Roland AT20s owner manual Using the Rhythm Performance, Selecting a Rhythm

Using the Rhythm Performance

The AT-20S lets you enjoy playing along with a rhythmic accompaniment.

Selecting a Rhythm

The AT-20S provides 90 types of Rhythms and Automatic Accompaniments (Music Styles). These are organized into 10 groups.

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Rhythm

Big Band/	Country/	Oldies/
Swing	Gospel	Contempo	Ballad	World
Latin	Waltz /	Trad /
	March	Showtime	Acoustic	Disk

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	Rhythm /Song Name		Measure
Utility Display/Exit
	Tempo	Chord
Menu
Part		Beat
Value	Write	Manual
	Registration
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Press a Rhythm button to select a Rhythm group.

The indicator will light, and the first Rhythm in the group will be selected. That Rhythm will be shown in the display.

Press the Value [-] and [+] buttons to select a different Rhythm within the same group.

The indicator of the Rhythm button will blink.

3. Press the Rhythm button once again (indicator lights constantly).

The Rhythm button’s indicator will change from blinking to light.

The Rhythm has now been applied.

❍Using the Rhythms of the [Disk] Button

The [Disk] button contains 2 preset Rhythms. These Rhythms can be rewritten by load- ing disk styles into the AT-20S.

The Rhythms that are already written in the [Disk] button memory can be selected in the same way as when selecting Rhythms of another Rhythm group.

If you wish to store a disk style in the [Disk] button, refer to “Loading Disk Rhythms Into Internal Memory” (p. 38).

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