Roland RG-7 manual Changing the Tuning

Chapter 3. Performance

Changing the Tuning

You can play classical styles such as Baroque using historic temperaments (tuning methods).

Most modern songs are composed for and played in equal temperament, the most common tuning in use today. But at one time, there were a wide variety of other tuning systems in existence. By playing in the temperament that was in use when a composition was created, you can experience the sonorities of chords originally intended for that song.

1 Press the [Function] (Exit) button, getting its indicator to light.

2 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to display the TUNE screen.

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3 Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [ ] (Select +) button to get the Temperament setting to flash.

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4	Press the [	] (Value -) button or [			] (Value +) button to select the
	temperament.
	Display			Qualities
	Equal		In this tuning, each octave is divided into twelve equal
			steps. Every interval produces about the same amount of
			slight dissonance.
	Just(Maj)		This tuning eliminates ambiguities in the fifths and thirds.
			It is unsuited to playing melodies and cannot be
			transposed, but is capable of beautiful sonorities.
	Just(min)		The Just tunings differ from major and minor keys. You
			can get the same effect with the minor scale as with the
			major scale.
	Kirnberger		This is an improvement of the Mean Tone and Just tunings
			that provides a high degree of freedom of modulation.
			Performances are possible in all keys (III).
			This tuning, devised by the philosopher Pythagoras,
	Pythagorean		eliminates dissonance in fourths and fifths. Dissonance is
			produced by third-interval chords, but melodies are
			euphonious.
	Mean Tone		This scale makes some compromises in just intonation,
			enabling transposition to other keys.

You can save this setting in the

RG-7’s memory using the

Memory Backup function (p.

72).

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