Roland KR7/5 Introduction

Introduction

Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland KR-7/5 Intelligent Piano.

While the KR-7/5 Intelligent Piano certainly allows you to achieve authentic piano

performances, it also features easy-to-use Automatic Accompaniment and numerous

other useful functions. In order to enjoy reliable performance of your new keyboard for

many years to come, please take the time to read through this manual in its entirety.

The stereo sampling piano sound generator realistically reproduces even the sound of

the hammers striking the strings, producing the tones of a high-quality concert grand

piano.

Maximum polyphony of 128 notes (KR-7) or 64 notes (KR-5) ensures that you can use the

pedal freely without running out of notes.

The KR-7 features a new speaker system, “grand piano presence system,” to provide

sounds with depth and spatial realism.

These instruments feature a progressive hammer action keyboard, which duplicates the

touch of a grand piano, with a heavier touch in the lower register, and a lighter touch in

the upper register. In addition, on the KR-7, even the distinctive “click” that you feel

when pressing a key on a grand piano has been faithfully simulated (escapement

mechanism).

The pedal is designed for good-feeling response, and allows subtle performance nuances

to be expressed.

You can play songs, display scores, play the Automatic Accompaniment, select Tones,

and perform other main KR functions easily by pressing the main buttons found on both

sides of the screen.

With the [Select/Listen to a Song] button, you can select over 150 internal songs, from

songs for piano practice to the latest hits. Pressing the [Score Display] button lets you

display not only the score for any of the internal songs, but for your own recorded songs

and songs on floppy disks.

With the [Music Assistant] button you can select a song you want to play, call up

Automatic Accompaniment settings that match that song, and while looking at the

chord score, perform with accompaniment added.

Thanks to the [Select Various Tones] button, which is used to select suggested Tones

from the more than 600 internal Tones; the [Song Stylist] button (KR-7), which allows

you to listen to a variety of arrangements of the internal popular songs, and transform

them into rock, jazz, or other forms of music; and the [Session Partner] button (KR-7),

which lets you leave the chords and rhythm to the backing band, and give your

performances the feel of a group session, you can enjoy playing the KR in a great variety

of creative ways.