Tuning Settings; Matching The Pitch With Other Instruments (Master Tuning); Adjusting The Tuning (Temperament) - Roland RP201 Owner's Manual

Various Settings

Tuning Settings

Matching the Pitch with Other Instruments
(Master Tuning)
When playing ensemble with other instruments and in other such
instances, you can match the standard pitch to another instrument.
The standard pitch generally refers to the pitch of the note that's
played when you finger the middle A key. For a cleaner ensemble
sound while performing with one or more other instruments, ensure
that each instrument's standard pitch is in tune with that of the
other instruments.
1.
Hold down the [Song] button and press the [Metronome]
button.
The display will indicate "Fnc" and you'll be in Function mode.
2.
Press and hold the [Piano] button and use the [–] or [+]
button to select "tun."
3.
Release the [Piano] button to see the current setting.
4.
Use the [-] [+] buttons to change the setting.
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The last three digits are indicated in the display. "440.0 Hz" is
indicated in the figure above.
Settings
15.3 Hz-40.0 Hz-66.2 Hz
(415.3 Hz-440.0 Hz-466.2 Hz)
When the instrument is shipped from the factory, this is set to "40.0
(440.0 Hz)."
Press the [–] and [+] buttons simultaneously to return to the
factory setting (440Hz).
5.
Press the [Song] or [Metronome] button to leave
Function mode.
You can use the Memory Backup function to store this setting
in internal memory (p. 44).
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Adjusting the Tuning (Temperament)

You can play classical music such as baroque pieces using their
original tuning.
Most modern songs are composed and played with the assumption
that equal temperament (the most common tuning in use today)
will be used, but when classical music was composed, there were a
wide variety of other tuning systems in existence. Playing a
composition with its original tuning lets you enjoy the sonorities of
the chords that the composer originally intended.
1.
Hold down the [Song] button and press the [Metronome]
button.
The display will indicate "Fnc" and you'll be in Function mode.
2.
Press and hold the [Piano] button and use the [–] or [+]
button to select "tnP."
3.
Release the [Piano] button to see the current setting.
4.
Use the [–] [+] buttons to change the setting.
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Temperament Temperament Key
You can choose from among the eight tunings described below.
Setting Temperament
1 Equal
2 Just (Major)
3 Just (Minor)
4 Arabic
5 Kirnberger
6 Meantone
7 Pythagorean
8 Werckmeister
5.
Press the [Song] or [Metronome] button to leave
Function mode.
Qualities
In this tuning, each octave is divided into
twelve equal steps.
Every interval produces about the same
amount of slight dissonance.
This tuning eliminates ambiguities in the
fifths and thirds. It is unsuited to playing
melodies and cannot be transposed, but is
capable of beautiful sonorities.
The Just tunings differ from major and
minor keys.
You can get the same effect with the minor
scale as with the major scale.
This tuning is suitable for the music of
Arabia.
This is an improvement of the Meantone
and Just tunings that provides a high
degree of freedom of modulation.
Performances are possible in all keys (III).
This scale makes some compromises in just
intonation, enabling transposition to other
keys.
This tuning, devised by the philosopher
Pythagoras, eliminates dissonance in
fourths and fifths. Dissonance is produced
by third-interval chords, but melodies are
euphonious.
This temperament combines the
Meantone and Pythagorean tunings.
Performances are possible in all keys (first
technique, III).