Adding Variety To The Rhythm Or Automatic Accompaniment; Changing The Arrangement Of The Rhythm And Accompaniment (Variation); Break] Button → P - Roland AT800 Music Atelier 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 or the arrangement of the Automatic
Accompaniment, or by inserting a break (i.e., stopping the Rhythm for one
measure).
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Button name
Fill In [Auto] button
[Break] 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.
fig.02-08_AT-900.eps
1.
Press the Variation 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 Variation
[4] button produces the most florid.
For an intro or ending, Variation [1] button is the shortest and simplest.
Function
A fill-in will automatically be added when you press
a Variation button to change the accompaniment or
Rhythm arrangement.
Stop the Rhythm at the end of that measure (Break).
Using Rhythm Performance
The functions of the Variation
buttons and [Break] button 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. 134).
You can change the behavior
of the Fill In [Auto] button and
[Break] button (p. 215).
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