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Play

 the Piano

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Play various sounds

This piano contains a wide variety of tones (sounds). You can freely select and perform using these 
tones.

For a list of the sounds, refer to “Tone List” at the end of this manual.

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Play two layered tones (Dual Play)

You can layer two tones on a single key.

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Play diferent tones with your left and right hands (Split Play)

You can divide the keyboard into left and right zones, and select a diferent tone for each zone.

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Save your performance settings (Registration)

You can save tone settings and settings for Dual Play or Split Play, and recall them easily.

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Practice

 Songs

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Sound a metronome

You can sound a metronome.

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Practice along with the built-in songs

This piano contains numerous built-in songs.

For the song titles, refer to “Internal Song List” at the end of this manual.

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Recording the Song You’re Practicing

You can record your own playing.

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Adjust

 Your Piano

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Adjust the keyboard touch

You can adjust the touch sensitivity of the keyboard to match your own playing style.

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Match the pitch to other instruments

When playing together with other instruments, you can match the piano’s reference pitch to that of the 
other instruments (Master Tuning).

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Create your own piano (Piano Designer)

You can customize the sound to your own taste by adjusting the sonic elements of the grand piano 
sound.

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Before using this unit, carefully read “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (lealet “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and Owner’s Manual (p. 26)). After reading, keep the 
document(s) including those sections where it will be available for immediate reference.

Provision of 

Bluetooth

 functionality

Please be aware that depending on the country in which you purchased the piano, 

Bluetooth

 functionality might not be included.

The Bluetooth logo appears 
when you turn on the power.

If Bluetooth functionality is included

Copyright © 2017 ROLAND CORPORATION

Owner’s Manual

Summary of Contents for HP601

Page 1: ...an record your own playing page 8 page 9 page 10 AdjustYour Piano Adjust the keyboard touch You can adjust the touch sensitivity of the keyboard to match your own playing style Match the pitch to othe...

Page 2: ...o ensure that a child does not climb on top of the piano or hang on it Such behavior could make the piano fall over injuring the child 5 Take care that foreign objects such as sheet music or other pap...

Page 3: ...ious Settings Function Mode 22 Basic Operations in Function Mode 22 Matching the Pitch with Other Instruments Master Tuning 22 Changing the Tuning Method Temperament 22 Specifying the Tonic Note Tempe...

Page 4: ...the u button Play stop Press the s button Rewind Press the x button Fast forward Press the y button Play all songs in the selected category All Song Play Hold down the Song button and press the s but...

Page 5: ...the body of the unit Pay special attention to this when using the unit where children are present Concerning the Auto Of function The power to this unit will be turned of automatically after a predete...

Page 6: ...efault value 1 Transposing the Pitch Transpose The keyboard or song can be transposed in semitone steps For example if a song is in the key of E major but you want to play it using the ingering of the...

Page 7: ...fy the split point by holding down the Split button and pressing the key where you want to split the keyboard B1 B6 default value F 3 Balance Changes the volume balance of Split Play 9 1 9 9 1 9 defau...

Page 8: ...of the metronome Of 1 10 default value 5 Tone Changes the tone of the metronome Click Electronic Voice Japanese Voice English default value Click Selecting an Item Editing aValue Use the K J buttons...

Page 9: ...ngs corresponding to the included collection of scores Roland Classical Piano Masterpieces Easy Piano Famous popular songs and classical compositions Songs corresponding to the included collection of...

Page 10: ...recording starts When the count begins the t button and s button are lit MEMO If you play the keyboard without pressing the s button recording starts immediately In this case a count is not sounded 2...

Page 11: ...Select the recorded data that you want to convert to audio p 9 2 Getting ready for audio recording Getting ready to record p 11 1 Connect your USB lash drive 2 Hold down the t button and use the butt...

Page 12: ...er or disconnect the USB lash drive while the screen indicates Executing 7 Simultaneously press the Ambience button and Brilliance button to exit Function mode Renaming a Song Rename Song Here s how t...

Page 13: ...o sound the sympathetic vibrations of strings for previously played notes that occur when you play another note Higher settings make the sympathetic vibration louder Damper Resonance Of 1 10 Adjusts t...

Page 14: ...a number button 1 to 5 to choose the location where the desired registration is saved 3 Press the buttons to select the registration variation The settings change accordingly You can press the J righ...

Page 15: ...Registration Set Registration Import Here s how a registration set that s saved on a USB lash drive can be loaded into the Registration button NOTE When you load a registration set the registrations...

Page 16: ...ettings K J buttons Select the position at which you want to change the character buttons Change the character 5 Press the s Enter button The settings are saved NOTE Never turn of the power or disconn...

Page 17: ...n The memory is formatted NOTE Never disconnect the USB lash drive or turn of the power while the screen indicates Executing 7 Simultaneously press the Ambience button and Brilliance button to exit Fu...

Page 18: ...Using Apps with the Piano p 20 You can connect a music score viewing app and use the pedals to turn pages You can view electronic scores in a score viewing app such as piaScore on your iPad or other...

Page 19: ...pairing on your mobile device and then try the procedure again from step 5 Connecting an Already Paired Mobile Device 1 Turn on the Bluetooth function of the mobile device The piano and the mobile de...

Page 20: ...ile device on which you ve installed the app that you want to use 4 Press the Ambience button and Brilliance button simultaneously 5 Use the K J buttons to select Bluetooth Turn MIDI and then press th...

Page 21: ...601 is added to the list My Devices of the mobile device The indication PAGE appears beside the Bluetooth logo in the piano screen 9 Simultaneously press the Ambience button and Brilliance button to e...

Page 22: ...t in this tuning Beautiful sonorities are obtained when playing songs that are written in keys appropriate for this tuning Kirnberger II This is a revision of Kirnberger I that reduces the limitations...

Page 23: ...s Are Applied Damper Pedal Part When you press the right pedal while using Dual Play p 7 or Split Play p 7 the pedal efect is applied to both tones but you can choose the tone to which the efect is ap...

Page 24: ...anguage Displayed in the Screen Language You can change the language that is displayed in the screen English Japanese Auto Of Making the Power AutomaticallyTurn Of After aTime Auto Of With the factory...

Page 25: ...r Port If you use a commercially available USB cable to connect the piano s USB Computer port to your computer s USB port you ll be able to do the following things 5 SMF data played back by MIDI compa...

Page 26: ...e will do our utmost to preserve the data stored in your unit when we carry out repairs in some cases such as when the memory section is physically damaged restoration of the stored content may be imp...

Page 27: ...m of an acoustic piano Even on an acoustic piano a thumping sound is actually being produced when you press a key Such sounds do not indicate a malfunction Power turns of on its own Could the Auto of...

Page 28: ...function between the Page Turn and MIDI settings might make it impossible to connect with the mobile device Delete the device from the Bluetooth settings of the mobile device then turn the mobile devi...

Page 29: ...n initialize the external media p 17 The internal memory might be damaged Format the internal memory p 17 Error 15 The ile is unreadable The data format is not compatible with the piano Error 18 This...

Page 30: ...ich Strings 4 Orchestra Str 5 Orchestra 6 Chamber Winds 7 Harp 8 Violin 9 Velo Strings 10 Flute 11 Cello 12 OrchestraBrs 13 Pizzicato Str 14 SymphonicStr2 15 Soft Pad 16 Magical Piano 17 Jazz Scat 18...

Page 31: ...ryderyk Franciszek Chopin 24 Radetzky Marsch Johann Baptist Strauss 25 Tr umerei Robert Alexander Schumann 26 Fr hlicher Landmann Robert Alexander Schumann 27 La pri re d une Vierge Tekla Badarzewska...

Page 32: ...5 1 0 0 0 5 6 6 9 4 0 1...

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