Melody Intelligence; Changing The Melody Intelligence Harmony Type; Piano Mode - Roland EXR-46 OR Manuel D'utilisation

Melody Intelligence

The Melody Intelligence function adds a second voice (harmony
notes) to the melodies you play with your right hand. In fact,
the Melody Intelligence function uses both halves of the key-
board to determine which notes to play:
• It looks at the melody notes in the right half; and...
• It analyzes the chords you play in the left half to see which
notes it must add to your melody.
Press the [MELODY¥INTELLIGENCE] button so that the corre-
sponding icon appears in the display.
MELODY
INTELLIGENCE
Traditnl
120
00
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ORCHESTRATOR
FULL
M
BAND
INTRO

Changing the Melody Intelligence harmony type

The EXR-46 OR contains 18 different voicings (harmony
types) for the MELODY INTELLIGENCE function. These voic-
ings specify the number of harmony notes and the way in
which they are added to your melody.
To select a different harmony type, press an hold the
[MELODY¥INTELLIGENCE] button until the "MI" message
appears in the upper left corner of the display. Then use the
[–][+] buttons to select the desired voicing. The available
types are:
1 Duet
2 Organ
3 Combo
4 Strings
5 Choir
Note: The [MELODY¥INTELLIGENCE] setting can be saved to a
User Program memory.
001
BEAT
6 Block 11 Gospel 16 WltzOrg
7 BigBand 12 Romance 17 OctvTpe1
8 Country 13 Latin 18 OctvTpe2
9 Traditnl 14 CntrGuit
10 Broadway 15 CntrBald

PIANO Mode

In PIANO mode, the Main part is assigned to the entire key-
board. Though the EXR-46 OR initially assigns a piano sound to
the Main part, you can select any other one and save your set-
ting to a User Program.
The main difference between PIANO SOLO and PIANIST mode is
that the Arranger's melodic parts are available here, which is
not the case in PIANO SOLO mode.
But there is no split for chord recognition (you may remember
that the EXR-46 OR's keyboard is split when you switch on the
[ARRANGER¥BAND] button): the Arranger decodes every chord
you play – no matter where you play it. Causing the Arranger to
play another chord requires that you play at least a triad (i.e. the
three notes that make up a chord). Feel free to play more than
three chord notes but remember that two notes won't cause the
Arranger to play another chord.
When you use an optional sustain pedal, all notes you play
simultaneously are recognized as a chord – irrespective of
whether you play them with you left or right hand.
(1) Simultaneously press the [ARRANGER¥BAND] and
[PIANO¥SOLO] buttons (both buttons light).
The display briefly shows "PianoMod" and the
icon flashes.
ARRANGER
(2) Press [STYLE] and use the SELECT [√][®] buttons to select a
Music Style. See also p. 16.
(3) Press [TONE] and use FAMILY [√][®] and SELECT [√][®] (or the
USER TONES buttons) to assign a different sound to the
Main part.
You can also add the DUAL part (page 14). Even the SPLIT
part could be used, yet chord recognition remains active for
the entire keyboard.
(4) Press [ARRANGER¥BAND] or [PIANO¥SOLO] to leave PIANIST
mode.
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