Roland EM-55 - Manual (Page 26)

Additional Music Style functions
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Melody Intelligence
The Melody Intelligence function adds a second voice (harmony notes) to the melodies you play with
your right hand. In fact, MELODY INTELL uses both halves of the keyboard to determine which notes to
play:
• It looks at the melody notes in the right half; and…
• It analyzes the chords you play in the left half to see which notes it must add to your melody.
Press the [MELODY INTELL] button so that the corresponding icon (see right illustration) appears in the
display.
Changing the MELODY INTELL harmony type
The EM-55 OR contains 18 different voicings (harmony types) for the MELODY INTELL function. These
voicings specify the number of harmony notes and the way in which they are added to your melody.
To select a different harmony type, press an hold the [MELODY INTELL] button until the “MI” message
appears in the upper left corner of the display. Then use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select the desired
voicing. The available types are:
Bass Inversion (Bass Inv)
Use this function to change the way in which the Arranger reads the chords you play.
If the hand icon is not displayed, the A.Bass part
plays the root of the chords that feed the
Arranger. If you play a C (or C chord), the bass
sounds a C; if you play an A minor chord (or if
you press A and the C to its right), the bass
sounds an A, etc.
By activating Bass Inversion, you can specify the
note played by the A. Bass part (the lowest note
of your chords). Switch on Bass Inversion for
songs that rely on bass rather than on chord
patterns (for example C – C/B – C/Bb, etc.).
(1) Press and hold the [FUNCTION] button.
(2) Keep holding the [FUNCTION] button
while pressing BANK/NUMBER [4] to
select “Inversion”.
(3) Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select “On”.
The INVERSION icon appears to signal that
the Bass Inversion function is switched on.
MELODY
INTELL
120 001
Traditnl
ARRANGER CHORD
VALUE MEASURE TEMPO
KEYBOARD
VELOCITY
REVERB
CHORUS
MELODY
INTELL
INVERSION
TONE
1 Duet
2 Organ
3 Combo 4 Strings
5 Choir
6 Block 7 BigBand
8 Country
9 Traditnl 10 Broadway
11 Gospel
12 Romance 13 Latin
14 CntrGuit
15 CntrBald 16 WltzOrg
17 OctvTpe1
18 OctvTpe2
FUNCTION
120 001
Bass Inv
ARRANGER CHORD
VALUE MEASURE TEMPO
KEYBOARD
VELOCITY
REVERB
CHORUS
MELODY
INTELLIGENT
INVERSION
TONE
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