Roland FP-2 owner manual Recording the Chord Progression Chord Progression

Chapter 2 Playing Along with Rhythms

Recording the Chord Progression (Chord Progression)

You can save a chord progression you’ve specified using the left-hand section of the keyboard.

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You can listen to a wide variety of styles with a favorite chord progression. Refer to “Fixing a Set Chord Progression” (p. 43).

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1. Hold down the [Chord Progression] button and press the

[Rec] button.

The [Chord Progression] and the [Rec] buttons’ indicator flashes in red, the [Start/Stop] button’s indicator flashes in orange, and the FP-2 is put into recording standby.

The “UCP (User Chord Progression)” appears in the display.

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2. The chord is specified with a key in the left part of the keyboard, and the Rhythm begins.

The chord being played is indicated in the display.

You can store up to sixteen chords.

3. Recording stops when the performance exceeds eight measures or when you press the [Start/Stop] button.

Changing the Stored Measure Count

You can change the number of measures recorded for the chord progression. This is set to eight measures when the FP-2 is turned on.

Measure counts of “4/8/12/16” can be selected.

1. Hold down the [Chord Progression] button and press the [Rec] button.

The “UCP (User Chord Progression)” appears in the display.

2. Press the [-] or [+] button to select measure counts.

3. The chord is specified with a key in the left part of the keyboard, and the Rhythm begins.

4. Press the [Start/Stop] button to stop recording.

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Press the [Chord Progression] button or the [Rec] button to exit from recording standby.

Recorded chord progression patterns are

saved to “ .”

You can select “ ” patterns by pressing the [-] button when pattern number 1 is displayed.

NOTE

The song may not play back correctly if the performance is played with a different beat than the one used in recording the original chord progression.

NOTE

You can store up to sixteen chords. Regardless of the number of measures set, recording stops when the seventeenth chord is specified.

The recorded chord progression will be discarded as soon as the power is turned off. If you want to keep it, you’ll need to save the Setup (p. 33).

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