Playing” with the variphrases, Key assign – Roland V-Arranger Keyboard VA-76 User Manual
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The bank names tell you something about the kind of
situations for which the phrases were originally
intended. The Melodic phrases can be used for playing
solo lines, while the Rhythmic and Background phrases
are probably more convincing for spicing up your
music with the odd vocal accent. But there is no need
to use the phrases in this way. A Rhythmic phrase
might work equally well as solo line.
• Use the number buttons ([1]~[8]) to select a memory
of the active bank.
As always, the buttons you press light. In the case of
the [GROUP] button, however, the “A” or “B” indica-
tor lights.
Note: You can switch off the VariPhrase part by pressing the
bank button that lights. This will once again switch on the
UP1 (or LW1) part. You could use this for alternating
between instrumental and vocal parts.
Below please find a list of all internal VariPhrases. It
also contains the MIDI addresses of these phrases
(Program Change and CC00/CC32 Bank Select) that
you may not need here, but they may come in handy
at a later stage. The VariPhrase part receives on MIDI
channel 13. See page 197 for details about MIDI.
One last thing: you can ignore the first number (“1–”,
for example) as this corresponds to the bank button
you pressed (1= Background, 2= Melodic, 3= Rhyth-
mic).
The VariPhrases in Bold-Italic do not start on the first
beat. You thus have to play them with a different tim-
ing, such as on the second beat of a bar, etc.
Note: Though they sound just fine by themselves, using the
VariPhrases in combination with the Arranger is an even
more rewarding experience. See page 29 for how to do that.
Combining/splitting a VariPhrase with
another Keyboard part
It is also possible to add either or both Upper parts
(UP1 and UP2) to your VariPhrase playing, which
allows you to double the vocals with a piano, trumpet,
organ, etc. part, or to add a chord backing to your left-
hand VariPhrase part.
The important thing to remember is that you need to
switch on UP1 or LW1 after activating the VariPhrase
part, for the VariPhrase part at first cancels the UP1 or
LW1 part. You can however, write your VariPhrase lay-
ers to a User Program. See page 127.
“Playing” with the VariPhrases
There is a lot more you can do with the on-board (and
your own User) phrases than we have seen so far. Let
us have a look at a few examples.
Key Assign
The Key Assign parameter allows you specify whether
or not you can play chords with the VariPhrase part
(
). Why would you want to do that?
Selecting Mono means that the VariPhrase part only
sounds one note you play with your right hand, even
though you may be playing two-voice lines or even
chords. In a layer combination, the VariPhrase part
would thus allow you to combine a chordal part
(Upper1 or Lower1) with a solo vocal line. Here’s an
example: Suppose you switch on the VariPhrase and
Upper1 parts. Here’s what happens when you play
chords in the right half (in SPLIT mode):
Note: The exact notes sounded by the VariPhrase part
depend on which chord note you strike last. The above
result may require some practice.
Mono can be used very effectively: if you press one key
to start the selected VariPhrase and then add a second
key, the phrase is transposed up or down – but contin-
ues. With the “Honey, I need you” phrase, for instance,
you could press a C for playing “Honey”, then add the
E to the right of the C just before “I”. This would trans-
pose the pitch of the “I” to E. If you then release the C
(but not the E), while playing a G, the rest of the
phrase (“need you”) will be played in G. In other
words: the phrase runs from start to finish but changes
its pitch whenever you press another key. (If you select
Poly, the “I” and “need you” would be played using two
voices. Poly allows you to play chords.)
GBN PC
CC00 CC32 Phrase Name
BACKGROUND
A1-1 001
096
096
Uaah uaah M
A1-2 002
096
096
Uaah uaah F
A1-3 003
096
096
Uaah uuh M
A1-4 004
096
096
Uaah uuh F
A1-5 005
096
096
Uah Uah U M
A1-6 006
096
096
Uah Uah U F
A1-7 007
096
096
Uahua Uah F
A1-8 008
096
096
Na,nanana F
MELODIC
A2-1 009
096
096
Baby,Baby M
A2-2 010
096
096
Your Love M
A2-3 011
096
096
Ooh, Baby M
A2-4 012
096
096
Com'on M
A2-5 013
096
096
SetMeFree M
A2-6 014
096
096
OohDarlin M
A2-7 015
096
096
HoneyINed M
A2-8 016
096
096
HoneyINed F
RHYTHMIC
A3-1 017
096
096
Dot,do,do M
A3-2 018
096
096
Tururu,Tu M
A3-3 019
096
096
DoidiDatt M
A3-4 020
096
096
DoYeahDat M
A3-5 021
096
096
Dabut,Dab M
A3-6 022
096
096
Dabada,Da M
A3-7 023
096
096
Taratta,T M
A3-8 024
096
096
ShuShuDo F
GBN PC
CC00 CC32 Phrase Name
BACKGROUND 2
B1-1 025
096
096
Hah,ha,ha M
B1-2 026
096
096
Hah,ha,ha M
B1-3 027
096
096
Ahi,ai,ai M
B1-4 028
096
096
Ahi,ai,ai F
B1-5 029
096
096
Yeah,ah M
B1-6 030
096
096
Yeah,ah F
B1-7 031
096
096
Eh,eh,eeh F
B1-8 032
096
096
Sha la la F
BACKGROUND 3
B2-1 033
096
096
Humaah,hu M
B2-2 034
096
096
Humaah,hu F
B2-3 035
096
096
TuruTuruh M
B2-4 036
096
096
TuruTuruh F
B2-5 037
096
096
Wow,wow M
B2-6 038
096
096
Wow,wow F
B2-7 039
096
096
BlaimBlai M
B2-8 040
096
096
BlaimBlai F
RHYTHMIC 2
B3-1 041
096
096
Tutu tah M
B3-2 042
096
096
Tutu tah F
B3-3 043
096
096
Lero,lero M
B3-4 044
096
096
Lero,lero F
B3-5 045
096 096
Eih!Olele M
B3-6 046 096 096 Eih!Olele
F
B3-7 047
096
096
Ma,ma,mma F
B3-8 048 096
096
Keep on F
If you play this with
your right hand…
VariPhrase part (Mono mode)
Upper1 part
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