HP109-PE – Chapter 3. Playing Along with the Built-in Songs

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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. 13).

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.
First select the song that you want to play back (p. 13).
1.
Press the [Song/Tempo] button, getting its indica-
tor 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 dis-
played, it will light in red.
2.
Press the [-] or [+] button to adjust the tempo.
The tempo can be adjusted in a range of q= 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 contin-
uously.
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).
Correspondence between beat and tempo
display
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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 sound-
ing a count before the song starts playing.
Sounding a “count sound” leading up to playback of a
song is called “Count-In.”
On the HP109-PE, if you playback a song while the metro-
nome 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 beat and tempo of the
song.
Some of the built-in songs have tempos that change dur-
ing the song.
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About the display for the built-in songs
USr (user)
… The location where you can record your
performance. (For details on recording → p. 26)
S.1~S.68
… Built-in songs
S. U
… Song saved with Song Backup (p. 32)
During the count-in, the count measure is indicated in
the display as “–2” then “–1.”
“Sounding the metronome” on page 22
2/2 =5–250
x/4 =10–500
3/8 =20–999
6/8
9/8 = 7–333
12/8
Beat Tempo Value