Roland FP-2 owner manual Adjusting the Tuning Temperament, Changing the Beat Metronome, 12.8

Chapter 4 Other Functions

Adjusting the Tuning (Temperament)

You can play classical music such as baroque pieces using their original tuning.

Most modern songs are composed and played with the assumption that equal temperament (the most common tuning in use today) will be used, but when classical music was composed, there were a wide variety of other tuning systems in existence. Playing a composition with its original tuning lets you enjoy the sonorities of the chords that the composer originally intended.

1.Switch to Function mode (p. 38), and press the

[Transpose] button.

fig.04-06

Temperament Tonic

2.Press the [-] or [+] button to change the temperament.

You can choose from among the seven tunings described below.

	Temperament	Qualities
1	Equal	In this tuning, each octave is divided
		into twelve equal steps. Every interval
		produces about the same amount of
		slight dissonance. This setting is in
		effect when you turn on the power.
2	Pythagorean	This tuning, devised by the philosopher
		Pythagoras, eliminates dissonance in
		fourths and fifths. Dissonance is pro-
		duced by third-interval chords, but mel-
		odies are euphonious.
3	Just Major	This tuning eliminates ambiguities in
		the fifths and thirds. It is unsuited to
		playing melodies and cannot be trans-
		posed, but is capable of beautiful sonor-
		ities.
4	Just Minor	The Just tunings differ from major and
		minor keys. You can get the same effect
		with the minor scale as with the major
		scale.
5	Mean Tone	This scale makes some compromises in
		just intonation, enabling transposition
		to other keys.
6	Werckmeister	This temperament combines the Mean
		Tone and Pythagorean tunings. Perfor-
		mances are possible in all keys (first
		technique, III).

	Temperament	Qualities
7	Kirnberger	This is an improvement of the Mean
		Tone and Just tunings that provides a
		high degree of freedom of modulation.
		Performances are possible in all keys
		(III).

3.Hold down the [Transpose] button, and press a key corresponding to the keynote.

The display is as follows:

fig.Chart3

Display

C

d_

d

E_

E

F

F

G

A_

A

b_

b

Letter

C

D

D

E

E

F

F

G

A

A

B

B

name

When playing with tuning other than equal temperament, you need to specify the keynote for tuning the song to be performed (that is, the note that corresponds to C for a major key or to A for a minor key).

If you choose an equal temperament, there’s no need to select a keynote.

*When performing in ensemble with other instruments, be aware that depending on the key, there may be some shifting of the pitch. Tune the FP-2 to the fundamental pitch of the other instruments.

Changing the Beat of

Metronome

1.Switch to Function mode (p. 38), and press the

[ (Metronome)] button.

fig.02-03

2.Press the [-] or [+] button to change the beat.

The currently selected beat is displayed.

→You cannot change the metronome beat while a song or Rhythm is being played.

*When you change the rhythm or the Internal song, the beat of metronome is changed.

You can select from the following beats.

Display	Beat	Display	Beat
2.2	2/2	6.4	6/4
0.4	Weak beats only	7.4	7/4
2.4	2/4	3.8	3/8
3.4	3/4	6.8	6/8
4.4	4/4	9.8	9/8
5.4	5/4	12.8	12/8

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