Roland FP-5 owner manual Transposing the Key of the Keyboard Key Transpose

Chapter 1 Playing the Keyboard

Transposing the Key of the Keyboard (Key Transpose)

You can transpose the key of a performance without having to shift the position of your fingers on the keyboard. This feature is called “Key Transpose.”

This lets you take a song in a difficult key with lots of sharps ( ) and flats ( ) and play it in a key with fingering that’s easier for you. This is handy when playing accompaniment to a song, to match what you play to the pitch of the singer’s voice.

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1Press the corresponding key

1.Hold down the [Transpose] button and press the key corresponding to the tonic of the desired key.

The Key Transpose settings value continues to appear in the display while the [Transpose] button is held down.

With the [Transpose] button held down, you can change the value, even by pressing the [-] or [+] button.

The available range is -6–0–5.

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

Example: Playing a Song in the Key of E Major After Transposition to C Major

Hold down the [Transpose] button and press the E key (since E is the tonic).

Counting from C as a reference point, one moves up four keys, including the black keys, to reach E, thus “4” appears in the display.

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By holding down the [Transpose] button and pressing both the [-] and [+] buttons simultaneously, the setting returns to its original value.

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