Roland KR107 Users Manual

Chapter 2 Automatic Accompaniment

Selecting Music Styles (Music Style Buttons)

You can select a variety of different Music Styles by pressing the Music Style buttons.

Four different preset styles are assigned to the Music Style.

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1. Press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button.

2. Press one of the Music Style buttons to select the Music Style group.

Watch the indicator button light up.

For more on the Music Style

names, refer to the “Music

Style List” (p. 177, p. 193).

Five of the Music Styles included in that group are displayed on the screen.

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This screen is called the “Style Selection screen”.

Touch and drag up and down in the scroll bar to scroll through the screen and

display other styles.

Touch the page icons to change pages.

You can listen to the Music Style by touching <Audition>.

You can touch <Search> to find Styles that match the selected criteria (p. 52).

3. Touch a Music Style name to select the Music Style.

You can use the dial to automatically switch pages and select Styles.

4. Touch Preset <A>, <B>, <C>, or <D> in the lower part of the screen.

When the Music Style is selected, Preset A is selected.

When any of the Presets from <A> through <D> are selected, the Music Style tempo,

right-hand Tone, Style Orchestrator settings (p. 58) and other settings change.

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5. Press the [Exit] button.

The display returns to the Basic screen.

When you play a chord in the left-hand part of the keyboard, the selected Music Style

is automatic.

■ Selecting Music Styles on External Memories

You can play other User Styles saved to external memories or User memory (p. 134).

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1. Press the Music Style [User] button.

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2. Touch <User> in the lower part of the screen.

When you touch <User> on the lower part of the screen, the screen for selecting user

memory or disk Styles appears.

When you touch <Preset>, the screen for selecting “Trad/Kids” Music Styles

appears.

3. Touch < ** > < ** > to select the storage media to which the

accompaniment Style is saved.

The names of the accompaniment styles stored on the selected storage media are

displayed.

4. Select a Music Style, and touch the Music Style name.

5. Press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button.

You can now perform in the selected Music Style.

Music Styles selected from external memories are stored until the power is turned

off. Even after ejecting the external memory, by pressing the Music Style [User]

button, you can perform using the most recently selected Music Style.

You can save multiple user

Styles to user memory. Take a

look at “Saving a User Style”

(p. 134).

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■ Using Keywords to Search for Music Styles (Style Search)

You can search for Music Styles that match the tempo of the song, musical genre, or

other criteria you set.

You can also search Music Styles using the first character of the Style names.

1. Press one of the Music Style buttons.

2. Touch <Search>.

The following “Style Search screen” appears.

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Condition Search screen Name Search screen

Only the KR’s internal Music

Styles are searchable.

Touch here to switch these screens.

❍ Searching by Conditions

3. Touch the parameter you want to set, then use the [-] [+] buttons and the

dial to select the search conditions.

4. Touch <Search>.

The search results appear in the display.

Touch a Music Style name to select a Music Style.

Press the [Exit] button to return to the Style Search screen.

❍ Searching by Music Style name

3. Touch <By Name>.

Touch <By Key> to return to the Condition Search screen.

4. Decide which character you’ll use for the search.

The selected character appears in the middle of the screen.

Enter the character you are searching for. For example, touching <ABC> in

succession cycles you through the available choices in that character group

(“A”→”B”→”C”...).

Touch <A-0> to toggle between alphabets and numerals.

In a condition search, the KR

looks for Music Styles

satisfying all of the selected

search criteria.

5. Touch <Search>.

The search results appear on the display.

Touch a Music Style name to select a Music Style.

Press the [Exit] button several times to return to the Basic screen or the previous

screen.

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Playing Only Music Style Rhythm Patterns

You can also play only the rhythm patterns of Music Styles.

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1. Select a Music Style (p. 50).

2. Press the One Touch Program [Piano] button.

The performance is set so that only the rhythm patterns are played.

3. Press the [Intro/Ending] button.

The Rhythm part of accompaniment begins, starting from the Intro.

Just as with regular Automatic Accompaniment, you can add intros and endings by

pressing the [Intro/Ending] button, and make changes to the rhythm patterns with

the Fill In button (p. 57).

Adjusting the Accompaniment Tempo

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NOTE

Some Music Styles do not

include rhythm patterns.

When you select these Style

patterns, no rhythm patterns

are played, even when you

play on the left side of the

keyboard.

When the Basic screen is displayed, you can use the Tempo [-] [+] buttons or the dial

to change the tempo.

The tempo is indicated on the upper left of the screen.

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Pressing the Tempo [-] [+] buttons simultaneously returns the selected Music Style

or song to the basic tempo.

You can change the tempo of Automatic Accompaniment even while the

accompaniment is playing.

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Starting and Stopping the Accompaniment

Pressing the One Touch Program [Arranger] button activates Sync Start for the

accompaniment (which starts the accompaniment simultaneously when you play on

the lower section of the keyboard), and automatically sets an appropriate intro for

the accompaniment. You can also change the way the accompaniment starts and

stops.

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■ Having the Accompaniment Start Simultaneously When You Play the Keyboard (Sync)

1. Press the [Intro/Ending] button and [Start/Stop] button simultaneously,

causing the indicators of both buttons to flash.

The Sync Start settings go into effect.

2. Play a chord on the lower-part of keyboard.

As you play the keys, the intro and accompaniment begins simultaneously.

❍ Changing the intro

When set for Sync Start (the indicators of both the [Intro/Ending] button and [Start/

Stop] button are flashing), you can use the following procedure to change the intro,

or prevent the intro from playing.

Starting without an intro

Press the [Intro/Ending] button and watch the indicator go out.

Now when you play a chord with the keyboard, the accompaniment starts without

the intro.

To start with a short intro added

Touch <Arranger> in the Basic screen to open the arranger screen.

Touch the Intro <2>.

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Sync Start is set immediately

after the One Touch Program

[Arranger] button is pressed.

Now when you specify a chord with the keyboard, a short intro is played, and the

accompaniment starts.

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❍ Starting at the press of a button

1. Press the [Intro/Ending] button and [Start/Stop] button simultaneously,

and the indicators lights go out.

The Sync Start function is cancelled.

2. Play a chord on the lower part of keyboard.

Choose the chord to be played when the accompaniment begins playing.

3. Press the [Intro/Ending] button or the [Start/Stop] button.

When you press the [Intro/Ending] button, the intro plays, and the accompaniment

starts. When you press the [Start/Stop] button, the accompaniment starts without

the intro.

When you touch Intro <2> on the Basic screen, a short intro plays.

Chord Tones and Bass Tones

When you play the keys in the left-hand side of the keyboard while the [Start/Stop]

button’s indicator is not lit, chords play. This note is called the “Chord Tone,” and

the root of the chord being played at the same time is called the “Bass Tone.”

■ Stopping Automatic Accompaniment

Stopping with an added ending

❍

1. Press the [Intro/Ending] button.

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You can change the sound of

the chord tone and bass tone.

Take a look at “Changing How

Chords Are Played and

Specified (Arranger Config)”

(p. 138).

An ending plays and the Automatic Accompaniment stops.

❍ Stopping at the same time the button is pressed

1. Press the [Start/Stop] button.

The Automatic Accompaniment stops as soon as you press the button.

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■ Having a Count Sound Play at the End of the Intro (Countdown)

If an intro plays before your performance, you can have a count-in sound played to

the end of the intro, helping you hear when to start playing.

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1. Press the [Count/Marker] button and watch the indicator light up.

Ex: 4/4

Intro

1234

Count Sound

The following “Countdown settings screen” appears.

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When the Intro has finished playing, the accompaniment plays.

2. Touch <Count Mode> to set this to “Count Down.”

When you press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button, the performance starts,

and the countdown sound plays at the end of the intro.

❍ Cancelling the countdown

3. Press the [Count/Marker] button and the indicator light goes out.

For more about settings on the

Countdown screen, refer to

“Settings for the Countdown”

(p. 161).

Modifying an Accompaniment

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When you use Automatic Accompaniment, you can easily add Fill Ins to the

accompaniment patterns, change arrangements, and make other changes.

■ Changing the Accompaniment Pattern (Fill In Buttons)

There are two accompaniment patterns: the Original, and a Variation. In addition, a

fill-in (or short phrase) is added at the points where the accompaniment patterns

change, which adds more interest to the song. It can be effective to use the simpler

original pattern for the first half of the song, and the variation pattern for the second

half.

What’s a “Fill In”?

A short improvisational phrase inserted at the bar line is called a “Fill In.”

The KR automatically plays the appropriate phrase for the selected Music Style.

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You can add variation to the

Automatic Accompaniment by

assigning different functions to

the Performance Pads and

pedals. For more information,

see “Assigning Functions to

Pedals and Performance Pads

(Pedal Setting/User

Functions)” (p. 142).

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Press the Fill In [Variation] button and watch the indicator light up.

The instrument is set so that the variation performance pattern is played.

Press the Fill In [Original] button and watch the indicator light up.

The instrument is set so that the original performance pattern is played.

Pressing these buttons during a performance inserts a one-bar fill-in at the

appropriate place and time.

Adding a fill-in without changing the accompaniment pattern

You can play only the fill-in, without changing the accompaniment pattern.

Press the lit [Original] or [Variation] Fill In button during the performance.

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■ Changing Accompaniment Patterns in the Screen

You can change accompaniment patterns in intros, fill-ins, endings, and so on by

touching the screen. This lets you enjoy even more advanced performances.

1. Press the One Touch [Automatic Accompaniment] button.

The Automatic Accompaniment basic screen is displayed.

2. Touch <Arranger>.

The following screen appears.

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Touch the screen to change the accompaniment pattern.

■ Changing the Instrumental Makeup of Music Styles (Style Orchestrator)

You can change the arrangement of an accompaniment. This function is called “Style

Orchestrator.” Each Music Style has four different accompaniment arrangements.

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1. Press the [Style Orchestrator] button and watch the indicator light up.

The instrument is set to allow you to change the arrangement with the Performance Pads.

2. Press Performance Pad [1]–[3] to change the arrangement for the

accompaniment.

Watch the indicator of the button you pressed light up.

When you press the [Phrase]

utton or [User Function]

uttons, the [Style

Orchestrator] button’s

indicator goes out, and the

function of the Performance

Pads changes. For details refer

to p. 72 and p. 142.

Display Explanation

1 This is the simplest arrangement.

2 This is a more involved arrangement.

3 This is the most elavorate arrangement.

NOTE

When simple Music Styles are

selected, there may be no

change in the arrangement

even when you use the Style

Orchestrator function.

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Adding Harmony to the Right-Hand Part (Melody Intelligence)

You can add harmony to the notes you play on the keyboard.

While an Automatic Accompaniment is playing, the matching harmony is

automatically added to the notes you are playing with the right hand. This function

is called “Melody Intelligence.”

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1. Press the [Melody Intelligence] button and watch the indicator light up.

When you play something on the right-hand section of the keyboard, harmony is

added.

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The following “Melody Intelligence screen” appears.

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2. Select and touch a harmony type.

Then when you play a melody on the keyboard, a harmony style is automatically

added.

When you press the [Exit] button, you’re returned to the previous screen, while the

Melody Intelligence function remains selected.

3. Press the [Melody Intelligence] button once more and the indicator light

goes out.

With some harmonies, Tones

may change automatically.

Also, when you play several

keys at the same time, in some

cases harmony may be added

to one note.

The Melody Intelligence function is cancelled.

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Playing Sounds in the Left Hand During a Performance (Lower Tone)

Normally, when using Automatic Accompaniment in a performance, sounds are not

produced by playing the left-hand part of the keyboard. When you touch the

<Lower 1> or <Lower 2> icon, you can have Tones from the left side of the keyboard

play simultaneously with the Automatic Accompaniment.

1. Press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button.

This sets the Automatic Accompaniment.

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2. On the Basic screen, touch <Lower 1>.

Now when you play a chord in the left-hand keyboard area, the notes you play will

sound, and the accompaniment chord changes.

In the same manner, you can play the left-hand tone by touching <Lower 2>.

By touching both <Lower 1> and <Lower 2>, you can get a Layer performance for

the left-hand.

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Stopping the sound in the left-hand

3. Touch <Lower 1>.

The <Lower> icon returns to the original color.

To have <Left 2> play as well, also touch <Left 2>.

The left-hand Tones stop playing.

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Playing the Piano with Accompaniment Added (Piano Style Arranger)

Usually with Automatic Accompaniment, you play chords on the left-hand side of

the keyboard and the melody on the right-hand side. Chords can also be recognized

over the entire keyboard, allowing you to perform using Automatic Accompaniment

without splitting the keyboard. This function is called “Piano Style Arranger.”

This makes it possible to add an accompaniment automatically as you play a song

by playing chords in the ordinary way, without giving any thought to the location

of a keyboard split.

1. Press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button.

2. Touch <Split> to turn the Split function off.

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3. Select a Music Style (p. 50).

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4. Play the keyboard.

The accompaniment starts when you play a chord anywhere on the keyboard.

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Adjusting the Volume Balance for Each Part (Balance)

You can adjust the volume balance between the accompaniment and the keyboard,

and the volume balance for each of the parts in a Music Style.

■ Changing the Volume Balance between the

Accompaniment and the Keyboard (Balance Knob)

You can change the volume balance between a song and accompaniment and the

notes you play on the keyboard.

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1. Adjust the volume balance with the Balance knob.

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■ Adjusting the Volume Balance for Each Performance Part (Part Balance)

You can adjust the volume of each performance part in a Music Style, and the

balance between parts when playing multiple Tones on the keyboard.

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NOTE

When this knob is turned

completely to the

Accompaniment side, no

sounds from the keyboard are

audible, even when the keys

are pressed. You can usually

leave the knob at the center

position.

1. Press the [Part Balance] button and watch the indicator light up.

The following “Part Balance screen” appears.

Touch to switch the screens.

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The volume balance between the performance parts in the Music Style is indicated.

Display Performance part

Rhythm Music Style Rhythm Part

Bass Bass Tone (p. 55)

Accomp

Accompaniment 1, Accompaniment 2, Accompaniment 3, Chord Tone (p. 55)

This shows the volume balance between the keyboard’s Tones when either layer

performance (p. 25) or split performance (p. 26) are used, or the volume balance

when using the keyboard to play percussion instruments or sound effects (p. 23).

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Switch the screens

Displayed Tone Part

Drums Percussion instruments or sound effects played with the keys

Lower 1 Left-hand Tone 1

Lower 2 Left-hand Tone 2

Layer 1 Layer Tone 1

Layer 2 Layer Tone 2

Upper Right-hand Tone

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Chapter 3 Song Playback

Playing a Song

Now, let’s try practicing while playing back internal songs, commercial music files,

and songs saved to floppy disks.

You can use rewind or fast-forward to go to any desired measure, and play back

from that point.

You can also play audio files.

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Selecting the song

When playing back songs on optional external memory, first connect the external

memory to the external memory port.

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Record/Playback buttons

1. Press the [Song] button.

The following “Song Selection screen” appears.

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Touch and drag up and down in the scroll bar to scroll through the screen and

display other songs.

Touch the page icons to change pages.

: The fingering is included in the score.

: The chords are indicated in the score.

: You can display song lyrics.

: For audio files.

When you touch < >, songs selected from all of the internal songs are played in

random order.

When you touch < >, all of the songs in the genre you have selected are played

in order, starting from the selected song. When the last song is finished, playback

resumes from the initial song.

< >: The selected song is played back. This changes to < > while the song

is played back; playback stops when you touch < >.

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