Roland EP-880 - Manual (Page 20)

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3. Playing Along with the Internal Songs
Here’s how you can play along with the internal songs.
You can slow down the playback tempo of the song, or
play back each hand separately.
Before you try playing the song, listen to it several times to
get a general feel for the song.
For details on operation, refer to “Selecting a Song and
Playing It” on page 12.
Changing the Tempo
If the song has a rapid tempo, you can slow down the
tempo so that you can practice it more easily. It is effective
to gradually raise the tempo as you practice.
1. Select the song that you want to play back (p. 12).
2. Press the [SONG/TEMPO] button, getting its
indicator to light in green.
The tempo appears in the display.
Each time you press the [SONG/TEMPO] button, the
tempo and the currently selected song number
(prefixed by “S.”) will be displayed alternately.
While the tempo is displayed, the [SONG/TEMPO]
button indicator will light in green. While the song
number is displayed, it will light in red.
3. Press the [-] or [+] button to adjust the tempo.
The tempo can be adjusted in a range of q = 20~250.
You can also change the tempo during playback.
Pressing the [+] button once increases the tempo by
one unit. Holding down the button increases the
tempo continuously.
Pressing the [-] button once decreases the tempo by
one unit. Holding down the button makes the tempo
change (slow down) continuously.
If you press the [-] and [+] buttons simultaneously,
you will return to the basic tempo of the song (the
tempo before you modified it).
Indication of the tempo during song
playback
While the song is playing, the initial tempo of the song
will continue to be displayed, regardless of tempo
changes during the song.
For more about the display for the internal songs, refer
to p. 12.
Adding a Count-in to Match the
Timing (Count-In)
When you’re playing along with a song, you can make
sure that your playing is in time with the song by
sounding a count before the song starts playing.
Sounding a “count sound” leading up to playback of a
song is called “Count-In.”
On the ep 880, if you playback a song while the
metronome is sounding, two measures of lead-in count
will be heard at the beginning of the song. See also
“Sounding the Metronome” (p. 19).
Some of the internal songs have tempos that change during
the song.
If you turn on the metronome while the song plays back,
the metronome will sound at the beat and tempo of the
song.
NOTE
Correspondence between beat
and tempo display
2/2 =10–125
x/4 =20–250
x /8 =40–500
Beat Tempo value
During the count-in, the count measure is indicated in the
display as “–2” then “–1.”
NOTE
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