Chapter 1 Performance

2. If the <OFF> icon is selected, touch the <ON> icon.

3. Touch any of the icons to select a Tone.

You can also select the Tone by pressing the Tone button.

When you sing into the microphone, the sung pitches are played using the selected Tone.

Cancelling the effect

4. Touch <OFF>.

The Vocal Keyboard function is cancelled.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the Vocal Effects screen.

Adding harmonies to a specified part (Music Files) —Models Equipped With Moving Key

When you sing while playing back a specified part from song data, harmony is added based on pitches of the specified part.

1. Select the song to which you want to add harmony.

If selecting a song on a floppy disk, insert the floppy disk in the disk drive. For more on how to select songs, refer to “Playing a Song” (p. 77).

2. Touch <Music Files> in Step 2 of “How to select Vocal Effect” (p. 43).

3. Touch the icon for the part to which you want to add harmony.

When you sing into the microphone, harmony is added using the pitches of the specified part.

4. Touch <Variety>.

When <Variety> is ON, the melody played on the keyboard is played as the harmony. The harmony added is matched to the pitch.

Cancelling the effect

5. Touch the icon you selected in Step 3 again.

The Music Files function is cancelled.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the Vocal Effects screen.

When you play the keys while using Vocal Keyboard, the tone selected for Vocal Keyboard is played.

The harmony data on Part 5 is contained on the included CD.

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Roland KR-15, KR-17 owner manual Touch OFF, Select the song to which you want to add harmony, Touch Variety