Roland KR-11 owner manual Easy fingering Chord Intelligence

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KR-11 – Easy fingering – Chord Intelligence

Fill-Ins (transitions between Original and Variation)

To Original and To Variation are two fills (or transi- tions) you can use at the end of a musical phrase (verse, chorus, bridge). The two buttons do two things at a time:

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Original mode

In Variation mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plays the Original Fill and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plays the Original Fill.

selects the Original pat-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plays the Variation Fill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and selects the Variation

Plays the Variation Fill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

pattern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press these buttons now. Start with [TO VARIA- TION], next press [TO ORIGINAL].

Think of a Fill as the moment in a song when the drummer is allowed to play a roll and the bassist and keyboard players vary their accompaniment by adding a few notes here and there.

Fill-Ins last one bar, but you can produce shorter fills by proceeding as follows: press [TO VARIATION] or [TO ORIGINAL] on the first through the penultimate beat of a bar (i.e. the 1st, 2nd or 3rd beat of a 4/4 bar, or the 1st or 2nd beat of a 3/4 bar) to start the fill right away. It will then last until the end of the current bar. If you press the [TO VARIATION] or [TO ORIGI- NAL] button on the last beat of the current bar, the fill will start on the following downbeat and last an entire bar.

Note: Every time you stop a Music Style in One Touch Pro- gram ARRANGER mode, the KR-11 will select the Original pattern again.

7.7Easy fingering – Chord Intelligence

As stated before, the Arranger relies on the chords you play for choosing the key of the accompaniment. Play- ing chords isn’t always easy, especially when you need to concentrate on your melody. That is why the KR-11 features a function called Chord Intelligence.

It is intelligent in that it allows you to play major chords by pressing just one key (the root note), while minor chords can be played with two keys, and com- plex chords with only three keys. Unlike other brands, Roland uses a musical system for simplifying chord fingering, so that once you understand the “intelli- gent” versions, you will have little trouble supplying the “missing” notes and playing full chords.

Note: Chord Intelligence is normally set to “On,” but you

can turn it off. See “Auto: changing the Arranger defaults” on page 44.

Here is how to play chords in Chord Intelligent and normal (without Chord Intelligence) modes. All examples are based on a “C” chord. For other chords, either count the distance of the indicated keys from the root note, or refer to “Chord Intelligence” at the end of this manual.

■Major chords:

Chord Intelligence

Normal

■Minor chords (m):

Chord Intelligence

Normal

■Seventh chords (7):

Chord Intelligence

Normal

■Major Seventh chords (M7):

Chord Intelligence

Normal

■Minor seventh chords (m7):

Chord Intelligence

Normal

■Diminished (dim) chords:

Chord Intelligence

Normal

■Minor Major Seventh (mM7):

Chord Intelligence

Normal

Note: Even in Chord Intelligence mode, you can play chords the usual way. Sometimes, however, you may get a result that doesn’t quite live up to your expectations. Furthermore, the name of the chord that appears on the display may not be the one you thought you were playing.

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Contents Main features Contents KR-11 Never climb on top of, nor place heavy objects on the unit Important notes Handling floppy disks Front panel Panel descriptionsHold button ConnectionsSetting up the music stand Before using the KR-11Connecting the Pedal Cable Connecting the power cordOpening and closing the lid Connecting HeadphonesAdjusting the sound’s volume and brilliance Turning the power on/offAbout the adjuster About the pedalsSending audio to external equipment Receiving audio signals from external sourcesBasic/Home screen Basic operation and displayNavigating through the display pages Changing screen pages- √√PAGEOverview of the KR-11 Using GameTone and Style demo Sound/Style Choosing the display languageBrilliance knob Performance functionsOne Touch Program Selecting the instrument type Piano music One Touch Program PianoAccompaniment One Touch Program Arranger At the end of the song, press the INTRO/ Ending button Example When The Saints Go MarchingPress the One Touch Program Arranger button Selecting and playing back Songs Playing back songs on diskListening to all songs Rewinding and fast forwardingPitch Bend and Transpose Selecting Tones Tones and related functionsSelecting normal Tones Selecting Expansion TonesOctave Shift changing the pitch by octaves Adding effects to TonesWhole one Tone for the entire keyboard Keyboard modesSplit different Tones in the left and right hand Selecting Tones for the Upper and Lower partsPress the Tone Strings button Layer using two Tones simultaneouslySettings What is an Arranger?Playing with accompaniment Arranger Additional notesPress a Music Style button Using Style disks User StylesSelecting Music Styles Stopping a Music Style Starting and Stopping StylesStarting a Music Style Adjusting the volume of each part Part Volume Accompaniment and melody volume balanceVolume of the Rhythm, Bass, Accomp, and Chord/Bass Tones Style tempoOriginal/Variation Accompaniment pattern Volume of the Drums, SFX, Lower, Upper, or Layer ToneBasic/Advanced Level Fill-Ins transitions between Original and Variation Easy fingering Chord IntelligenceMelody Intelligence Recording and Playback What is a track?Recording Normal recordingRecording Minus-One performances Press the Stop or Reset button to stop recordingCorrecting minor mistakes See below for the button to pressTrack Mute Muting specific tracks Playing back a Composer songPlaying back songs without tempo changes Erasing the Composer songSaving a song to disk Composer Menu16-track Sequencer Functions of the Composer MenuTracks vs. Midi channels Chord SequencerMuting or playing selected tracks Recording method Rec Mode Recording ModeFormatting disks Stopping a recording Rec StopOn the Composer Menu screen, press Style Composer Style ComposerEditing your User Style Muting parts of a division Style ConverterPress the Fill In to Variation button On the Composer Menu screen, press Style ConverterPress Setup on the Edit screen Setup tempo and volumeSaving User Styles Song EditErase removing data from a track or song Quantize timing correctionsCopying measures Delete removing measuresTrack Exchange/Track Copy swapping and copy- ing tracks Insert adding blank measuresTranspose changing the key Piano screen functions Function MenuMarker function repeatedly playing back the same section Auto changing the Arranger defaults Using the ArrangerOrgan screen functions Basic screen functionsChord Tone Setting Music Assistant registering panel settingsMusic Assistant, Pad buttons, pedals Loading a Music Assistant memoryLoading a Music Assistant set from disk Saving Music Assistant settings to diskPedal functions Metronome ON/OFF- This switches the metronome on or offUtility Menu Operating procedureUtility functions Master TuneExpansion Tone Lyric switching off the display of lyricsPitch Bend Range Chorus TypesLocal Control Program Change and Bank SelectMidi TX Midi Ch./Local Control Memory Backup Music Assistant Arranger UpdateFactory Preset initialization Link to 16TRK SequencerConnecting Midi instruments Specifications AppendixDSP effects Normal Tones Tones, Drum Sets, Music StylesPop/Rock Oldies/Country Latin/Gospel Internal Music StylesDrum Sets Standard Room Power ElectronicSFX Set DM7 Chord IntelligenceGM7 Change Midi Implementation ChartKR-11 Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Page Africa Distributors Information
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