Roland KF-90 Transposing a song for playback, Transposing Both the Keyboard Notes and the Song

Chapter 3 Some Handy Features

<Example>

In this example, we’ll consider the C note in the key of C major to be the basic note. Counting from the tonic to the major third of C (E), there are four keys, including the black keys, so set the value to “+4.”

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If you play C E G It will sound E G# B

Transposing a song for playback

You can transpose a song for playback.

When using your own recorded performances or songs from music data

while playing ensemble with another instrument, you can easily transpose

the playback pitch to match the pitch of the other instrument.

1. Press the [Transpose] button.

The Transpose screen appears.

2.	Touch	.
3.
	Choose the value for transposition by touching				or
	on the screen.
	Each press of		or	transposes the key by a semitone.

You can also change the transpose value using the Value [-] [+] buttons or the dial.

You can transpose the song within a range of -24 to 24 semitones.

4. Touch to return the song transposition to the original key.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.

Transposing Both the Keyboard Notes and the Song

1. At the Transpose screen, touch .

Both the sounds played with the keyboard and the those in the song being

played back are transposed.

The setting range at this time is from -6 to 0 to +5.

NOTE

The transposition setting returns to its original value when switch off the power or choose another song.

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