. Select the song you wish to play, and press the green Play/Pause button located in the Song section of the Clavinova to hear the accompaniment and piano part. To remove the piano parts, select the Track 1/R and Track 2/L buttons located above the Play/Pause button. Tempo can be adjusted to allow all levels to perform comfortably. These accompaniments can even be used in the Festival.

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