Roland KR-11 owner manual Pitch Bend and Transpose

KR-11 – Pitch Bend and Transpose

5.4 Pitch Bend and Transpose

The KR-11’s left pedal (also known as “Soft” pedal) can be used to bend the notes you play. To do so, you must assign it the Pitch Bend function (see “Pedal functions” on page 47 for details) and specify whether you want to bend the notes upward (“Bend Up”) or downward (“Bend Down”). You must set the “Pitch Bend Range” (see page 49), which is the interval (or number of semitones) by which the notes will be shifted when you press the Soft pedal.

If you are playing a C and want to shift it to D by pressing the pedal, set Pitch Bend Range to “2” (two semitones or one whole tone) and select “Bend Up” as Pedal Assign function. To bend to the G below the C you are playing, set the Range value to “5” and Pedal Assign to “Bend Down” (select “7” and “Bend Up” to shift to the G above the C).

If it is difficult to play a song in a particular key, select a different one with the TRANSPOSE [b]/[#] buttons.

Each time you press the [b] button, the key will be lowered a semitone; each time you press the [#] but- ton, the key will be raised a semitone. Pressing the [b]/ [#] buttons simultaneously will return the song to the original key.

Note: The transposition interval can also be set via the dis- play. See “Key Touch/Key Transpose” on page 48.

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