KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano

Additional Music Style functions

●TONE—Each time you select another Music Style (or press [Arranger]), the KR103 loads a suitable sound for the Upper part (i.e. a sound that matches the mood of the selected Style).

●TEM—Each time you select another Music Style (or press [Arranger]), the KR103 loads its preprogrammed tempo. The sound assigned to the Upper part does not change.

●OFF—The One Touch Program function is off. Selecting another Music Style (or press [Arranger]) therefore nei- ther updates the tempo, nor assigns another sound to the Upper part.

(4)Press the [Exit] button to leave the KR103’s Func- tion mode.

(5) Use the [–]/[+]buttons to select the desired voicing:

1

Duet

7

BigBand

13

Latin

2

Organ

8

Country

14

CntrGuit

3

Combo

9

Traditnl

15

CntrBald

4

Strings

10

Broadway

16

WltzOrg

5

Choir

11

Gospel

17

OctvTpe1

6 Block

12 Romance

18 OctvTpe2

Note: The Melody Intelligence setting can be saved to a User Program memory.

(6)Press the [Exit] button to leave the KR103’s Func- tion mode.

Bass Inversion (BassInv)
Melody Intelligence

The Melody Intelligence function adds a second voice (harmony notes) to the melodies you play with the Upper part. In fact, the Melody Intelligence function uses both halves of the keyboard to determine which notes to play:

•It looks at the melody notes in the right half; and…

•It analyzes the chords you play in the left half to see which notes it must add to your melody.

(1)Press the [Arranger] button if its indicator does not light.

(2)Press the [Melody¥Intelligence] button.

Use this function to change the way in which the Arranger reads the chords you play.

When this function is off (default), the accompaniment bass part plays the root of the chords that feed the Arranger. If you play a “C” (or C chord), the bass sounds a “C”; if you play an A minor chord (or if you press “A” and the “C” to its right), the bass sounds an A, etc.

By activating Bass Inversion, you can specify the note played by the “ABass” part (the lowest note of your chords). Switch on Bass Inversion for songs that rely on bass rather than on chord patterns (for example C – C/B

–C/Bb, etc.).

(1)Press the [Function] button (its indicator must light).

Tone

 

Guitar

Sax

Others

 

Piano Organ

Bass

Strings Brass

Drum/Sfx

Disk

 

 

 

 

Melody

Piano

Arranger

Split

Layer

Intelligence

 

One Touch Program

Lower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Function Part Balance Transpose Reverb

 

 

 

 

Demo

Volume

Brilliance

Balance

User Program

 

 

Accomp

Keyboard

 

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Its indicator lights and the MELODY INT icon is displayed.

(3)Start playing with your left and right hands.

You will notice that the melody notes you play with your right hand are complemented by a second voice (or even full-blown harmonies).

Changing the Melody Intelligence harmony type

The KR103 contains 18 different voicings (harmony types) for the MELODY INTELLIGENCE function. These voicings specify the number of harmony notes and the way in which they are added to your melody.

To select a different harmony type, proceed as follows:

(4)Press the [Melody¥Intelligence] button.

The “MI” message appears in the upper left corner of the display.

Traditnl=120

(2) Use the [√][®] buttons to select “BassInv”.

BassInv =120

(3)Press the [+] button to select “ON” for “VALUE”.

(4)Press the [Exit] button to leave this function.

Note: This function is automatically activated when you select the Piano Arranger mode (page 33).

Note: This setting can be saved to a User Program (see p. 46).

More Music Style functions

There are yet other functions related to Music Styles. They can be set via the FUNCTION menu, or are covered elsewhere:

•Balance between the Keyboard parts and the Music Style parts (see p. 20)

•Volume of certain Music Style parts (see p. 42)

•Arranger split point (see p. 44)

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