Chapter 2 Automatic Accompaniment; Music Styles And Automatic Accompaniment - Roland KR-115 Owner's Manual

Chapter 2 Automatic Accompaniment

Music Styles and Automatic Accompaniment

What is Automatic Accompaniment?
Press the One Touch Program [Arranger] button for Automatic Accompaniment's
optimum settings. Automatic Accompaniment is a function that provides you with
accompaniment in a variety of musical genres, just by specifying chords in the left
hand. Automatic Accompaniment lets you play with an orchestra, even when
performing alone!
What Are Music Styles?
Accompaniment patterns in various musical genres are called "Music Styles."
There are many different kinds of music around the world, and each has its own
unique features. What gives jazz or classical music their unmistakable sounds are a
unique combination of elements like instrumentation, melody, and phrasing, which
interact to create the musical character.
Elements of Music Styles
A Music Style consists of a set of six sections called "divisions."
Division
Intro
Original
Variation
Fill In To Original
Fill In To
Variation
Ending
In addition, the accompaniment Styles are composed of up to a maximum of eight
performance parts: "Rhythm," "Bass," "Accompaniment 1," "Accompaniment 2,"
"Accompaniment 3," "Accompaniment 4," "Accompaniment 5," and
"Accompaniment 6."
Explanation
Played at the start of a song.
The basic accompaniment pattern.
This is a variation on the Original accompaniment pattern.
This is a one-measure phrase inserted at a point where the
mood changes and the accompaniment returns to the original.
This is a one-measure phrase inserted at a point where the
mood changes and the accompaniment moves ahead to the
variation.
The conclusion of a song.
For instructions on playing the
Automatic Accompaniment,
refer to "Selecting Music Styles
(Music Style Buttons)" (p. 61).
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