Listening To Songs; Playing Back A Song - Roland GP-6 Owner's Manual

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Listening to Songs

Playing Back a Song

Here's how you can listen to the built-in songs. You can listen to these
internal songs as models for your own playing, or practice one hand at a
time along with them.
Ø "Internal Song List" (p. 35)
Category list
Category Explanation
Listening Piano songs recommended for listening
Famous songs, mainly classical pieces. These include
piano concertos, duets, and jazz arrangements of classical
Ensemble (*) pieces. Since this collection contains songs that are
challenging to play, they are recommended for those at
intermediate level or above.
Arrangements of well-known songs from around the
world, including pop, jazz, and children's songs, in
Entertainment (*)
arrangements that can be enjoyed by a wide range of
people from the beginner to the advanced player.
Piano's
You can use these lessons to learn the basics of music,
internal
Do Re Mi Lesson
by singing solfege along with the songs or practicing
song
(*)
score-reading.
Scales (*) Scales in all keys (major scales, minor scales)
Hanon The Virtuoso Pianist No.1–20
Beyer Vorschule im Klavierspiel Op.101 No.1–106
Burgmüller
25 Études faciles et progressives Op.100
Czerny100 100 Übungsstücke Op.139
USB Memory
Songs saved on a USB flash drive
Internal Memory
Songs saved in internal memory
(*) Songs corresponding to the included collection of scores, "Roland Piano Masterpieces".
1
Press the [ ] button.
The Song screen appears.
Category
Tempo Time signature
2
Press the [–] [+] buttons to select a song category.
3
Press the [ ] button.
4
Press the [–] [+] buttons to select a song within a category.
MEMO
If you decide to select a different song category, press the [
button.
5
Press the [ò] button.
The songs plays back, with the [ ] button blinking in time with the
tempo.
6
To stop the song, press the [ò] button once again.
The [ò] button goes dark.
7
To exit song settings, press the [
The [ ] button goes dark.
Song name
Measure
]
] button.
Changing how songs play back
Operation
The built-in songs consist of three parts (right-hand, left-hand,
accompaniment), and you can play back just the part(s) that you
want to hear.
* Some songs don't have a left-hand part or an accompaniment
part. In this case, you can't select the corresponding part.
1
Press the [
Playing back individual
2
Press the [–] [+] buttons to select the part that
performance parts
you want to mute
3
Press the [ ] button
The selected part is muted.
4
Press the [ò] button
Only the selected part(s) song play back.
1
Press the [
buttons
Changing the song
MEMO
tempo
Long-press the [–] [+] buttons to return to the default
tempo value.
This is convenient when you want to practice along with the song
playback.
1
While holding down the [ò] buttons, press
the [ ] button
Playing back the song
at a constant tempo The message "Tempo Mute On" appears, and the song
plays back at a fixed tempo. Press and hold down the
[ò] button again, and then press the [ ] button
to return to the original tempo (the message "Tempo
Mute Off" appears).
1
Follow steps 1–4 in "Playing Back a Song"
(p 13)
2
Press the [ö/ù] button
The measure screen appears.
3
Press the [–] [+] buttons to select how many
measures to play
Selecting the measure
4
Press the [ò] button
to play back
The song plays from the specified measure.
MEMO
¹ Press the [ô] button to select the beginning of the
song.
¹ Press the [ ] button to return to the song select
screen.
1
While holding down the [ ] button, press the
Sounding a count
[ò] button
before the song plays
The metronome button blinks in time with the tempo.
1
While holding down the [ ] button, press the
[ò] button
Playing all songs in the
selected category
The [ò] button blinks, and the songs in the selected
category play back in order.
1
Press the [ ] button
The [ ] button is lit, and the piano is in function mode.
2
Press the [–] [+] buttons to access the "Song
Transpose" screen
3
Press the [ ] button
Playing back in a
4
different key
Press the [–] [+] buttons to select how far
the pitch is to be transposed (the number of
semitones)
5
Press the [ò] button
The song playback is transposed.
] button
] button and then press the [–] [+]
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