Changing Your Accordion's Behavior; Treble Mode (Only On The Fr-2B); Bass & Chord Mode - Roland FR-2 V-Accordion Owner's Manual

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Changing your accordion's behavior

Here are two settings you'll probably change only once. But it's nice to know that it exists in case you let a fellow accordion player
from another country play your FR-2/FR-2b.

Treble Mode (only on the FR-2b)

Like for the accordion instrument itself, there are different
varieties of chromatic (button-type) instruments, with differ-
ent Treble button layouts. Your FR-2/FR-2b can simulate
them.
Please look at the illustrations on page 23 to identify the set-
ting you need. Pay attention to the note names (all Cs appear
on a grey background) and look at how they are arranged,
then make your selection. The numbers next to the letters
refer to the octave. The numbers below the note names rep-
resent the corresponding MIDI note numbers.
Here is how to select the desired setting:
(1) Switch off the FR-2/FR-2b by turning the [VOLUME] A
knob all the way to the left ("POWER OFF").
(2) Hold down [SET] and one of the following registers while
switching the FR-2/FR-2b back on to select the desired
setting.
1• C-Griff Europe
2 C-Griff 2
3 B-Griff Bajan
(3) Start playing.
(See pages 25 and 26 for the locations of the notes.)
You may have noticed that
the Treble buttons are col-
ored white (for notes with-
out alteration) and black
(notes with alteration, i.e.
#/b). This coloring doesn't
change when you select
another system.
(You can, however,
unscrew the buttons and
install the in the right places so as to make the white and
black buttons correspond to the notes being played.)
VOLUME
POWER
OFF
4 B-Griff Fin
5 D-Griff 1
6 D-Griff 2
The FR-2/FR-2b is supplied with additional white and black
buttons. The white buttons come in two varieties: normal
buttons and knurled buttons. The latter are usually used to
indicate the "C" and "F" notes.
Bass & Chord Mode
This parameter allows you to specify the number of button
rows for playing bass notes. The default is 2 bass rows and 4
chord rows. By selecting "3 Bs Rows", you lose the "dim"
chord buttons – but that may just be more convenient for
you. See also the illustration on page 24.
There are four "3 Bs Rows" options: "A-7th" and "B-7th"
mean that the 6th chord row plays seventh chords ("7") with-
out the fifth. In the case of a C7 chord, you therefore hear C-
E-Bb (but not the G). "A-7th" and "B-7th" differ in the
arrangement of the bass notes (see the illustration on
page 24).
The "A-5dim" and "B-5dim" options mean that those sev-
enth chords don't contain the root note. A C7 chord is
sounded with the notes E-G-Bb (but not the C). "A-5dim" and
"B-5dim" differ in the arrangement of the bass notes (see the
illustration on page 24).
The "Bx-7th" option reverses the "B-7th" settings (from right
to left).
(1) Switch off the FR-2/FR-2b by turning the [VOLUME] A
knob all the way to the left ("POWER OFF").
(2) Hold and pull down one or two of the following bass
registers while switching the FR-2/FR-2b back on to
select the desired setting.
] [6] [5] [4]
1 + 2• 2 Bass Rows
1 3 Bass Rows A-7th
2 3 Bass Rows A-5dim
(3) Start playing.
(See the tables below for the locations of the notes.)
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3 3 Bass Rows B-7th
4 3 Bass Rows B-5dim
5 3 Bass Rows Bx-7th
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