Roland KR-3 - Manual (Page 15)

KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Overview of the KR-3
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Organ music — One Touch Program [ORGAN]
Press the One Touch Program [ORGAN] button.
A picture of an organ will appear on the screen, with
the keyboard being split at F#3 into Lower (left hand)
and Upper (right hand) parts.
The Tones currently assigned to the left (Lower) and
right (Upper) halves of the keyboard are called “Lower
Organ 1” and “Jazz Organ 1”. These Tones make up
the Jazz Organ type. See below for how to choose
another organ Type.
■ Adjusting the Rotary Effect
The Jazz Organ has a rotary effect added to it. This
simulates the effect obtained with those famous rotary
speakers that are indispensable for a true organ sound.
To change the rotation speed, press of the soft button
assigned to this function. Each press toggles the rota-
tion speed between S (Slow) and F (Fast).
■ Selecting an organ Type
Use <√Type> and <Type®> to make your selection.
The selected organ Type is memorized until power is
turned off. In other words, if you select another One
Touch Program mode and then press [ORGAN] again,
the KR-3 will use the last organ Type you selected.
Note: When the power is switched off, the KR-3 reverts to
“Jazz Organ”.
■ The Function menu —<Func...>
This feature is used to make settings for the various
functions related to organ performances. For more
detailed information, please refer to “Function Menu”
on page 40.
Accompaniment — One Touch Program
[ARRANGER]
The KR-3 comes with an “Arranger” function that
provides an automatic, yet interactive, accompani-
ment you can use as backing for your melodies and
solos. 111 accompaniments (called Music Styles) cov-
ering all popular musical genres are built-in. Other
Styles can be loaded from the supplied floppy disk,
while you can also create your own Styles.
The Arranger is interactive: it always adapts the key of
the accompaniments to the chords you play (see
“What is an Arranger?” on page 22).
■ Simple explanation of how to use the Arranger
Here’s what you need to do to be able to use the KR-3’s
Arranger:
1. Press the One Touch Program [ARRANGER] but-
ton.
The keyboard is now split at F#3 into a Lower (left half
of the keyboard) and an Upper section (right half).
2. Select a Music Style (see “Selecting Music Styles” on
page 23).
3. Play a chord in the Lower section to start the
accompaniment.
Style playback starts with an introduction. Wait until
the Intro is finished before you start playing the mel-
ody in the Upper section. If the accompaniment is too
fast, you can slow it down with the TEMPO [–] but-
ton.
The KR-3 has a number of features that make playing
with the Arranger even easier:
• For major chords, you only need to press the key of the
root note (see “Easy fingering – Chord Intelligence” on
page 27).
• You can release the keys in the Lower section after
playing the desired chord. The Arranger will go on
playing in that key until you play another chord.
4. At the end of your song, press the [INTRO/
ENDING] button.
How about trying using the Arranger in a real-life sit-
uation? We’ve prepared a little piece you probably
know. Here’s what to do to play it:
Function
Switching the
Rotary Speed
Selecting another organ Type
Metronome
ON/OFF
Left hand:
accompaniment Right hand:
melody
F#3
Left hand:
accompaniment
Right hand:
melody