Roland KF-90 owner manual Glossary

Glossary

Arrange

This is an abbreviation of “Arrangement.” It refers to changes that have been made in an original tune, by adding a new accompaniment or by changing the instruments used.

Automatic Accompaniment

The KF-90 automatically plays accompaniment when just a few keys in the lower section of the keyboard are pressed to specify the chord. This is called the “One Touch Arranger” (p. 67).

Bouncing Ball

The flashing dot that moves in a semicircular pattern across the screen of the KF-90 is called a “Bouncing Ball” (p. 63).

Chord

Two or more notes sounding at the same time (p. 68).

Division

The six performance states that make up a Music Style are called “Divisions” (p. 67).

Drum Set

A Drum Set is a collection of percussive instrument sounds. With drum sets, a different sound can be heard for each key on the keyboard. The special effects sound set is called the “SFX Set” (p. 58).

Edit

Editing is to change the song you have recorded, such as by erasing part of the song, or copying a measure (p. 124).

Ending

This is the last part of the accompaniment. When you stop playing the automatic accompaniment, the KF-90 plays an ending appropriate for the style (p. 74).

Ensemble

A combined performance of two or more instruments is called an “Ensemble.”

Icon

The on-screen graphics that appear three dimensional work like buttons. These are called “Icons.”

Intro

This is the introductory portion of an automatic accompaniment performance. The KF-90 plays an intro ideally suited to each style when it starts playing the automatic accompaniment (p. 74).

Key Touch

This is the sensation of heaviness—the “touch”—of the keys when the keyboard is played.

The KF-90 100 levels of adjustment (p. 144).

Layer Play

Playing with two different tones on a key simultaneously is called “Layer Play” (p. 53).

Music Style

Music Styles are performance patterns in various musical genres. A Music Style is played automatically in accord with the specified chord using the KF-90’s One-touch Arranger Function (p. 67).

Part

On the KF-90, “Part” can have two different meanings. One meaning refers to a performance part (p. 67), such as the right-hand part of a piano song. The other refers to the 16 parts in the 16-track sequencer (p. 118).

Pickup

A song with a pickup does not start on the first beat (p. 104).

PU (Pickup)

A song that does not start on the first beat starts with what is called a pickup. When playing a pickup song, the measures will be shown in the display as “PU, 1, 2...”.

Save

Saving is storing the recorded performance data onto a floppy disk (p. 109).

Sound Generator

The sound generator of the KF-90 supports GM2/GS, and can play 608 different sounds (p. 183).

Split Play

The division of the keyboard into upper and lower zones is referred to as “Split,” and different tones can be played in the keys on different sides of the key that acts as the boundary between the upper part and lower part (p. 55).

Standard Pitch

The pitch of the sound created by playing the middle A on the keyboard is called the “Standard Pitch.” Changing the standard pitch of the KF-90 is called “Master Tune,” and tuning to other musical instrument is called “Tuning” (p. 151).

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