Roland FR-5 Owner's Manual page 23

Bass section
The Bass section can be played via the "Stradella" but-
tons.
The buttons in this section allow you to play both bass
notes and chords. The chords use the (sound) register
selected for the Bass section – hence the name of this
section. The "real" bass notes are assigned to the two
circled rows. The remaining buttons are used to play
chords. (You can also play an orchestral sound using
the chord buttons, while playing accordion with the
bass buttons, and vice versa.)
The FR-7/FR-5 is supplied with several reference caps
(concave and with lines) designed to help you locate
the bass and chord buttons without looking at them. At
the factory, three caps are installed on the black but-
tons in the following illustration. Feel free to remove
them and to slide them over other buttons if that feels
more comfortable.
ORCH BASS
ORCH FREE BS
ORCH CHORD
Ab3 Eb3 Bb3 F3 C3 G3 D3 A3 E3 B3 F#3 C#3
E3 B3 F#3 C#3 Ab3 Eb3 Bb3 F3 C3 G3 D3 A3
EM BM F#M C#M AbM EbM BbM FM CM GM DM AM
Em Bm F#m C#m Abm Ebm Bbm Fm Cm Gm Dm
E7 B7 F#7 C#7 Ab7 Eb7 Bb7 F7 C7 G7 D7
Edim Bdim F#dim C#dim Abdim Ebdim Bbdim Fdim Cdim Gdim
Chord buttons*
(*) This can be changed to 3 bass and 3 chord rows. See "10.5 Bass & Chord
Mode" on p. 69.
Here is what the caps look like:
Slide up to remove
Slide over button
The sound the Bass section produces is determined by
the register you pressed last. This section can be used as
"accordion", to play orchestral sounds, or both.
(1) Connect the FR-7/FR-5 (if necessary) and switch it
on.
See pages 15 and 16.
(2) Grab the FR-7/FR-5, press a register and start play-
ing on the Bass (button) keyboard.
Though the FR-7/FR-5 is an electronic musical instru-
ment, it only produces sound if you move the bel-
lows.
Note: By pressing and holding any register, you can switch off
the Bass section. (Even in that case, the Bass section continues
to send MIDI commands.) Press another register to switch it
back on.
FREE BASS
Bass
Ab3 Eb3 Bb3 F3 C3 G3 D3 A3
buttons
E3 B3 F#3 C#3 Ab3 Eb3 Bb3 F3
EM BM F#M C#M AbM EbM BbM FM
Am Em Bm F#m C#m Abm Ebm Bbm Fm
A7 E7 B7 F#7 C#7 Ab7 Eb7 Bb7 F7
Ddim Adim Edim Bdim F#dim C#dim Abdim Abdim Bbdim Fdim
Reference cap
(3) Press another register to change the sound.
ORCH BASS
The display briefly confirms your setting and indi-
cates which footage you selected:
These indications refer to the octaves (vertical direc-
tion) and the number of slightly detuned reeds that
are used (horizontal direction).
On the Main page, the number of the selected regis-
ter appears in the BASS field:
(4) If you think the sound is too loud or too soft, you
can change the setting of the [VOLUME] knob.
(5) If you still can't hear the bass and chord notes you
are playing, change the [BALANCE] knob's setting.
This knob is used to set the balance between the Tre-
ble and Bass registers. When it is turned all the way
to TREBLE, you won't be able to hear the Bass section.
(6) Use the SET [√][®] buttons to select another Set and
again play a few notes.
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V-Accordion
Bass section
FREE BASS
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