Transposing The Keyboard (Transpose) - Roland HP307 Owner's Manual

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Transposing the Keyboard (Transpose)

"Transpose" means to shift the pitches produced by the keyboard.
The Transpose function makes it easy to do the following.
• The pitch of your accompaniment can be adjusted to a singer's vocal range without changing your
fingering (i.e., without changing the keys you play).
• A song written in a difficult key with numerous sharps ( ) or flats ( ) can be performed in a key that's
easier for you to play.
1.
Hold down the [Transpose] button and play the key that's the tonic of
the key into which you want to transpose.
The current transposition setting is shown while you hold down the [Transpose]
button.
Transposition range
If a setting other than 0 is selected, the [Transpose] button will be lit.
* If the Transpose Mode (p. 56) is set to "Song" (the song playback), the Transpose function will not affect the pitches of the
keyboard.
Example: Use C major fingering to play a song written in E major
1.
Hold down the [Transpose] button and press the E note (the tonic note for the key of E major).
Counting from C as a reference point, the tonic note for the key of E major is four chromatic steps higher, so the display
indicates "+4."
fig.Panel
If you play
C E G
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You can also change the transposition setting by using the [-] or [+]
buttons while holding down the [Transpose] button.
To return to the original value (0), hold down the [Transpose] button and press both of the [-] or [+]
buttons simultaneously.
You can use the [Transpose] button to turn the Transpose function on/off (if the transposition
setting is other than "0").
The HP307 allows you to transpose both the keyboard and the song, or just the keyboard, or just the
song (p. 56). With the factory settings, the keyboard and the song will be transposed together.
It will sound
E G B
The transposition value will return to "0" when you switch songs or turn off the power.
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