Adding A Chord Progression - Roland DR-880 Owner's Manual

Adding a chord progression

Here's how to select a favorite chord progression
from various preset chord progressions, so that
the bass part will play according to the
progression you selected.
1. Press EZ COMPOSE [ CHORD PROGRESSION ].
* If there is an edited pattern that has not been saved, the
message "Cancel edit?" will appear.
If you want to save the pattern, press [EXIT] and perform
the Write operation (p. 65). If you don't want to save it,
press [ENTER].
The EZ Compose chord progression setting
screen appears.
fig.02-090d
2. Move the cursor to the relevant item, then
use the VALUE dial to set the value.
Parameter/
Range
KIT
P001–P100,
Number of the kit to use
U001–U100
TYPE/No.
Type and number of the preset
see below
chord progressions
Type:
2MEAS Maj, 2MEAS Min, 4MEAS Maj, 4MEAS Min,
8MEAS Maj, 8MEAS Min, 16MEAS Maj, 16MEAS Min,
BLUES Maj, BLUES Min, USER PATTERN
* If you want to use chord progression of the currently
selected pattern, choose "Current" as the TYPE.
* If you choose "- - - - - - - - - - -," the chord progression
setting will not be used.
* If you choose "USER PATTERN," the chord progression
of the specified user pattern will be used.
* If you choose "Current" or "USER PATTERN," the key
and the chord progression may not match if the Key (p.
53) of the specified pattern is not set correctly.
KEY
C–B, Cm–Bm Key for playback
* The chord progression will be key-shifted according to the
KEY setting.
TIMES
Number of times to repeat the se-
1–32
lected chord progression
* It is not possible to set MEAS beyond 32 measures.
* MEAS (number of measures) is determined
automatically by the TYPE/No. and TIMES settings.
You cannot directly change the number of measures.
The screen shows the chord progression you
specified.
If you want, you can press [DISPLAY] to
change the amount of information about the
chord progression that is displayed at once;
the available choices are: "4 measures x 3
lines," "2 measures x 3 lines," or "1 measure
x 3 lines."
Press [ ] to play the pattern with the
current settings.
3. If you want to save the pattern, proceed
to "Saving a pattern" (p. 65).
Using EZ Compose
Explanation
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