Roland KR-17, KR-15 owner manual 134, Inputting Chords with the Chord Sequencer

Chapter 7 Creating and Editing Songs

Composing an

Accompaniment By Entering

Chords (Chord Sequencer)

You can enter a chord progression and choose the places where the accompaniment pattern will change to create an accompaniment for a song. This feature is called “Chord Sequencer.”

Thanks to the chord sequencer, you can create an accompaniment ahead of time and play along with your right hand.

1.Press the [Menu] button and watch the indicator light up.

The Menu screen appears.

2.Touch <Chord Sequencer>.

The screen like the one shown below is called “Chord Sequencer screen.”

4.Touch <Exit>.

You are returned to the Chord Sequencer screen.

5.Enter the chord progression and the accompaniment pattern.

Refer to “Inputting Chords with the Chord Sequencer.”

6.When you have finished inputting all the data, touch <Execute>.

The accompaniment you’ve composed is registered at “0: New Song.”

When storage of the data is complete, return to the Menu screen.

Now, press the [ (Play/Stop)] button, and try

playing the melody along with the accompaniment you created.

*Songs you’ve created are discarded as soon as you turn off the power. If you do not want to delete the song, save it to a floppy disk or to user memory. Refer to “Saving Songs” (p. 116).

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This is the “cursor.” The cursor	This is the end of the song. When
shows where the chord change	continuing to add input, insert
or other information is input.	measures by touching <Ins>.

This indicates the position where the accompaniment pattern (Division) or the Style Orchestrator changes.

Display	Explanation
Ins	One measure is inserted before the measure
	where the cursor is positioned.
Del	The measure in which the cursor is
	positioned is deleted.
Chords	Allows input of chords without playing the
	keyboard. Refer to “Inputting Chords
	without Playing the Keyboard” (p. 135).
All Clear	Deletes all of the data that’s been input.
Clear	Deletes the data at the cursor position.
Execute	Records the input chord progression.
	Touch this icon when you have finished
	inputting all of the chords.

3.Press a Music Style button or the touch screen to select a Music Style (p. 62).

Inputting Chords with the Chord Sequencer

Change the accompaniment arrangements Move the cursor

Select the accompaniment pattern (Division)

1.Use the [+] [-] buttons or the dial to move the cursor to the input position.

Use the [ (Bwd)] and [ (Fwd)] buttons to move the cursor one measure at a time.

2.Enter the chord progression and the changes in the accompaniment pattern and arrangement.

Just as when performing with Automatic Accompaniment, press the keys to specify a chord, and press a button to select the accompaniment pattern (p. 69). You can change the Style Orchestrator with the Performance Pads (p. 70).

3.Touch <Ins> once to insert one measure before the measure where the cursor is currently positioned.

If you touch <Del>, the measure where the cursor is currently positioned is deleted, while the measures that follow are moved forward.

To remove what you have input, move the cursor to the position with input you want to delete, then touch <Clear>. This deletes the entered setting.

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