4 – Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5
TASCAM Pocketstudio 5
Reference Manual
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As we said, this is not great art, but it will explain
how to set up the song chord changes!
TIP
When you write your own songs, or if you are making
your own arrangement of an existing song, you may
find it helpful to draw up a chart like this as a guideline
when you are programming the chords into the Pocket-
studio 5.
From the
Pattern
menu, move to the
Chord
menu item, and press
Á
.
The first line of this screen shows the current bar, fol-
lowed by the musical representation of the way that
the bar is divided for chord changes (see below).
The next line shows the selected change points
(points where the chord changes) within the bar.
The third line shows the chord that will be played at
the selected change point.
The last line of the display is for information only. It
shows the time signature of the current bar, as well as
the current song section.
NOTE
In this screen, the cursor is always marked by the field
being underlined.
The bar number should be
001
(if it’s not, use the
wheel to change it). Right now, we won’t bother with
the bar change divisions.
1
Move the cursor to the second line and make
sure that the first dot (
•
) is selected. It
should be inverted (
k
). to allow for a chord
change at this point. Beat divisions are shown
by (
8
). Use the wheel to change between these
two symbols. Turning the wheel clockwise
sets the chord change point, and counter-
clockwise disables it.
2
Use the cursor pad to move the cursor to the
third line, to the root chord field:
3
Use the wheel to change the root chord to
E
.
The default chord type is E major, so you
don’t need to do anything else.
NOTE
In this screen, the scale starts at C and moves upwards
to B in semitone steps. There are no sharps represented,
so:
4
Move the cursor up to the top row, and scroll
through to bar
004
. If you see any inverted
dots (
k
) in the second line of any bar on the
way, use the cursor and wheel (counterclock-
wise) to change them to the normal setting
(
•
).
Note that when a chord is carried over from
a previous change, the chord name is shown
in parentheses
5
In bar
004
, we’ll make the change from
E
to
B7
halfway through the bar. For this,
we’ll need to set the change points to occur
every half-note (minim). Move the cursor to
the musical note symbol on the top line of the
screen. Turn the wheel clockwise to change
the symbol to
s
(strictly speaking, you don’t
need to do this, but it makes your life easier
Verse 3 (VerseA)
37
E
38
(E)
39
(E)
40
(E)
41
A
42
(A)
43
E
44
(E)
45
B
46
A
47
E
48
E / B7
Ending
49
Bm7
50
E7
a. Following the convention on the Pocketstudio 5
itself, any chords which carry on from the previous
bar are enclosed in parentheses.
B 0 0 1
c
k
• • •
8
• • •
8
• • •
8
• • •
• D - / -
(
4 /
4
I n t r o
)
Song section
Bar
Chord
Display shows:
Alternative:
Db
C#
Eb
D#
Gb
F#
Ab
G#
Bb
A#
B 0 0 1
d
k
• • •
8
• • •
8
• • •
8
• • •
• D
- / -
(
4 /
4
I n t r o
)
