Roland FP-5 owner manual Changing the Velocity When the Key Touch Is Set to Fixed

Chapter 4 Other Functions

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

The range of available pitch change spans from two octaves higher to two octaves lower.

The pitch is lowered one octave each time the [-] button is pressed, while each press of the [+] button raises the pitch by one octave.

To return to the original pitch, press the [-] and [+] buttons simultaneously.

Changing the Velocity When the Key Touch Is Set to “Fixed”

This sets the velocity the sound will have when the keyboard

touch is set to “Fixed (p. 22).”

1.Switch to Function mode, and press the [Reverb]

button.

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

You can set this to any value from 1 to 127.

Tuning to Other Instruments’ Pitches (Master Tuning)

When playing ensemble with other instruments and in other such instances, you can match the standard pitch to another instrument.

The standard pitch generally refers to the pitch of the note that’s played when you finger the middle A key. For a cleaner ensemble sound while performing with one or more other instruments, ensure that each instrument’s basic pitch is in tune with that of the other instruments. This tuning of all the instruments to a standard pitch is called “master tuning.”

When the instrument is turned on, the standard pitch is set to “440.0 Hz.”

1.Switch to Function mode, and press the [Piano]

button.

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The last three digits of the current standard pitch setting

appear in the display.

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

You can set the standard pitch anywhere in a range of 415.3 Hz to 466.2 Hz.

The pitch is lowered 0.1 Hz each time the [-] button is pressed. When the button is held down, the pitch drops continuously.

The pitch is raised 0.1 Hz each time the [+] button is pressed. When the button is held down, the pitch rises continuously.

To return to the original pitch, press the [-] and [+] buttons simultaneously.

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, and press the

[Transpose] button.

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Temperament Tonic

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

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