Automatic Registration: Music Assistant; Playing Piano Music - Roland KR103 Mode D'emploi

Automatic registration: Music
Assistant
The KR103 has a practical function that allows you
to quickly make all required settings for the music
you want to play: the MUSIC ASSISTANT function. It
prepares everything you need for working with the
automatic accompaniment function (Style, Tones,
effects, etc.). It is not available for song playback.
The following parameters are set automatically when
you select a Music Assistant memory:
• Music Style
• Tempo
• Sounds for the Upper, Layer
and Lower parts
• Effect settings
• Style Orchestrator
(1) Press the [Music¥Assistant] button.
Song
Music
Assistant
Its indicator lights and the display shows the first 8
characters of the name of the last Music Assistant
setting you selected.
Imagine
007
After a few seconds, the full name scrolls through the
display.
(2) Use [+][–] to specify the desired Music Assistant
memory.
Piano Organ
Piano Arranger
Exit Enter
One Touch Program
The Music Assistant memories are selected in alpha-
betic order.
(3) Use [√][®] to jump to the previous or next "letter"
(e.g. from the "B" to the "A" or "C" group).
Note: If necessary, you can now change the settings you
do not like (e.g. select another sound for the Upper part,
etc.) and then save your new version to a User Program
(see p. 46).
• [Arranger] and [Split] are
switched on
• Keyboard Touch
• The Sync Start function is
switched on
102
=
Tone
Guitar Sax Others
Bass Strings Brass Drum/Sfx Disk
Melody
Split Layer Intelligence
Lower
KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano

Automatic registration: Music Assistant

(4) Press the [Start÷Stop] button to start Arranger play-
back.
Music Style
Pop Ballad Oldies Big Band Latin Trad
Rock Acoustic Country Swing Gospel Kids
User
Intro Start
Ending Stop
To Variation To Original
Fill In Sync
The KR103 starts playing an accompaniment that
matches the genre you selected.
If the accompaniment is too fast (or too slow), here is
how to change the Music Style tempo:
Music Style
Pop Ballad Oldies Big Band Latin Trad
Rock Acoustic Country Swing Gospel Kids
User
Intro Start
Ending Stop
To Variation To Original
Fill In Sync
• Press [–] to decrease the tempo in steps of one unit.
• Press [+] to increase the tempo in steps of one unit.
(5) Use your right hand to play a melody to the
accompaniment.
See page 16 for details about the various Arranger
functions.
(6) Press [Start÷Stop] again to stop Music Style play-
back.

Playing piano music

To play piano music without accompaniment, pro-
ceed as follows:
(1) Press the [Piano] button.
Tone
Guitar Sax
Piano Organ Bass Strings Brass
Piano Arranger Split
One Touch Program Lower
This assigns a fabulous grand piano sound to the
entire keyboard (switching off the [Split] button if it
was on).
Note: In this mode, the left and center pedal always have
their "normal" piano functions (i.e. "Soft" for the left pedal,
and "Sostenuto" for the center pedal), no matter what
functions you assigned them (see p. 44).
(2) Start playing.
See page 21 for additional functions you can use
alongside the piano sound.
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Song
Count Metronome
Marker
Music
Assistant
Tempo
Song
Count Metronome
Marker
Music
Assistant
Tempo
Others
Drum/Sfx Disk
Melody
Layer Intelligence
15