Zoom MRS-1266 Operation Manual page 26

Quick Tour
To return to the start position, you can use the cursor left/
right keys.
2.
Press the cursor down key repeatedly to bring up
the indication "ROOT" on the first line of the
display.
In this condition, specify the root of the chord. For example,
when you specify E, the display becomes as follows.
Chord root
3.
Turn the dial to select the chord's root.
The phrase is transposed according to the root.
ROOT ROOT
D -- D --
4.
Press the cursor down key again to bring up the
indication "CHORD" on the first line of the display.
CHORD CHORD
D -- D --
5.
Turn the dial to select chord type.
The available chord types are shown in the table below.
Display Meaning
--
No change
Maj
m
7
m7
M7
aug
dim
In this example, select minor (m).
CHORD CHORD
D m D m
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ROOT ROOT
E -- E --
Display Meaning
7sus4
sus4
m7b5
m6
6
m9
M9
mM7
H
INT
When "--" is selected as chord type, only transpose accord-
ing to the root is carried out, but the phrase is not converted.
Use this when wishing to play the original phrase as is.
6.
Move to the position where you want to enter the
next chord and enter chord information as
described in steps 2 - 5.
It is not mandatory to enter chord information at the same
point as rhythm pattern information. You can change the
chord also midway in a rhythm pattern or midway in a
measure.
While specifying chord information, you can move the
current position in one of the following ways.
● Moving in steps of one measure
Pressing the cursor left/right keys moves back and forth to
the start point of measures.
● Moving in steps of 1 beat (quarter note)
T
Pressing the REW [ ]/FF [
to the start point of quarter notes.
● Moving in steps of 1 sixteenth note
Press the cursor up key to bring up the indication "EV→" on
the display, and turn the dial to move in sixteenth note steps
(12 ticks).
EV EVå
In this example, use the cursor left/right keys to move to the
start of the second measure (2-1) and enter the chord G7.
CHORD CHORD
G 7 G 7
7.
Specify root and chords for other measures in the
same way.
Y
] keys moves back and forth
Ticks
24 24
001- 1 001- 1
0 0
002- 1 002-
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