Practicing; Practicing In Coach Mode; Selecting A Practice Menu; Correctly Playing In Time With The Beat (Time Check) - Roland TD-17 Owner's Manual

Practicing

Practicing in Coach Mode

This unit provides practice modes called "Coach Mode"
which are designed to make your practicing as effective as
possible.
These modes provide useful ways to strengthen your speed
control, accuracy, and endurance, and will also improve your
sense of timing.
Throughout the Coach modes, you will discover that some
of them have programmable parameters, allowing you to
adapt the functions to your specific needs.

Selecting a Practice Menu

1.
Press the [COACH] button.
The COACH MENU screen appears.
2.
Press a function button to select a practice
menu.
Correctly Playing in Time with the Beat
(TIME CHECK)
This mode lets you practice playing accurately along with
the click.
1.
In the COACH MENU screen, press the [F1]
(TIME CHECK) button.
2.
Press the [F3] (START) button to start.
MEMO
If you decide to stop mid-way through practice, press the
[F1] (STOP) button.
3.
Strike the pad in time with the click.
The percentage of
your strikes that
were played with
accurate timing is
displayed as a "%"
value.
The screen indicates whether your pad strikes
match the beat sounded by the click.
BEHIND: Behind the beat
AHEAD: Ahead of the beat
Your strike timing is evaluated.
Example) For kick and snare
To resume practicing, press the [F3] (RETRY) button.
4.
Press the [EXIT] button to finish.
TIME CHECK settings
In the TIME CHECK screen,
you can press the [F2] (MENU)
button to change the pads
that are evaluated and the
number of measures that are
scored.
Parameter Value Explanation
Specifies whether the score will be shown in
the screen.
Your performance will not be
scored.
OFF
Only the timing will be checked.
Score
The score will be shown in the
ON
screen.
(4, 8,
You can also specify the number
16, 32
of measures you'll practice before
meas)
being scored.
Specifies the strictness of scoring.
EASY Normal
Grade
Timing will be checked more
HARD
strictly.
Display 1
In the screen, select the pad for which a
timing graph will be shown.
Display 2
LEFT The left side of the timing graph is
BEHIND shown as BEHIND (late).
Gauge
LEFT The left side of the timing graph is
AHEAD shown as AHEAD (early).
* You can press the [F2] (CLICK) button to make click
settings (p. 9).
Developing Internal Timing Sense
(QUIET COUNT)
This mode will help you develop a good sense of time/
tempo.
For the first few measures, the click is heard at the specified
volume, but for the next few measures the click is not heard.
This cycle of several measures will continue until you stop it.
1.
In the COACH MENU screen, press the [F2]
(QUIET COUNT) button.
2.
Press the [F3] (START) button to start.
3.
Strike the pad in time with the click.
5 The click will sound
during the first few
measures. When you
reach the last measure
during which the click
will sound, the screen
will indicate "Ready.. "
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