Roland KR-17 User Manual
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Chapter 1 Performance
Chapter 1
Playing Different Tones with the Left
and Right Hands (Split)
Dividing the keyboard into right-hand and left-hand areas, then playing different
sounds in each section is called “split performance.” The boundary key is called the
“split point.”
The split point key is included in the left-hand keyboard area. Each time power to
the keyboard is turned on, the split point is reset to “F#3.”
fig.split.e
1.
At the Basic screen, touch <Split>.
fig.d-split.eps_60
The tone sounding prior to the split performance is played in the right-hand section
of the keyboard, and the tone indicated at the left of the screen is played in the left-
hand section of the keyboard.
Here, the tone appearing at the right part of the display is called the “right-hand
tone,” and the tone appearing at the left part of the display is called the “left-hand
tone.”
Changing the Tones
2.
Touch the name of the tone to be changed.
The tone name will be highlighted in orange.
3.
Press a Tone button to select the tone (p. 27).
4.
When you have selected the tone, touch <Exit>.
The display returns to the Basic screen.
Cancelling the Split
5.
Touch <Split>.
The <Split> icon returns to the original color, and the split performance is cancelled.
When you play the keys, only the tone indicated on the screen is sounded.
Split Point
Grand Piano 1
Acoustic Bass
You can change the split point;
When you select an internal
song or music file that includes
the lyrics data, <
>
appears in the Basic screen.
Touch this to display the lyrics.
When you touch Octave
<-><+> in the tone selection
screen, the pitch of the
keyboard’s sound is changed
in octave units. To learn more,
You can change the volume
balance between the left- and
right-hand parts of the
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