Changing the Beat of Metronome | Roland KF-90 manual

Chapter 1 Performance

■Changing the Beat of Metronome

1.At the Metronome screen, touch <Beat>.

The available choices for the beat appear at the bottom of the screen.

2. Choose the beat from among the selections by touching your

choice.

You can scroll the display to one side or the other and show other choices

for the beat by touching .

■Changing How the Metronome Beat (Pattern) Sounds

The metronome usually sounds one beat per quarter note, but you can change the beat pattern to sound, for example, one beat for every dotted quarter note.

1. At the Metronome screen, touch <Pattern>.

The available choices for the type of pattern appear at the bottom of the screen.

2. Choose a pattern from among the selections by touching your choice.

You can scroll the display to one side or the other and show other choices

for the pattern by touching .

Display			Description


			The metronome sounds in the ordinary way.
			The metronome sounds in the ordinary way.


			Counting starts at the beginning of the measure,
			Counting starts at the beginning of the measure,
			in intervals of dotted half-note upbeats.

			Counting starts at the beginning of the measure,
			in intervals of half-note upbeats.

			Counting starts at the beginning of the measure,
			Counting starts at the beginning of the measure,
			in intervals of dotted quarter-note upbeats.

			Counting starts at the beginning of the measure,
			in intervals of quarter-note upbeats.

			Counting starts at the beginning of the measure,
			Counting starts at the beginning of the measure,
			in intervals of dotted eighth-note upbeats.

			Counting starts at the beginning of the measure,
			in intervals of eighth-note upbeats.

			Counting starts at the beginning of the measure,
			in intervals of sixteenth-note upbeats.

			Plays with backbeats as the added sound.

			Plays with triplets as the added sound.

			Adds a shufﬂe.

When is selected, only the upbeat will sound.

With a triplet beat (6/8, 9/ 8, or 12/8), added notes are sounded as triplets.

Chapter 1

KF-90 specifications

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Roland KF-90 Changing the Beat of Metronome, Changing How the Metronome Beat Pattern Sounds

Models: KF-90