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Chapter 3. playing along with the internal songs, Changing the tempo, Adding a count-in to match the timing (count-in) – Roland MP-60 User Manual

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Chapter 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” (p. 10).

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.

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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 “d.”) 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.

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Press the [+] or [-] button to adjust the tempo.

The tempo can be adjusted in a range of

=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).

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 MP-60, 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.

If you turn on the metronome

while the song plays back, the

metronome will sound at the

beat and tempo of the song.

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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.

About the display for the
internal songs

USr (user)

… The location

where you can record your

performance. (For details on

recording

p. 22)

Numbers with a “d.”

… internal songs.

“Sounding the Metronome”

(p. 14)

During the count-in, the count

measure is indicated in the

display as “-2” then “-1.”

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