Performing with the metronome, Empo (p. 27, p, Onome on/off (p. 27) – Roland HPi-6F User Manual

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Performing

Performing with the Metronome

You can play while listening to the metronome.
The HPi-6F’s metronome allows you to change the volume and time signature for the metronome, as well as the way in which the beats are divided.

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1. Press the [Metronome] button.

The [Metronome] button will blink, and the metronome will sound.
The [Metronome] button will blink red and green according to the time signature that’s selected. Red indicates the strong beat, and green indicates the

weak beats.
To stop the metronome, press the [Metronome] button once again.

2. Use the cursor left/right buttons to select the item that you want to edit.

Item

Setting

Volume

(no sound) Minimum ... Maximum

Time signature

2/2, 0/4 (only weak beats), 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
* You can’t change the “Time signature” setting while a song is playing.

Sound

Click,

Electronic sound,

Voice (Japanese “1,” “2,” “3,” ...),

Voice (English “1,” “2,” “3,” ...),

Dog & cat,

Woodblock,

Triangle & castanet,

Hands clapping

Pattern

Normal,

Dotted half note,

Half note,

Dotted quarter note,

Quarter note,

Dotted eighth note,

Eighth note,

Sixteenth note,

+Doubl (double) Add a note to the backbeat of the every beat, +Tripl (triple) Add notes to make the every beat a triplet,
+Shufl (shuffle) Add notes to create a shuffle

Beat indicator

Switches the [Metronome] button’s indicator between lit and unlit.

3. Use the cursor up/down buttons to change the setting.

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