Roland KR7/5 Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands Split, Cancelling the Split

Chapter 1 Performance

Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands (Split)

Dividing the keyboard into right-hand and left-hand areas, then playing different sounds in each section is called “split performance.” The boundary key is called the “split point.”

The split point key is included in the left-hand keyboard area. Each time power to the keyboard is turned on, the split point is reset to “F#3.”

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Split Point

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1. At the Basic screen, touch <Split>.

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The tone sounding prior to the split performance is played in the right-hand section of the keyboard, and the tone indicated at the left of the screen is played in the left- hand section of the keyboard.

Here, the tone appearing at the right part of the display is called the “right-hand tone,” and the tone appearing at the left part of the display is called the “left-hand tone.”

Changing the Tones

2. Touch the name of the tone to be changed.

The tone name will be highlighted in white.

3. Press a Tone button to select the tone (p. 25).

4. When you have selected the tone, touch <Exit>.

The display returns to the Basic screen.

Cancelling the Split

5. Touch <Split>.

The <Split> icon reverts to black, and the split performance is cancelled.

When you play the keys, only the tone indicated on the screen is sounded.

You can change the split point; refer to “Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point (Split Point)” (p. 146).

When you select an internal song or music file that includes the lyrics data, <lyrics> appears in the Basic screen. Touch this to display the lyrics.

When you touch Octave <-><+> in the tone selection screen, the pitch of the keyboard’s sound is changed in octave units. To learn more, see “Shifting the Keyboard Pitch in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)” (p. 30).

You can change the volume balance between the left- and right-hand parts of the keyboard; refer to “Adjusting the Volume Balance for Each Performance Part (Part Balance)” (p. 67).

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