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Chapter 3. Playing Along with the Built-in Songs

Here’s how you can play along with the built-in songs.
You can slow down the playback tempo of the song, or play back each hand
separately. Before you try playing the song, listen to it several times to get a general
feel for the song.
For details on operation, refer to “Selecting a song and playing it” (p. 15).

Changing the Tempo

If the song has a rapid tempo, you can slow down the tempo so that you can practice
it more easily. It is effective to gradually raise the tempo as you practice.

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First select the song that you want to play back (p. 15).

1

Press the [Song/Tempo] button, getting its indicator to light in green.

The tempo appears in the display.
Each time you press the [Song/Tempo] button, the tempo and the currently selected
song number (prefixed by “S.”) will be displayed alternately.
While the tempo is displayed, the [Song/Tempo] button indicator will light in green.
While the song number is displayed, it will light in red.

2

Press the [-] or [+] button to adjust the tempo.

The tempo can be adjusted in a range of =10–500.
You can also change the tempo during playback.
Pressing the [+] button once increases the tempo by one unit. Holding down the
button increases the tempo continuously.
Pressing the [-] button once decreases the tempo by one unit. Holding down the
button makes the tempo change (slow down) continuously.
If you press the [-] and [+] buttons simultaneously, you will return to the basic tempo
of the song (the tempo before you modified it).

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Adding a count-in to match the timing (Count-In)

When you’re playing along with a song, you can make sure that your playing is in
time with the song by sounding a count before the song starts playing.
Sounding a “count sound” leading up to playback of a song is called “Count-In.”
On the HP107, if you playback a song while the metronome is sounding, two
measures of lead-in count will be heard at the beginning of the song.
If you turn on the metronome
while the song plays back, the
metronome will sound at the
b
eat and tempo of the song.
Some of the built-in songs
have tempos that change
during the song.
1
2
Correspondence between
beat and tempo display
Beat Tempo Value
2/2 =5–250
x/4 =10–500
3/8 =20–999
6/8
9/8 = 7–333
12/8
A
bout the display for the
built-in songs
USr (user) … The location
where you can record your
performance. (For details on
recording → p. 37)
S.1–S.68 … Built-in songs
S. U … Song saved with Song
Backup (p. 45)
“Sounding the metronome”
(p. 32)
During the count-in, the count
measure is indicated in the
display as “-2” then “-1.”
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