The Clavinova CVP-701 digital piano nurtures your inner musician. Feast your fingers on the delectable grand piano touch of Yamaha's Graded Hammer 3X keyboard with escapement and synthetic ivory keytops. Your Clavinova is first and foremost a piano, with Yamaha's Real Grand Expression technology delivering the sumptuous sounds of two legendary concert grands: Yamaha's own flagship CFX and the inimitable Bosendorfer Imperial, as well as a selection of vintage electric pianos. Also on the menu is an irresistible cornucopia of interactive music entertainment, education, and performance features that make your Yamaha CVP-701 Clavinova supremely enjoyable, whether you're a beginner or an advanced pianist.
Two world-class concert grands in one digital piano
Yamaha's CVP Clavinova has two world-class concert grands onboard: Yamaha's own flagship CFX, selected and played by the winner of the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition, and the inimitable Bosendorfer Imperial - the eight-octave beast from one of the world's oldest and most esteemed piano makers. Characterized by distinctive traits, including power, versatility, subtlety, and mellowness, both of these superb pianos are featured (by name) in the Clavinova. Tuned to perfection by experienced technicians and with each key recorded individually, Clavinova truly captures the unique tonal character of each of these peerless instruments.
Your dream piano studio
The enhanced Piano Room onboard the Yamaha CVP-701 Clavinova not only includes the world-class Yamaha CFX and Bosendorfer Imperial grand pianos; you also get a tasty selection of vintage electric pianos. Enter Session Mode, and you can invite three virtual musicians into the room to jam as you practice and perform in one of 40 available musical styles. These session cats automatically follow your harmonies and your volume expression using Clavinova's new Dynamics Control. You can activate and deactivate each one depending on your accompaniment requirements. In the Piano Room, you can even record your sessions with a single button press!
More than just a piano
One of the key features of a CVP Clavinova is the multitude of different Styles that you can control in real time just by playing chords. Accompaniment Styles enhance your performances with ensembles of virtual musicians in a variety of musical genres. From small jazz groupings to full symphony orchestra, what you play determines what chords or harmony they play, along with their dynamics. Yamaha developed these Styles with professional session musicians from around the world to give you authentic, studio-grade backing for your performances. You can also use Styles to arrange your compositions in real time and easily embellish them with Intros, Endings, and Fill-Ins.
Play a hit song, one light at a time
CVP Clavinovas are like a patient music teacher: if you're not playing the right notes, they simply wait until you do. It's Yamaha's unique Guide feature that makes this possible, with a Follow Lights library that teaches you popular melodies in an intuitive way only possible with a CVP Clavinova. Follow the lights, one note at a time, and fully arranged orchestrations and arpeggios materialize to embellish your playing. In CVP Clavinova land, you don't play along with a recording; the recording plays along with you.
Plug in and start singing
Connect a microphone to your Yamaha CVP-701 Clavinova and sing along with your keyboard performance or Karaoke song files from YamahaMusicSoft.com. With all its input jacks conveniently located on the front of the instrument, the CVP Clavinova even lets you plug in a portable music device like your MP3 player or smartphone and enjoy listening through the Clavinova's high-resolution stereo speaker system. Clavinovas are big sellers - and for good reason. The latest generation incorporates not only everything Yamaha has learned in over three decades of Clavinova development; these fine digital pianos embody the collective wisdom of Yamaha's century-plus of fine acoustic piano making.
What Yamaha Says...
From the outstanding grand piano touch of the GH3X (Graded Hammer 3X) keyboard with escapement and synthetic ivory keytops to the intuitive design and integration with iPad, the Clavinova CVP-701 digital piano puts you in touch with your inner musician. At their heart, all Clavinovas are first and foremost a piano, and this has never been more true now that the CVP-701 includes Yamaha's Real Grand Expression technology. A variety of interactive music entertainment, education and performance features make these digital pianos just as enjoyable for beginners as they are for advanced pianists. A color screen makes operation easy and intuitive. Guide Lamps show which keys to play for the novice, while on-screen notation puts music in front of more experienced players. Experience a purely digital piano with the heart of a true grand. You'll feel the difference from the very first notes you play. Realistic touch and response, paired with the unmistakeable tone of the finest concert grand pianos ever made, the Clavinova delivers expressive capabilities and a dynamic range that redefines the standard for digital pianos today.
Your dream piano studio awaits
The enhanced Piano Room now includes the world-class Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial grand pianos, plus vintage electric pianos. In Session Mode, you can invite three virtual musicians into the room to "jam" with you as you practice and perform in one of 40 different musical styles. These session musicians will automatically follow your harmonies and your volume expression using the new Dynamics Control feature. You can selectively activate and deactivate each one depending on your musical needs at the time. Within this special room, you can even record your sessions with the touch of a single button.
Variety is the spice of life
The CVP-701 features hundreds of high-quality instrument Voices including "Natural!", "Sweet!" and "Cool!" Voices sampled specially to compliment the instrument types. Yamaha's Super Articulation Voices (SA) add genuine performance attributes of the real musical instruments as though they were being naturally performed by a virtuoso of that instrument instead of from the keys of a piano keyboard.
When you want to play more than just piano
One of the defining features of a CVP Clavinova is the multitude of different Styles that can be controlled in real-time by playing chords on the keyboard. Accompaniment Styles introduce ensembles of virtual musicians to your performances in a variety of musical genres. From small jazz ensembles to full orchestras, you control what chords or harmony they play by what YOU play, plus you control the dynamic of the ensemble. Developed by professional session musicians from around the world, Styles add authentic, studio-quality backing players to your performances - even when you play by ...
