Playing - Roland F701 Owner's Manual

Playing

Selecting a Tone
This piano lets you enjoy performing piano tones and a variety of tones other than piano.
The tones are organized into two groups, "piano" and "other"; press a tone button to select the corresponding group.
Selecting piano tones
Press the [ ] (Piano) button to select various types of piano tone.
1 . Press the [ ] button .
A piano tone is selected.
2 . Turn the [ ] knob to select other piano tones .
Piano tones are organized into four categories.
By continuing to turn the [
piano tones of the next category.
Typical piano tones (grand tone category)
Display Explanation
The sound of a splendid concert grand
piano. This piano sound has our highest
Concert Piano
recommendation, and can be used for any
style of music.
A mellow grand piano sound,
Ballad Piano
recommended for quiet songs.
A grand piano sound that's even more
Mellow Piano
mellow than Ballad Piano. It is ideal for
songs of a soft and relaxed atmosphere.
A brilliant grand piano sound,
Bright Piano
recommended when you want the piano
to stand out in an ensemble.
Selecting other tones
Press the [ ](other) button to select a variety of tones other than
piano.
1 . Press the [ ] button .
The tone is selected.
2 . Turn the [ ] knob to select other tones .
Like the piano tones, the tones of the Other group are also
organized into several categories. The method of selecting a
category is the same as when selecting piano tones.
& For details on the tones that can be selected via the [other]
button, refer to "Tone List" (p. 40).
12
Tone name
] knob, you can successively select
Tone name
Selecting a category
1 . Press the [ ] knob to move the "-" "+" symbols to the
upper line of the screen .
"-" "+" symbols
2 . Turn the [ ] knob to select a category .
To select a tone, press the [ ] knob once again to move the "-" "+"
symbols to the lower line of the screen, and then select a tone.
Categories of the [ ] button
Display Explanation
Grand Grand piano tones
Upright Upright piano or ragtime piano tones
Fortepiano and harpsichord tones
Classical
Electric piano tones often used in pop
E.Piano
and rock
& For details on the piano tones of categories other than Grand,
refer to "Tone List" (p. 40).
Categories of the [ ] button
Display Explanation
Tones of instruments used in an orchestra,
Strings
mainly string instruments such as violin
Tones such as pipe organ
Organ
* If you've selected a tone to which modulation is applied
(a rotary effect), you can change the speed of modulation by
pressing the [ ] button.
Human vocal sounds of scat singing. The voice
Voice will change in four stages according to the
strength at which you play the note.
Notes you play are sounded as "do-re-mi"
Do Re Mi
(solfege).
Lets you select sounds of percussion
Drums
instruments such as drums and percussion.
GM2 Lets you select GM2 sounds.