Adding Variety To The Rhythm Or Automatic Accompaniment; Changing The Arrangement Of The Rhythm And Accompaniment (Variation) - Roland MUSIC ATELIER Series Owner's Manual

Adding Variety to the Rhythm or Automatic Accompaniment

You can add variety to the rhythm or automatic accompaniment by changing the rhythm pattern of the rhythm.
1. Press the Auto [Fill In] button (indicator lights).
When you press a Variation button from [1]–[4], a fill-in will automatically be produced when you change the accompaniment or rhythm arrangement.
What's a fill-in?
A Fill In is a short phrase that is inserted at a break in the melody or at a point where the character of the song changes (between Chorus's or
Verses).

Changing the Arrangement of the Rhythm and Accompaniment (Variation)

You can change the arrangement of the accompaniment. This function is called "Variation. "
For each rhythm, there are four types of arrangement for the accompaniment.
1. Press the Variation [1]–[4] buttons to change the arrangement of the accompaniment.
The indicator of the button you pressed will light.
The Variation [1] button produces the simplest arrangement, and the [4] button produces the most florid.
For an intro or ending, Variation [1] is the shortest and simplest.
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