Roland EM-50 User Manual

Owner's Manual
What your hear now is the Original Division of the 36
“16B Pop2” (38 “BLd RckS” on the EM-30) Style that
is selected when you switch on the EM-50/30.
You can also start Arranger playback by pressing the
[START/STOP] button. In that case, you need to press
[SYNC START] to switch off the function of the same
name.
Note: To check which Style is currently selected, press the
[MENU YW] button so as to position the arrow (<4) next
to “STYLE” (upper left of the display).
Note: There is no need to hold the notes or chords you play
with your left hand. You can release the keys right after
specifying the new key for the Music Style. The function
that takes care of this is called “Arr Mem” (see page 48).
5. Play a different note or chord to the left of the C4
key.
The Arranger still plays the same accompaniment —
but in a different key. That is, all accompaniment
parts (except for the drums) follow the note informa-
tion you supply by pressing keys to the left of the split
point.
Note also the CHORD information in the display. If
you play a C in the left half of the keyboard, it will
read:
If you play the notes “C” and “D” (a D and the C to its
left) the Chord information window tells you:
The EM-50/30 uses a simplified chord fingering sys-
tem that allows you to play one note for sounding
major chords, two notes for minor chords (the root
and the note three keys to the right of this note), and
three, or four, notes for virtually all other chords. And
just to prove that your EM-50/30 can handle all
chords known to man, here is another display exam-
ple:
Note: If you don't play chords with your left hand and
start the Arranger by pressing [START/STOP], it will only
play the drum accompaniment of the selected Music Style.
6. Now press the [VARIATION] button.
STYLE STYLE
PROGRESSION MORPHING
This selects another accompaniment pattern (Divi-
ons with a different arrangement, which is why the
VARATON! icon is now surrounded by a box. It is usual-
ly more elaborate and may even contain other accom-
paniment parts.
7. If you like, you can now add a melody by playing
in the right half (“Upper”) of the keyboard.
The section you control when you play with your
right hand is called the Upper 1 part. The Upper 1
part currently uses the Piano1wP (Alli) Tone (see the
upper left corner of the display).
Note: See page 20 for more information about the Tones.
Tempo
8. If the tempo is too fast or too slow, use the TEMPO
[71/(+] buttons to change it.
See also “Metronome and Tempo" on page 18 for
more information about the tempo display.
KEYBOARD ——MODE—
ACC VELOCITY ARRANGER ORGAN MLDRUMS
.
2nd YRACK
START + STOP.
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Note: To return to the Music Style's preset tempo, simulta-
neously press TEMPO [+] and [-].
9. Press the [START/STOP] button to stop playback
again.
If you like, you can once again switch on the SYNC
START function so that the Arranger starts every time
you press a key in the left half of the keyboard.
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Roland EM-50 Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	EM-50
Category	Electronic Keyboard
Language	English