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The bank names tell you something about the kind of situations for which the phrases were originally intended. The Melodic phrases can be used for playing solo lines, while the Rhythmic and Background phrases are probably more convincing for spicing up your music with the odd vocal accent. But there is no need to use the phrases in this way. A Rhythmic phrase might work equally well as solo line.

Use the number buttons ([1]~[8]) to select a memory of the active bank.

As always, the buttons you press light. In the case of the [GROUP] button, however, the “A” or “B” indica- tor lights.

Note: You can switch off the VariPhrase part by pressing the bank button that lights. This will once again switch on the UP1 (or LW1) part. You could use this for alternating between instrumental and vocal parts.

Below please find a list of all internal VariPhrases. It also contains the MIDI addresses of these phrases (Program Change and CC00/CC32 Bank Select) that you may not need here, but they may come in handy at a later stage. The VariPhrase part receives on MIDI channel 13. See page 197 for details about MIDI.

One last thing: you can ignore the first number (“1–”, for example) as this corresponds to the bank button you pressed (1= Background, 2= Melodic, 3= Rhyth- mic).

GBN

PC

CC00 CC32 Phrase Name

 

GBN

PC

CC00 CC32 Phrase Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

 

 

BACKGROUND 2

 

 

 

A1-1

001

096

096

Uaah uaah M

 

B1-1

025

096

096

Hah,ha,ha M

A1-2

002

096

096

Uaah uaah F

 

B1-2

026

096

096

Hah,ha,ha M

A1-3

003

096

096

Uaah uuh M

 

B1-3

027

096

096

Ahi,ai,ai M

A1-4

004

096

096

Uaah uuh F

 

B1-4

028

096

096

Ahi,ai,ai F

 

A1-5

005

096

096

Uah Uah U M

 

B1-5

029

096

096

Yeah,ah

M

A1-6

006

096

096

Uah Uah U F

 

B1-6

030

096

096

Yeah,ah

F

A1-7

007

096

096

Uahua Uah F

 

B1-7

031

096

096

Eh,eh,eeh F

A1-8

008

096

096

Na,nanana F

 

B1-8

032

096

096

Sha la la F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MELODIC

 

 

 

 

BACKGROUND 3

 

 

 

A2-1

009

096

096

Baby,Baby M

 

B2-1

033

096

096

Humaah,hu M

A2-2

010

096

096

Your Love M

 

B2-2

034

096

096

Humaah,hu F

A2-3

011

096

096

Ooh, Baby M

 

B2-3

035

096

096

TuruTuruh M

A2-4

012

096

096

Com'on M

 

B2-4

036

096

096

TuruTuruh F

A2-5

013

096

096

SetMeFree M

 

B2-5

037

096

096

Wow,wow M

A2-6

014

096

096

OohDarlin M

 

B2-6

038

096

096

Wow,wow F

A2-7

015

096

096

HoneyINed M

 

B2-7

039

096

096

BlaimBlai M

A2-8

016

096

096

HoneyINed F

 

B2-8

040

096

096

BlaimBlai F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RHYTHMIC

 

 

 

 

RHYTHMIC 2

 

 

 

A3-1

017

096

096

Dot,do,do M

 

B3-1

041

096

096

Tutu tah M

A3-2

018

096

096

Tururu,Tu M

 

B3-2

042

096

096

Tutu tah F

A3-3

019

096

096

DoidiDatt M

 

B3-3

043

096

096

Lero,lero M

A3-4

020

096

096

DoYeahDat M

 

B3-4

044

096

096

Lero,lero F

A3-5

021

096

096

Dabut,Dab M

 

B3-5

045

096

096

Eih!Olele M

A3-6

022

096

096

Dabada,Da M

 

B3-6

046

096

096

Eih!Olele F

A3-7

023

096

096

Taratta,T M

 

B3-7

047

096

096

Ma,ma,mma F

A3-8

024

096

096

ShuShuDo F

 

B3-8

048

096

096

Keep on F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The VariPhrases in Bold-Italicdo not start on the first beat. You thus have to play them with a different tim- ing, such as on the second beat of a bar, etc.

Note: Though they sound just fine by themselves, using the VariPhrases in combination with the Arranger is an even more rewarding experience. See page 29 for how to do that.

Combining/splitting a VariPhrase with another Keyboard part

It is also possible to add either or both Upper parts (UP1 and UP2) to your VariPhrase playing, which allows you to double the vocals with a piano, trumpet, organ, etc. part, or to add a chord backing to your left- hand VariPhrase part.

The important thing to remember is that you need to switch on UP1 or LW1 after activating the VariPhrase part, for the VariPhrase part at first cancels the UP1 or LW1 part. You can however, write your VariPhrase lay- ers to a User Program. See page 127.

“Playing” with the VariPhrases

There is a lot more you can do with the on-board (and your own User) phrases than we have seen so far. Let us have a look at a few examples.

Key Assign

The Key Assign parameter allows you specify whether or not you can play chords with the VariPhrase part (). Why would you want to do that?

Selecting Mono means that the VariPhrase part only sounds one note you play with your right hand, even though you may be playing two-voice lines or even chords. In a layer combination, the VariPhrase part would thus allow you to combine a chordal part (Upper1 or Lower1) with a solo vocal line. Here’s an example: Suppose you switch on the VariPhrase and Upper1 parts. Here’s what happens when you play chords in the right half (in SPLIT mode):

VariPhrase part (Mono mode)

If you play this with your right hand…

Upper1 part

Note: The exact notes sounded by the VariPhrase part depend on which chord note you strike last. The above result may require some practice.

Mono can be used very effectively: if you press one key to start the selected VariPhrase and then add a second key, the phrase is transposed up or down – but contin- ues. With the “Honey, I need you” phrase, for instance, you could press a C for playing “Honey”, then add the E to the right of the C just before “I”. This would trans- pose the pitch of the “I” to E. If you then release the C (but not the E), while playing a G, the rest of the phrase (“need you”) will be played in G. In other words: the phrase runs from start to finish but changes its pitch whenever you press another key. (If you select Poly, the “I” and “need you” would be played using two voices. Poly allows you to play chords.)

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Roland VA-76 Combining/splitting a VariPhrase with another Keyboard part, Playing with the VariPhrases, Key Assign