Roland EM-50 User Manual

EM-50/30
4. Playing with accompaniment
Now that you have an idea of your EM-50/30's capa-
bilities, you probably want to play some music your-
self. Before doing so, let us briefly look at the EM-50/
30's four modes.
General remark
Your EM-50/30 can be used in four ways. Let us agree
to call these “ways” modes.
Arranger mode—This mode is selected when you
switch on your EM-50/30. To select it at a later stage,
press the MODE [ARRANGER] button. Here, you can
control thc key of the automatic accompaniments
(“Music Styles”) with your left hand and play
melodies with your right hand.
In Arranger mode, the EM-50/30's keyboard is split
into two halves. The keys you press in the left half are
used by the Arranger for determining the key of the
accompaniment. The right half of the keyboard allows
you to play a tune to the accompaniment. You can use
one, or even two sounds, for doing so. These “sounds”
are called Upper parts (1 and 2).
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Arranger Upper Parts (1/2)
The key where the split is located is called the split
point. At first, this is the note “C4” (with the C being
the lowest note of the Upper half). You can change it,
if you like “ArrSplit (Arranger Split)” on page 46.
Whole Upper mode—In this mode, you can play one
sound using all 61 keys of the EM-50/30's keyboard.
This is useful for piano parts, for instance. It is also
possible to play two sounds simultaneously (a func-
tion called Layer). See page 20.
Organ mode—As the name implies, this mode is
used for playing organ music. Select it by pressing the
MODE [ORGAN] button. Here, you can play the
melody with your right hand and add a chord backing
with your left. If you like, your left hand not only
plays chords but also bass notes based your chords.
See “Switching on the M.Bass part” on page 26 for
details.
M.Drums mode—ln this mode, you can drum on the
EM-50/30's keyboard. Every key is assigned to another
drum/percussion sound. Press the MODE
[M.DRUMS] button to select this mode (see also page
27).
About the Arranger
The EM-50/30's automatic accompaniment function
is called Arranger. This Arranger uses prerecorded
musical phrases (called “Divisions”) that play accom-
paniment lines for a given musical genre. The name
Music Style refers to a collection of such accompani-
ment Divisions. Each Division consists of the follow-
ing elements:
A drum part (A.Drum)
A bass part (A.Bass)
Melodic accompaniment lines (chords, riffs, etc.)
(Accomp)
4.1 Basic Music Style operations
1. Take a look at the display to see whether the icons
below appear (the location of the “box” is of no
importance for the time being).
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INTRO ORIGINAL VARIATION VARIATION ~
SYNC
~ ENDING START START
Also check whether the icon is displayed. If
that is not the case, press the [STYLE/SONG] button.
2. If the Arranger mode isn't already selected, press
the MODE [ARRANGER] button.
The [ARRANGER] icon now appears more or less in
the center of the display.
3. Press the [SYNC START] button.
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START / STOP
A box appears around the message in the
lower right-hand corner of the display to signal that
this function has been switched on. Syne Start means
that the Arranger will start Music Style playback as
soon as you play a note or a chord with your left
hand.
Note also the box surrounding the message.
It means that the first Division to be used is called
Original (see also below).
4, Play a note to the left of the C4 key (the C below
the [STYLE/SONG] button) to start Arranger play-
back.
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Roland EM-50 Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	EM-50
Category	Electronic Keyboard
Language	English