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Basic Techniques
1. RHYTHM GATE
2. RHYTHM GATE
Working on your rhythm:
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1. RHYTHM GATE, 2. RHYTHM GATE
Rhythm Gate is an exercise for improving your timing along with a song or the metronome. When you strike with
perfect timing, the number buttons [5] and [6] flash together. When you strike too early or too late, no sound is
produced. Using Rhythm Gate can greatly help you improve your sense of rhythm!
Struck early
Procedure
1.
Press the Mode switch to turn the "TRAINING" light
on (Training Mode).
NOTE
When the "TRAINING" light is ON, press the Mode switch to
turn on the "PLAY" button, and then press the Mode switch
again to turn on the "TRAINING" light.
2.
Press number button [1] or [2] to select Rhythm Gate.
[1] is for a sixteenth-note rhythm exercise and [2] is for
a triplet
rhythm exercise.
The [
] button and [
that the drum module is set to standby.
3.
If you press the [
used for the exercise. If you press the [
metronome will be used.
NOTE
Please change the beats of the metronome, as needed.
4.
Play the pads as rhythmically "tight" as you can along
with the song or the metronome.
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Practicing in Training Mode
Perfect Timing
(flash together)
Sound produced (half-lit)
] button flash, indicating
or
] button, the current song will be
] button, the
or
Struck late
Timing of current strike (flashes)
5.
To end the exercise, press the button used to start it in
Step 3
.
Your score will be displayed. (For details, see page 31.)
TIPS
• Pressing the number buttons [2] to [9] in standby
or Training Mode allows you to change the range of
that sound is produced when you strike. The nar-
rower the range, the higher the difficulty level.
Press [2] or [9].
1
2
3
4
Press [3] or [8].
1
2
3
4
Press [4] or [7].
1
2
3
4
Press [5] or [6].
1
2
3
4
• The direction of the timing indicators for showing
"too slow" to "too fast" can be reversed. (Menu
Mode "Rhythm Gate indicator flipped"; page 52.)
• The exercise time can be adjusted. (Menu Mode
"Timer"; page 51.)
• You can set whether the pads produce sound
whenever they are struck or only when they are
struck exactly in time. (Menu Mode "Ignore Timing";
page 51.)
Easy
5
6
7
8
9 10
5
6
7
8
9 10
Difficulty
level
5
6
7
8
9 10
Hard
5
6
7
8
9 10
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