Selecting And Playing Sounds; Treble Section - Roland V-Accordion FR-1x Owner's Manual

FR-1x V-Accordion

Selecting and playing sounds

8. Selecting and playing sounds

Treble section

The treble section can be played
using the 26-key "piano" keyboard
or the 62 treble buttons.
The sound it produces is deter-
mined by the treble register [1]~
[4] you pressed last. This section
can be used to play accordion,
orchestral and organ sounds.
Selecting sounds for the right hand
This section explains how to select accordion, orchestral
and organ sounds for the treble section (right hand). On
p. 27, you will learn how to combine accordion notes
with an orchestral or organ sound.
Sounds are selected using treble registers [1]~[4]. To
select an orchestral or organ sound, you first need to
press the [ORCHESTRA] or [ORGAN] button, and then a
treble register.
1.
Switch on the FR-1x.
See "Switching the power on and off" on p. 21.
2.
If you wish to select a treble accordion reg-
ister, skip to step 4.
NOTE
After switching on the FR-1x, the treble registers select
accordion sounds.
3.
Press the [ORCHESTRA] or [ORGAN] button
to activate the orchestral or organ section.
(If you press [ORCHESTRA] or [ORGAN] again at this
stage, the treble registers once again allow you to
select accordion sounds.)
26
The number of the last sound you selected for that
group (orchestra or organ) is indicated by the right-
most digit in the display.
223 .
In some cases, the display shows a dot to the right of
the treble register number. Here is what that means:
Dot status Explanation
Dark You are using an accordion sound.
Lit You are using an orchestral sound.
Flashes You are using an organ sound.
4.
Press one of the treble registers ([1]~[4]) to
select the desired sound.
The rightmost digit in the display changes and indi-
cates the number of the sound you have just
selected.
5.
Play a few notes to audition the sound
(accordion, orchestral or organ).
Do not forget to move the bellows in order to hear
the notes you are playing.
If you did not select the correct sound family, return
to step 3.
Additional information about the accordion
section
The FR-1x allows you to select among 14 accordion
sounds (even though there are only 4 treble registers).
Pressing register [1], [2] or [3] repeatedly selects one of
the four available sounds (a~d, see the table below).
Register [4] provides access to two sounds (a and b).
The following accordion sounds are available:
Treble registers
1 2
a
Bassoon Master
b
Bandon Organ
c
Cello Accord
d
Harmon Violin
Example: To go from sound "1a" to sound "1c", you
need to press treble register [1] twice.
3 4
Clarinet Piccolo
Musette Oboe
—
Celeste
—
Tremolo