Roland BK-5, Owner'S Manual

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‘Performance Edit’ parameters
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Pianist2: Same as “Pianist1” while the Hold pedal is
not pressed. If you press the Hold pedal, the BK-5
even recognizes “chords” when you press only one
note. If the hold pedal is still pressed, chord recogni-
tion continues up to a maximum of 5 played keys.
Intelligent: Select this option when you want the
chord recognition function to supply the missing
notes of the chords you play.
Easy: This is another “intelligent” chord fingering sys-
tem. It works as follows:
Arranger Hold
This function sustains the notes you play in the chord
recognition area (“Zone”). Select “Off” if you want the
accompaniment to stop as soon as the keys in that
zone are released. This parameter is switched “On” by
default.
Tempo
Each rhythm has a preset tempo that is recalled
when a rhythm is selected. This parameter allows you
to specify if and when the BK-5 should ignore the
preset tempo and go on using the tempo of the pre-
viously selected rhythm.
Here is what these three options mean:
NOTE
The setting of this parameter is neither saved to the Perfor-
mance memories, nor to the Global area (see “Save Global”
on p. 70). The “Lock” setting can also be activated by press-
ing and holding the [TAP TEMPO] button.
Fill In Half Bar
When this parameter is “On”, the length of the Fill-
Ins, which are played when the [AUTO FILL IN] button
lights, is halved.
Certain pop songs in 4/4 contain bars that only last
two beats. The usual place for such a bar is between
the first and the second verse. Another favorite posi-
tion for “halved” bars is at the end of a chorus or the
bridge. Your BK-5 allows you to faithfully reproduce
these “anomalies” using this function. This does not
change rhythm playback right away. Only when a fill-
in or another VARIATION pattern starts will the “Fill-
in Half Bar” function be activated and play half the
number of beats of the accompaniment pattern you
selected.
Fill Ritardando
The FILL RIT function is suitable for ballads. It causes
the next Fill-In to slow down (“ritardando”). See
“Tempo Change Fill Rit” below for how to set how
strongly the tempo should be decreased.
As the name implies, it is only available while the
[AUTO FILL-IN] button lights.
(a) Set “Fill Ritardando” to “On”.
(b) Start Arranger playback.
(c) Press a VARIATION [1]~[4] button.
The BK-5 plays a Fill-In. The tempo slows down while
the fill is being played. At the end of the fill, the
rhythm returns to the previously set tempo (this is
called “a tempo”).
(d) Press and hold the [EXIT] button to return to the
main page.
Major chords Press the key that corresponds to the
chord’s fundamental.
Minor chords Funda any black key to the
left of the fundamental.
Seventh chords Funda any white key to the
left of the fundamental.
Minor seventh
chords Funda any black key to the
left + any white key to the left.
Parameter Setting
Arranger Hold Off, On
Parameter Setting
Tempo Preset, Auto, Lock
Setting
Selecting a new rhythm
Playback is stopped Playback is running
Preset The rhythm's preset tempo is loaded.
Auto The BK-5 loads the
preset tempo of the
new rhythm
The BK-5 doesn’t load
the preset tempo of
the new rhythm. The
new rhythm is played
at the current tempo.
Lock The BK-5 doesn’t
load the preset
tempo of the new
rhythm. It is played
at the current
tempo.
Parameter Setting
Fill In Half Bar Off, On
Parameter Setting
Fill Ritardando Off, On
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