Roland FP-5 Changing Tone Group and Tone variation, Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point

Chapter 1 Playing the Keyboard

■Changing Tone Group and Tone variation.

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2,4 1,2 3,4

Changing the Upper Tone

1. Press the Tone button to choose a Tone Group.

2. Press the [-] and [+] buttons to select the Tones.

Changing the Lower Tone

1. Hold down the [Split] button and press the Tone button to choose a Tone Group.

2. Hold down the [Split] button and press the [-] and [+] buttons to select a Tones.

For more on selecting tones, refer to “Performing with a Variety of Sounds” (p. 14).

■Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point

You can change the location where the keyboard is divided (the split point) within the range of B1 through B6.

This is set to “F 3” when the instrument is turned on.

This setting remains in effect until you turn off the power.

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F3

B1 B6

1. Hold down the [Split] button and press a key set as the split

point.

The key you pressed becomes the split point, and appears in the display. The key being used as the split point belongs to the left-hand section of the keyboard.

When you release the [Split] button, you return to the previous screen.

When the tone of the same Tone button is selected for both the Upper and Lower Tones, the indicator for Tone button flash in green while the [Split] button is held down.

You can change the pitch of the Lower Tone an octave at a time. Refer to “Changing the Pitch of the Lower Tone in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)” (p. 44).

The name of the key acting as the split point is indicated in the display, as shown below.

Display	C	d_	d	E_
Letter	C	D	D	E
name
Display	E	F	F	G
Letter	E	F	F	G
name
Display	A_	A	b_	b
Letter	A	A	B	B
name

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