Roland HPi-5 - Manual (Page 28)

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Adding an Accompaniment to Your
Performance (Pianist Function)
The Pianist function automatically adds a suitable accompaniment to your piano performance.
You can choose one of 30 different accompaniment styles as suitable for the song that you want to play.
You can specify the accompaniment chord in the left-hand keyboard area, or press a single button to
play an intro or ending.
fig.panel3-1
→ “Pianist Style List” (p. 56)
→ “Chord List” (p. 57)
1
Press the [Pianist] button to access the Style Select screen, and select an accompaniment style.
The [Pianist] button’s indicator will light, and the [Intro/Ending] button’s indicator will blink.
The keyboard will be divided at the Split Point (
→ p. 26) into right-hand and left-hand areas.
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Starting the accompaniment
2
Either press the [Start/Stop] button, or play a chord in the left-hand keyboard area.
The accompaniment will begin with an intro.
If you do not want to add an intro, press the [Intro/Ending] button so its indicator goes dark, then
perform step
2 .
In the left-hand keyboard area, specify the accompaniment chord. Play freely in the right-hand
keyboard area.
Stopping the accompaniment
3
Press the [Intro/Ending] button or the [Start/Stop] button.
If you press the [Intro/Ending] button, the accompaniment will stop after an ending. If you press the
[Start/Stop] button, the accompaniment will stop immediately.
To cancel the Pianist function, press the [Pianist] button, getting its indicator to go dark.
* When using the Pianist function, you cannot select and play a sound in the left-hand keyboard area.
* You can change the split point by holding down the [Split] button and pressing a key (p. 26).
→ You can change the volume balance between the keyboard playing and the accompaniment. Refer to “Adjusting
the volume balance between accompaniment and keyboard (Balance)” (p. 43).
* The accompaniment data produced by the Pianist function will not be output from the MIDI Out connector.
1 3 2 Change the accompaniment tempo
Style list
The selection will be
highlighted in white.
Tempo Chord name
Select an style
Back to Score screen
Accompaniment stops,
and the score screen
appears.
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