Glossary Of Terms Used In This Manual; Reverb Effect; Chorus Effect; Split Point - Roland HP 535 Owner's Manual

Giossary of Terms Used in This Manual
All Song Play
The HP 535/335 features 25 internal piano songs.
Listening to these songs repeatedly played back in
sequence is known as ÒAll Song PlayÓ (p.15).
Bouncing Ball
The flashing dot that moves in a semicircular pattern
across the screen of the HP 535 is called a Òbouncing
ballÓ (p.10).

Chorus Effect

Chorus gives the sound greater dimension, with more
width and breadth (p.24).
Count In
ÒCount InÓ is a function that plays a count sound lead-
ing up to playback of songs. At times such as when
you want to play along with a song, this function
allows you to synchronize your timing with that of the
song (p.30).
Dual Play
Playing with two different tones on the keyboard
simultaneously is called ÒDual PlayÓ (p.17).
Key Touch
This is the sensation of heavinessÑthe ÒtouchÓÑof the
keys when the keyboard is played.
The HP 335 features three, and the HP 535 sixty levels
of adjustment. (p.27)

Key Transpose

As the name implies, this is a function that transposes,
or Òmoves,Ó the notes played by the keys, allowing
you to play in a different key without changing the
keys you are playing (p.22).
Pianist
The ÒPianist FunctionÓ feature allows you to trigger
the pianoÕs automatic accompaniment with simplified
fingering. (p.20)

Master Tuning

When performing ensemble with other instruments,
the ensemble will not sound good if the instruments
are not all tuned to a common reference pitch. This
tuning of all the instruments to a reference pitch, gen-
erally the pitch obtained from Middle A , is called
Òmaster tuningÓ (p. 42).
Minus One Play
The muting of some instrument parts so that you can
play them yourself instead is called ÒMinus One PlayÓ
(p.32).
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Mute
Preventing specified parts of the song from being
played is called Òmuting.Ó
If you press the [2] button, the buttonÕs indicator goes
off, and the right-hand part assigned to the [2] button
does not sound. (p.31).

Reverb Effect

This effect adds a lingering reverberation to the sound.
With the reverb effect, you can get a pleasant reverber-
ation, as if you were performing in a concert hall or
similar space (p.24).
Split
The division of the keyboard into right- and left-hand
zones is referred to as Òsplit,Ó and different tones can
be played in the keys on different sides of the key that
acts as the boundary between the right-hand part and
left-hand part. (p.18)

Split Point

The particular key on the keyboard where the split
occurs is called ÒSplit pointÓ (p.18, 45).

Stretch Tuning

When the piano tuning is compared to pitches in the
equal temperament tuning, pitches in the low registers
are adjusted relatively flat, and pitches in the higher
registers are tuned sharper. This kind of tuning
method characteristic for the piano is called Òstretch
tuningÓ (p.42).
Styles
Accompaniment patterns for the various musical gen-
res are called ÒStylesÓ (p.20).
Tempo Mute
Defeating any tempo changes and playing back the
song at one set tempo is called ÒTempo Mute (p.30).
Tracks
The HP 535/335Õs internal songs are divided into three
partsÑaccompaniment, the right-hand part, and the
left-hand partÑwhich are assigned to the [R], [1], and
[2] [Track] buttons. As with the [R], [1], and [2] [Track]
buttons, the places where sounds are assigned are
called tracks. (p.31)
Tuning Curves
Graphic representations of the changes in pitch of the
equally-tempered tuning versus those of actual tun-
ings are called tuning curves (p. 42).