Roland Aerophone GO Digital Wind Instrument - Manual (Page 6)

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Holding the Aerophone GO
1 Attach the neck strap
to the strap ring of the
Aerophone GO, and hold it
as shown in the illustration.
2 Place your left thumb on the thumb rest, and place
your right thumb under the thumb hook.
Support the instrument at three points: your right thumb, your
upper teeth, and the strap.
Left thumb
Right thumb
Thumb hook
Thumb rest
Embouchure
Hold the mouthpiece lightly
between your upper teeth and
lower lip, and blow into it.
5 By using tonguing (using
your tongue to control your
breath) and legato you can
control the sound more
expressively.
5 You can control the pitch by
the strength with which you
bite the reed.
* If saliva runs down during performance, use a dry cloth to wipe
it off diligently.
Using the Thumb
Octave keys
Switch the octave. You can raise or lower
the pitch by one octave. Operate them
using the left-hand thumb.
Thumb button
Bends up (raises the pitch) or bends down
(lowers the pitch).
* Whether the thumb button bends up
or bends down is specified for each
tone, and this cannot be changed.
Pressing the Performance Keys
These are the performance keys. You can perform using the same
fingering as on a saxophone.
& For details on fingering, refer to “Fingering Chart” at the end
of this manual.
Right index finger
Left index finger
P
2
3
G #
1
C2
C4
B
C #
B
4
5
Tf
6
C
C3
Tc
Ta
C1
X
E
* Use the inside of your hand to press the side keys (C1–C4, Tc, Ta).
tongue
upper teeth
lower teeth
lower lip
thumb button
-1
+1
Performing
How to Make Sound
To begin, let’s try playing C D E F G A B C using sax fingering.
Take a deep breath, and blow as through you’re filling the entire instrument.
C D E F G A B C
Right index
finger
Left index
finger
& For details on fingering, refer to “Fingering Chart” at the end of this manual.