Roland EM-55 - Manual (Page 13)

EM-55 OR Owner’s Manual
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Let us now take advantage of the EM-55 OR’s accompaniment function. This function is called “Arranger”.
Starting/stopping the Arranger
(1) Press the KBD MODE [ARRANGER] button
(its indicator lights).
The keyboard is split into two halves. The
keys you press in the left half are used to
specify the key of the accompaniment. The
right half of the keyboard allows you to
play a tune to the accompaniment.
At power-on, the EM-55 OR automatically
selects the “A24 TwoStep” Style.
(2) Press the [START/STOP] button to start
Arranger playback.
Note: If the [ARRANGER] indicator lights, playing
in the left half of the keyboard while the Arranger is
stopped, will sound an electric piano and bass Tone.
The left half of the keyboard is thus not muted (like
on previous Roland arranger instruments). This can
be switched off, however (see “Bs Chord (left-hand
strings + bass)” on page 45).
(3) Play a chord (or just one note) with your
left hand.
(4) Play another chord (or note) to change
the Arranger’s key.
(5) Press the following buttons to use other
patterns of the currently selected Music
Style:
These buttons select Music Style “patterns”.
The indicator of the button you press lights.
Also, the ARRANGER CHORD field indicates
which chord you played last. This chord is
used by the accompaniment.
As soon as you feel comfortable with the
Arranger, you should try to play a melody
with your right hand while using your left
for selecting Arranger chords.
4. Playing with accompaniment
ARRANGER
Button Function
INTRO Playback of an introduction. Press
this button before activating
[START/STOP].
ORIGINAL Simple accompaniment version.
FILL Transition (“Fill In”) to VARIATION or
ORIGINAL.
VARIA-
TION Slightly more complex accompani-
ment version.
ENDING Phrase that indicates the end of the
song. Use this button instead of
[START/STOP] to stop playback.
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