Selecting Music Styles - Roland KR-11 Owner's Manual

(i.e. the three notes that make up a chord). You can
play more than three chord notes, but remember that
two notes won't cause the Arranger to change chords.
Note: In Piano Style Arranger mode, you cannot use the
Chord Intelligence function (see page 29). There, you need
to play full chords using normal fingering.

7.2 Selecting Music Styles

The KR-11 contains 136 Music Styles. These Styles are
divided into six Groups (see the MUSIC STYLE but-
tons and list on the front panel).
1. Press a MUSIC STYLE button.
The button's indicator lights up, and a "Music Style"
screen, like the one shown below, will be displayed.
Once a Music Style Group has been selected, you can
choose a Style from that Group.
There are two sets of settings that prepare everything
for you ("A" and "B"): a suitable sound for your right
hand, matching effect settings, etc. Before selecting a
Music Style, you should decide whether to work with
set <A> or <B>:
2. Press the button below the display that corresponds
to the presets you wish to use.
You need to do so before selecting a Music Style (see
the next step).
3. Select a Music Style by pressing the buttons to the
side of the display.
The name of the Music Style you select will be high-
lighted on the display. The Music Style screen is spread
over multiple pages. Use <√√PAGE> and
<PAGE®®> to jump to another page if the Music
Style you need doesn't appear on the display.
As always, the display returns to the previous page
after a few seconds of inaction. If you want to take
your time and try out several Music Styles of the
selected Group, press the [HOLD] button.
Note: The number of Styles in each group varies.
4. Play a note or chord to the left of the split point.
The Arranger starts playing the introduction of the
Music Style you selected. Press the [START/STOP]
button.
Note: Whenever the Arranger is not playing, the left half of
the keyboard is reassigned to the Chord and Bass parts.
That allows you to play your own chord backing and bass
notes. You could use this for transitions, etc. See "Chord
Tone Setting" on page 45 for how to assign a Tone to those
parts.
Using Style disks (User Styles)
The KR-11 comes with a Style Disk that contains addi-
tional Music Styles and 16 Acoustic styles. These Styles
must be loaded into the KR-11's internal memory and
will be erased when you switch off your instrument.
Note: See "Internal Music Styles & Disk Styles" at the end of
this manual for a list of the Music Styles on the supplied
Style disk.
Note: Loading Music Styles from disk means that the Style
in the KR-11's User Style memory will be erased. Always
save your own Styles to disk before loading another one. See
"Saving User Styles" on page 39.
1. Insert the Style Disk into the disk drive.
2. Press the [DISK/USER] button.
A list of the Styles on disk will be displayed.
3. Use the buttons next to the display to select the
Style you want to load.
The name of the selected Style will be highlighted.
The indicator of the [DISK/USER] button remains lit
to signal that the KR-11 now contains a User Style. To
select it, press [DISK/USER].
Note: When you switch off your KR-11, the Style you
loaded from disk is erased. You will have to load it again
next time you wish to use it.
Note: If you insert the Style disk into the drive before
switching on the KR-11, it will automatically load the
"Easy Listen" Style.
Note: Unlike internal Music Styles, Styles loaded from disk
contain no default Upper Tone setting.
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