Roland FP-5 owner manual Changing the Beat Pattern, Press a key corresponding to the keynote

Chapter 4 Other Functions

You can choose from among the seven tunings described below.

	Temperament	Qualities
1	Equal	In this tuning, each octave is divided
		into twelve equal steps. Every inter-
		val produces about the same amount
		of slight dissonance. This setting is
		in effect when you turn on the
		power.
2	Pythagorean	This tuning, devised by the philoso-
		pher Pythagoras, eliminates disso-
		nance in fourths and fifths.
		Dissonance is produced by third-
		interval chords, but melodies are
		euphonious.
3	Just Major	This tuning eliminates ambiguities
		in the fifths and thirds. It is unsuited
		to playing melodies and cannot be
		transposed, but is capable of beauti-
		ful sonorities.
4	Just Minor	The Just tunings differ from major
		and minor keys. You can get the
		same effect with the minor scale as
		with the major scale.
5	Mean Tone	This scale makes some compromises
		in just intonation, enabling transpo-
		sition to other keys.
6	Werckmeister	This temperament combines the
		Mean Tone and Pythagorean tun-
		ings. Performances are possible in all
		keys (first technique, III).
7	Kirnberger	This is an improvement of the Mean
		Tone and Just tunings that provides
		a high degree of freedom of modula-
		tion. Performances are possible in all
		keys (III).

3.Press a key corresponding to the keynote.

The display is as follows:

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Display

C

d_

d

E_

E

F

F

G

A_

A

b_

b

Letter

C

D

D

E

E

F

F

G

A

A

B

B

name

When playing with tuning other than equal temperament, you need to specify the keynote for tuning the song to be performed (that is, the note that corresponds to C for a major key or to A for a minor key).

If you choose an equal temperament, there’s no need to select a keynote.

*When performing in ensemble with other instruments, be aware that depending on the key, there may be some shifting of the pitch. Tune the FP-5 to the fundamental pitch of the other instruments.

Changing the Beat Pattern

The metronome usually sounds one beat per quarter note, but you can change the beat pattern to sound, for example, one beat for every dotted quarter note.

1.Switch to Function mode, and press the

[ (Metronome)] button.

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flashes in red

2.Press the [-] or [+] button to change the beat division.

Indication Description

—The metronome sounds in the ordinary way.

(Normal)

2. (		Counting starts at the beginning of the mea-
	)
		sure, in intervals of dotted half-note upbeats.
2 (		Counting starts at the beginning of the mea-
	)
		sure, in intervals of half-note upbeats.
4. (		Counting starts at the beginning of the measure,
	)
		in intervals of dotted quarter-note upbeats.
4 (		Counting starts at the beginning of the mea-
	)
		sure, in intervals of quarter-note upbeats.
8. (		Counting starts at the beginning of the measure,
	)
		in intervals of dotted eighth-note upbeats.
8 (		Counting starts at the beginning of the mea-
	)
		sure, in intervals of eighth-note upbeats.
16 (		Counting starts at the beginning of the mea-
		)
		sure, in intervals of sixteenth-note upbeats.
A1		The metronome plays with a backbeat added
		to each beat.
A2		Counting is with triplets for each beat.
A3		The added sounds are shuffled.

→If you select “A1” with a triplet rhythm (6/8, 9/8, 12/8), the additional sound is played in the same way as “A2.”

→Refer to “Using the Metronome” (p. 29).

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