The metronome > Choosing a time signature

Choosing a time signature

When turning the metronome on from the Main page, the de- fault time signature of 4/4 is chosen, but you can adjust it by accessing the Metronome page (as shown below).

Note: If the PLAY/PAUSE button is flashing, you cannot change the time signature.

Note: If you enter editing later, you might see a different edit

page instead of the first one. Use the SCROLL button to reach it.

2.Use the +/YES and -/NO buttons to select a time signature. Ordinary times are at the beginning, while drum patterns are at the end. You can quick jump from the one to the other by pressing the +/YES and -/NO button together.

Ordinary times

1/2 ~ 16/2

1/4 ~ 16/4

1/8 ~ 16/8

 

 

 

1.Press the TEMPO + and TEMPO – (or MET.SET) buttons together. The first Metronome page, Metro TS/Tempo, will appear, with the Time Signature parameter selected:

3.Press the EXIT button to return to the Main page.

Metro TS/Tempo 1

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Drum patterns

Instead of an ordinary time signature (4/4, 3/4, etc…), a drum pattern can be assigned to the metronome. This will give you the sense you are playing together with a real drum player. You can also record a drum pattern into a song.

Note: Contrary to ordinary metronome “clicks”, drum pattern notes can also be recorded by the internal recorder. They can also be transmitted via MIDI, so you can record them on an ex- ternal sequencer, or make them play with an external instru- ment (see “MIDI” on page 56).

Drum patterns

16 Beat 3

Rock

Mambo

Foxtrot

 

 

 

 

Ballad 1

Rock 6/8

Tango

March

 

 

 

 

Ballad 2

Dance

Rhumba

 

 

 

 

 

Ballad 3

Beguine

Gospel

 

 

 

 

 

Ballroom 1

Unplugged

Swing 1

 

 

Latin

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drum patterns are in the second half of the time signature list. While the list is selected, either scroll to it, or press both the +/ YES and -/NO buttons together, to quick jump to the drum patterns. Press these buttons together again to quick jump to the ordinary time signatures (4/4 selected).

Drum patterns

8 Beat 1

Ballroom 2

Bossa 1

Swing 2

 

 

 

 

8 Beat 2

Ballroom 3

Bossa 2

Swing 3

 

 

 

 

8 Beat 3

Slow 6/8

Samba

Slow Waltz 1

 

 

 

 

16 Beat 1

Funk 1

Cha Cha

Slow Waltz 2

 

 

 

 

16 Beat 2

Funk 2

Salsa

Waltz

 

 

 

 

Here is how to use the drum patterns:

1.While in the Main page, press the METRONOME button to start the metronome. A Count In is heard, then the drum pattern begins.

2.While in the Main page (either with a sound or a perfor- mance selected), or in the Record page, press EXIT (or a pedal with the Fill In function assigned, see page 49). A Fill In is played, then a variation of the base drum pattern start playing.

3.Press EXIT (or the pedal) again. A second Fill In is played, then the base drum pattern returns playing.

4.Press the METRONOME button to stop the metronome.

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Korg C-720 Choosing a time signature, Drum patterns, Press the Exit button to return to the Main, Metro TS/Tempo

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