Playing a rhythm set, Playing rhythm patterns from the keyboard, Holding the playback of a rhythm pattern – Roland Piano Manuel d'utilisation

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Playing in Patch Mode

Playing in Patch Mode

Playing a Rhythm Set

1.

Select the rhythm set that you wish to play.

2.

Press a key on the keyboard to play a percussion

instrument.

Below the rhythm set name, the screen shows the note name of
the key you pressed, and the name of the percussion instrument
(rhythm tone name) assigned to that key.

fig.02-16.e

Playing Rhythm Patterns from

the Keyboard

The Fantom contains various Rhythm patterns. Simply by pressing a
single key, you can play the Rhythm patterns.

1.

Access the PATCH PLAY screen, and select a rhythm set (p.

40).

2.

Press [RHYTHM] to make the indicator light.

3.

Press a key to which a Rhythm pattern is assigned.

The Rhythm pattern assigned to the key you pressed will sound.

4.

To stop playing Rhythm patterns, press [RHYTHM] once

again to make the indicator go dark.

Holding the Playback of a Rhythm

Pattern

If you perform the following operation, you can play the Rhythm
pattern without having to continue holding down the key.

1.

Hold down [SHIFT] and press [RHYTHM].

The [RHYTHM] indicator will begin blinking.

2.

Press a key to which a Rhythm pattern is assigned.

3.

If you press another key while Hold is in effect, the Rhythm

pattern will change accordingly.

4.

To cancel Rhythm Pattern Hold, hold down [SHIFT] and

press [RHYTHM] simultaneously once again.

When Using a Hold Pedal

By holding down the Hold pedal while you play the Rhythm
pattern, you can make the Rhythm pattern continue sounding even
after you release the key.

1.

Connect an optional pedal switch (DP-2, DP-6, etc.) to the

HOLD PEDAL jack.

2.

Press [RHYTHM].

3.

Hold down the Hold pedal, and press a key to which a

Rhythm pattern is assigned.

4.

If you press another key while Hold is in effect, the Rhythm

pattern will change accordingly.

Making Rhythm Pattern Settings

1.

Hold down [JUMP] and press [RHYTHM].

The Rhythm Pattern window appears.

fig.02-17_50

In this window you can set the following Rhythm pattern
parameters.

Switch:

Switch Rhythm pattern playback on/off.

Hold:

Switch between Hold On/Hold Off for the Rhythm

pattern playback.

Style:

Specify the basic performance style of the Rhythm

pattern.

Key Trigger:

Specify the timing at which the Rhythm pattern is

to begin playing.

Tempo (=SEQ):

Specify the tempo of Rhythm pattern playback.

Accent Rate:

Adjust the accent strength or note length to

modify the rhythm feel (groove) of the performance.

Shuffle Rate:

Adjust the note timing to produce shuffle

rhythms.

Shuffle Resolution:

Specify the timing of the notes in terms of a

note value.

Velocity:

Specify the note strength for the keys you play.

Note Assign:

Specify the keyboard note that will play the

Rhythm pattern.

In rhythm pattern parameters, the

Style (Rhythm Pattern Style)

setting is particularly important. The playback pattern of the
rhythm is determined mainly by this selection.

For details regarding each parameter, refer to

“Rhythm Pattern

Settings (Rhythm Ptn)”

(p. 75).

2.

Press [CURSOR] to move the cursor to each parameter, and

either turn the VALUE dial or press [INC] or [DEC] to make

the setting.

3.

Press [8 (Close)] to close the Rhythm Pattern window.

Rhythm pattern settings can be saved with each rhythm set as
part of the rhythm set settings. This allows you to create a
rhythm set that uses the most effective settings.

Note name

Rhythm tone name

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