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Roland KR-11 owner manual Keyboard modes, Whole one Tone for the entire keyboard

KR-11 Owner’s Manual—Tones and related functions

Note: When using Octave Shift, you may sometimes notice that notes to the far right of the keyboard sound in the “wrong” octave. That is because all Tones have an upper limit beyond which they cannot be transposed.

Note: You cannot use Octave Shift in Whole mode (see below).

6.2 Keyboard modes

Whole: one Tone for the entire keyboard

In Whole mode, one Tone is assigned to the entire key- board, thus allowing you to play piano or other parts involving both your left and right hand. That explains why Whole is automatically selected when you press the One Touch Program [PIANO] button.

Press the [WHOLE] button.

The button’s indicator light will go on, and the Tone selected for the Upper part will be assigned to the entire keyboard.

Note: If you press the [WHOLE] button while using the Arranger, the KR-11 will switch to Piano Style Arranger mode (see page 24).

Split: different Tones in the left and right hand

It is also possible to split the keyboard, so that you can play two different sounds with your left and right hand, e.g. a bass and a piano sound. The key (or note) where the keyboard is divided is called the split point. You are free to choose another split point, but do remember that the KR-11 automatically selects F#3 whenever you switch it off. For your information: the key that acts as the split point is the highest note of the Lower part.

Organ playing usually involves two different sounds, so the keyboard is automatically split whenever you press the One Touch Program [ORGAN] button and select “Jazz Organ”.

Here is how to split the keyboard:

Press the SPLIT [LOWER] or [UPPER] button.

The indicators of both the [LOWER] and [UPPER] buttons light to signal that the keyboard has been split at F#3:

	F#3
Lower part:	Upper part:
one Tone	different Tone

Play a few notes to conﬁrm that different Tones are assigned to the Lower and Upper parts. In Split mode, the names of both Tones being used are displayed.

Lower Tone		Upper Tone

The Tone assigned to the Upper Part will be used when you switch to Whole mode (see above). When you power on the KR-11, the Tone assigned to the Lower part will be “Strings.”

Selecting Tones for the Upper and Lower parts

1.Press the button of the part ([LOWER] or [UPPER]) you wish to assign another Tone to. The arrow (®) will jump to the selected Part.

2.Press a TONE button.

The Tone Select screen will be displayed.

3.Select a Tone.

After several seconds, the display reverts to the Basic screen.

Note: There is no need to select a part by pressing its button when an arrow (®) appears next to its name.

Note: You can change the location where the keyboard is split. Refer to “Lower Tone on/off and split point” on page 44.

Note: Sometimes, the pitch changes when the keyboard is split. That is because the KR-11 automatically selects a suit- able Octave Shift value to avoid notes sounding too low or too high.