Roland Piano Playing Arpeggios Arpeggiator, Holding an Arpeggio, Simulating a Rhythm Guitar

Playing in Patch Mode

Playing Arpeggios (Arpeggiator)

The Arpeggiator provides for the play of the various notes in chords. With the Arpeggiator, you can play arpeggios that use the component notes of a chord, just by pressing the chord. In addition to normal arpeggios, you can also accurately simulate rhythm guitar or strumming techniques depending on the Arpeggiator settings. The Arpeggiator can in fact be used as a handy automatic arranger.

1.Access the PATCH PLAY screen (p. 31).

2.Press [ARPEGGIO] to turn the Arpeggiator on.

3.Play a chord on the keyboard.

The Fantom will play an arpeggio, according to the notes forming the chord you have just voiced.

4.To finish playing arpeggios, press [ARPEGGIO] again so the indicator turns off.

Holding an Arpeggio

By using the following procedure, you can produce arpeggios even

without continuing to press the keyboard.

1.Hold down [SHIFT] and press [ARPEGGIO].

The [ARPEGGIO] indicator will begin blinking.

2.Play a chord.

3.If you play a different chord or notes while the arpeggio is being held, the arpeggio will change accordingly.

4.To cancel Arpeggio Hold, hold down [SHIFT] and press [ARPEGGIO] simultaneously once again.

When Using a Hold Pedal

If you play an arpeggio while pressing the hold pedal, the arpeggio

will continue to be played even if you release the chord.

1.Connect an optional pedal switch (DP-2, DP-6, etc.) to the HOLD PEDAL jack.

2.Press [ARPEGGIO] to turn the Arpeggiator on.

3.Play a chord while pressing the hold pedal.

4.If you play a different chord or notes while the arpeggio is being held, the arpeggio will change accordingly.

Simulating a Rhythm Guitar

You can simulate a rhythm guitar by following the procedure below.

1.Access the PATCH PLAY screen, and select a guitar patch (p. 31).

2.Hold down [JUMP] and press [ARPEGGIO].

The Arpeggio window appears.

3.Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to “Style.”

4.Either turn the VALUE dial or use [INC]/[DEC] to select the one you want from “AG CUTTING PHR.”

5.Press [ARPEGGIO] to turn the Arpeggiator on.

6.Play a chord on the keyboard.

Guitar strumming will begin according to the notes in the chord you pressed.

If you assign Cutoff (CC74) or Resonance (CC71) to the realtime control knobs (p. 163) and turn these knobs while you play, you can apply a wah effect to the guitar strumming.

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