Roland VR-700 Using the Harmonic Bars to Create Sounds, Harmonic Bars and Overtones, To create

Creating Organ Sounds

Using the Harmonic Bars to Create Sounds

1.Press either the HARMONIC BAR [UPPER] button or the [LOWER] button to select the part whose sound you want

to create.

fig.pnl-assgn.eps

Part	Operation
Upper part	Press the [Upper] button
Lower part	Press the [Lower] button
Pedal part	Press the [Upper] button and [Lower]
	button simultaneously

“About the VR-700’s Parts” (p. 27)

2.Press the [MANUAL] button.

When you press the [MANUAL] button so it’s lit, the organ sound will reflect the current settings of the harmonic bars.

3.Move the harmonic bars to modify the sound.

•The sound you create can be saved as a Favorite (p. 47).

•If percussion is turned on, the 1’ sound will not be heard (p. 41).

•For the Pedal part, only the 16’ and 8’ sounds will speak.

•To hear the sound of the lower part, turn Split on, and then use the left range of the keyboard to play the sound of the lower part (p. 34) or connect an external MIDI keyboard (p. 66). To hear the sound of the pedal part, turn Split on, and then use the left range of the keyboard to play the sound of the pedal part (p. 34) or connect an external pedal keyboard (p. 20).

Harmonic Bars and Overtones

The numbers (16’, 5-1/3’, etc.) printed on each harmonic bar are the “footage” (a number of feet). The footage plays an important role in determining the tonal character. 8’ is the basic footage (pitch); you’ll be creating the sound around this basic pitch.

If you play the middle ‘C’ note (C4), the harmonic bars will be sounding the following pitches.

fig.H-bar-Harmonic.eps

16’ 5 1/3’		8’	4’	2 2/3’		2’	1 3/5’ 1 1/3’		1’
one octave	5th	root	8th	12th	15th		17th 19th	22th
below

There are three colors of harmonic bars. Those that are in octave multiples of 8’ are white, those that are not octave multiples are black, and the lower-pitched bars are brown.

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