Roland Playing Along with Rhythms, What is Session Partner?, What are the FP-5’s Rhythms?

Chapter 2 Playing Along with Rhythms

What is Session Partner?

“Session Partner” Lets You Enjoy Playing with a Session-Like Feel

“Session Partner” is an easy-to-use function that plays accompaniment in a variety of musical styles.

Playing along with this accompaniment, with its realistic sounds, gives you the feel that you are playing live with a band backing you.

For example, playing with “Session Partner” instead of using the metronome always lets you practice the piano with something different.

You can also change the accompaniment as you like to suit whatever you are playing.

By changing the chords and Rhythms, even while playing the same melody, you can easily create all kinds of new arrangements.

We encourage you to enjoy the variety of performance options open to you by using the “Session Partner” feature.

What You Can Do With “Session Partner”

“Session Partner” lets you mainly do the following things.

•Play piano with a session-like feel along with Rhythms while the chord progression continues automatically (p. 32).

•Play the piano to provide your own accompaniment as you specify chords with the left hand (the left part of the keyboard) (p. 35).

•Enjoy freer piano performances using your own original chord progressions (p. 36).

With “Session Partner,” you select three “rhythms” and add accompaniment, selecting the rhythms by turning the three part buttons on and off.

You can play intros, endings, and fill-ins (short phrases inserted at transition points in the song) by pressing buttons as you play the keyboard.

What are the FP-5’s “Rhythms?”

The FP-5 features internal “Rhythms” complementing Pops, Jazz, and other various musical genres.

“Rhythms,” or combinations of elements from a musical genre that recreate the mood or signature sound of a particular style, form the foundation of the accompaniment used in “Session Partner.”

A “Rhythm” is composed from the following three items.

•Drum Part

•Bass Part

•Chord Part

You can play each of these Parts by pressing the [Drums], [Bass], and [Chord] buttons.

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