Roland EM-55 owner manual Playing with accompaniment, Starting/stopping the Arranger

EM-55 Owner’s Manual

4. Playing with accompaniment

Let us now take advantage of the EM-55’s accompaniment function. This function is called “Arranger”.

Starting/stopping the Arranger

(1)Press the KBD MODE [ARRANGER] button (its indicator lights).

ARRANGER

The keyboard is split into two halves. The keys you press in the left half are used to specify the key of the accompaniment. The right half of the keyboard allows you to play a tune to the accompaniment.

At power-on, the EM-55 automatically selects the “A24 TwoStep” Style.

(2)Press the [START/STOP] button to start Arranger playback.

Note: If the [ARRANGER] indicator lights, playing in the left half of the keyboard while the Arranger is stopped, will sound an electric piano and bass Tone. The left half of the keyboard is thus not muted (like on previous Roland arranger instruments). This can be switched off, however (see “EP Chord (Left-hand E. Piano + Bass)” on page 43).

(3)Play a chord (or just one note) with your left hand.

(5)Press the following buttons to use other patterns of the currently selected Music Style:

Button	Function
INTRO	Playback of an introduction. Press
	this button before activating
	[START/STOP].
ORIGINAL	Simple accompaniment version.
FILL	Transition (“Fill In”) to VARIATION or
	ORIGINAL.
VARIA-	Slightly more complex accompani-
TION	ment version.
ENDING	Phrase that indicates the end of the
	song. Use this button instead of
	[START/STOP] to stop playback.

These buttons select Music Style “patterns”. The indicator of the button you press lights. Also, the ARRANGER CHORD field indicates which chord you played last. This chord is used by the accompaniment.

As soon as you feel comfortable with the Arranger, you should try to play a melody with your right hand while using your left for selecting Arranger chords.

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(4)Play another chord (or note) to change the Arranger’s key.

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