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Practicing
Practicing with the Metronome
Here you can practice keeping an accurate rhythm while listening to the metronome.
The HPi-50e’s metronome allows you to change the volume and time signature for the metronome, as well as the way in which the beats are divided.
1.
Press the [Metronome] button .
The metronome screen will appear.
The [Metronome] button will blink, and the
metronome will sound.
The [Metronome] button will blink red and green
according to the currently selected time signature;
red indicates the strong beats, and green indicates the weak beats.
2.
Use the cursor [
] [
] buttons to select the item that you want to set .
3.
Use the cursor [
] [
] buttons to change the setting .
To return to the previous screen, press the [ × ] button.
Item
Setting
Volume
(no sound) Minimum ... Maximum
Beat
2/2, 0/4 (only weak beats), 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
* You can’t change the “Time signature” setting while a song is playing.
Sound
Click,
Electronic sound,
Voice (Japanese “1,” “2,” “3,” ...),
Voice (English “1,” “2,” “3,” ...),
Dog & cat,
Woodblock,
Triangle & castanet,
Hands clapping
Pattern
Normal,
Dotted half note,
Half note,
Dotted quarter note,
Quarter note,
Dotted eighth note,
Eighth note,
Sixteenth note,
+Double Add a note to the back beat of the every beat, +Triple Add notes to make the every beat a triplet,
+Shuffle Add notes to create a shuffle
Beat LED
Switches the [Metronome] button’s indicator between lit and unlit.
Tempo Mute
Specifies whether playback will occur at the tempo specified by the song or at a fixed tempo (i.e., without using the tempo data embedded in the song).
4.
To stop the metronome, press the [Metronome] button once again .
The [Metronome] button will go out.
Changing the Tempo
Here’s how to change the tempo of the metronome or song.
1.
Use the Tempo [Slow] [Fast] buttons to change the setting .
The tempo will change.
The tempo will change continuously if you hold down the [Slow] button or the
[Fast] button.
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