Roland HP101 owner manual Changing the Temperament, Setting the Tonic, Key Temper Qualities Ament

Chapter 3. Changing Various Settings

While holding down the [Metronome] button and [Reverb/Key Touch] button, press the corresponding key.

C1 C2 C3

C4

C5 C6 C7 C8

Temperament Tonic

Changing the Temperament

You can play classical styles such as Baroque using historic temperaments (tuning methods).

Today, compositions are generally created with equal temperament in mind and are played using equal temperament. However in past ages of classical music, a variety of temperaments were used. Playing a composition with its original tuning lets you enjoy the sonorities of the chords that the composer originally intended.

This is set to “Equal” when the instrument is turned on.

1.While holding down the [Metronome] and [Reverb/ Key Touch] buttons, press the appropriate key (F3–B3) on the keyboard.

You can choose from among the seven temperaments

described below.

Key		Temper-	Qualities
		ament
			The Just tunings differ from major
G	3	Just	and minor keys. You can get the
		Minor	same effect with the minor scale as
			with the major scale.
		Mean	This scale makes some compromises
A3			in just intonation, enabling
		Tone
			transposition to other keys.
			This temperament combines the
B	3	Werck-	Mean Tone and Pythagorean
		meister	tunings. Performances are possible in
			all keys (first technique, III).
			This is an improvement of the Mean
		Kirn-	Tone and Just tunings that provides a
B3			high degree of freedom of
		berger
			modulation. Performances are
			possible in all keys (III).

Key		Temper-	Qualities
		ament
			In this tuning, each octave is divided
F3		Equal	into twelve equal steps. Every
			interval produces about the same
			amount of slight dissonance.
			This tuning, devised by the
			philosopher Pythagoras, eliminates
F	3	Pythagor	dissonance in fourths and fifths.
		ean	Dissonance is produced by third-
			interval chords, but melodies are
			euphonious.
			This tuning eliminates ambiguities in
		Just	the fifths and thirds. It is unsuited to
G3			playing melodies and cannot be
		Major
			transposed, but is capable of
			beautiful sonorities.

■Setting the Tonic

When playing with tuning other than equal temperament,

you need to specify the tonic note 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 tonic note.

1.While holding down the [Metronome] and [Reverb/ Key Touch] buttons, press the tonic (root) of the key (C4–B4).

*When performing in ensemble with other instruments, be aware that depending on the key, there may be some shifting of the pitch. Tune the HP101 to the standard pitch of the other instruments.

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