Roland FP-5 owner manual To stop the Rhythm, press the Start/Stop button

Chapter 2 Playing Along with Rhythms

Performing With the Chord Progression Specified in the Left Hand

(Chord Progression off)

Performing with the keyboard divided at a certain key into a left side and a right side is called “Split Play.”

While in Split Play, you can use the left side to specify chords instead of using it to play the Lower Tone.

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NOTE

When specifying the chords in the left part of the keyboard, Dual Play (p. 18) is disabled in the right part.

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1. Press the [Chord Progression] button, getting its indicator to

go out.

The [Split] button’s indicator lights up.

The indicator for the [Start/Stop] button flashes, and the FP-5 is put into

standby mode.

2. The chord is specified with a key in the left part of the

keyboard, and the Rhythm begins.

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F 3 (Split point)

The range specified a chord

Specify the chord in the left part of the keyboard, and perform the melody in the right side.

It is not necessary to continue holding down the keys for chords in the left side. Even after you release the key, the same chord continues until the next chord is played.

When specifying chords, sounds from the left side of the keyboard are not played.

3. To stop the Rhythm, press the [Start/Stop] button.

After the ending is done, the performance stops.

The indicator for the [Start/Stop] buttons then start flashing, and the FP-5 is put into standby mode.

4. To exit, press the [Chord Progression] button.

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You can specify chords simply with your finger, even without playing the keys for all the chords’ constituent notes. For more information about chord fingering, refer to the “Chord Fingering List” (p. 65).

The button’s indicator does not go out when you press the [Split] button here. At this point, you can perform with the Lower Tone while specifying chords in the left part of the keyboard.When you press the [Split] button once more, the button’s indicator does go out, and you can perform while specifying chords over the entire keyboard.

The point at which the keyboard is divided is called the “split point”; you can also change this split point. For more information, take a look at “Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point” (p. 20).

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