Adding Variety To The Rhythm Or Automatic Accompaniment; Changing The Arrangement Of The Rhythm And Accompaniment (Variation) - Roland Music ATELIER AT300 Owner's Manual

Adding Variety to the Rhythm or Automatic Accompaniment

You can add variety to the rhythm or automatic accompaniment by changing
the rhythm pattern of the rhythm.
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Button name
Auto [Fill In] button
What's a fill-in?
A Fill In is a short phrase that is inserted at a break in the melody or at a point
where the character of the song changes (between Chorus's or Verses).
Changing the Arrangement of the Rhythm and
Accompaniment (Variation)
You can change the arrangement of the accompaniment. This function is
called "Variation." For each rhythm, there are four types of arrangement for
the accompaniment.
The following buttons are called Variation buttons.
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1.
Press the Variation [1]–[4] buttons to change the
arrangement of the accompaniment.
The indicator of the button you pressed will light.
The Variation [1] button produces the simplest arrangement, and the [4]
button produces the most florid.
For an intro or ending, Variation [1] is the shortest and simplest.
Function
A fill-in will automatically be added when you press
a Variation [1]–[4] button to change the
accompaniment or rhythm arrangement.
Using the Rhythm Performance
The functions of the Variation
buttons can be assigned to the
foot switches located on each
side of the Expression Pedal.
Please refer to "Changing the
Function of the Foot Switch" (p.
69).
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