Selecting and Playing a Tone

Playing Arpeggio Phrases Automatically (Arpeggiator)

With the arpeggiator, you can play various arpeggios and other phrases automatically by simply pressing keys on the keyboard. You can select from a number of different arpeggiator options, including playing arpeggios from a chord, playing various phrases automatically, and more.

1.Hold down the R-18 (AUTO HARMONIZE/ ARPEGGIATOR) button until the type selection screen shown below appears on the display.

Type number

Type name

2.Use the dial or R-14 (–, +) buttons to select the arpeggiator type you want to use.

•You can select one of the arpeggiator types (013 through 162). Refer to the separate “Appendix” for detailed information about supported arpeggiator types.

•When selecting the arpeggiator type, you can assign the recommended tone for the currently displayed type as the keyboard tone, by holding down the R-18 (AUTO HARMONIZE/ARPEGGIATOR) button until a pointer indicator starts to flash on the display next to

ARPEGGIATOR.

Flashing

•For information about type number 001 through 012, see “Using Auto Harmonize” (page E-28).

3.Press the R-15 (EXIT) button.

•This exits the type selection screen.

4.Press the R-18 (AUTO HARMONIZE/ ARPEGGIATOR) button.

•This causes a pointer indicator to appear on the display next to ARPEGGIATOR.

Lit

5.Configure arpeggiator settings as required.

•The settings you can configure are described in the table below. For information about how to configure settings, see “To change the setting of a function menu item” (page E-130).

For information about this setting:

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Whether arpeggio should be played

ArpegHold

while keyboard keys are depressed or

(Arpeggiator Hold)

after the keys are released

(page E-131)

 

 

The number of times arpeggio is

ArpegSpeed

played within one beat

(Arpeggiator

 

Speed) (page

 

E-132)

 

 

When the keyboard is split between

ArpegPart

two tones, whether arpeggio should

(Arpeggiator Part)

be played when UPPER keyboard or

(page E-132)

LOWER keyboard keys are pressed

 

 

 

6.On the keyboard, play a chord or a single note.

•Arpeggio is played in accordance with the currently selected arpeggiator type and the note(s) you play.

7.To turn off the arpeggiator, press the R-18 (AUTO HARMONIZE/ARPEGGIATOR) button again.

•This causes the pointer indicator next to ARPEGGIATOR to disappear from the display.

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