About Pattern Mode And Arrangement Mode - Boss MICRO BR Owner's Manual

What is an arrangement?
You could let a certain pattern repeat endlessly
and practice along with it, just as though you
were playing along with a metronome. However,
using just a single pattern from the beginning of
the song to its end would make the rhythm rather
boring!
To give your song greater musical variety, you'll
probably want to arrange patterns in order, such
as: intro → chorus → break → ending.
A sequence of patterns that are placed in a
performance order such as this is called an
"arrangement."
fig.04-010
Intro Verse
Tempo: 120 Tempo: 110
Preset arrangements (P01–P50)
The MICRO BR provides fifty "preset
arrangements" (P01–P50)."
You can't modify the preset arrangements or
rewrite their data.
The preset arrangements (with the exception of
Metro 4/4) have a three-measure BREAK (rest)
following the E (ending), and will then continue
playing from V1 (verse 1).
"Preset Arrangement List" (p. 119)
Song arrangements (S01–S05)
For each song, you can store up to five
arrangements.
For details, refer to "Playing an arrangement" (p.
92).
Fill
Tempo: 130
Section 4. Using rhythm
About Pattern mode and
Arrangement mode
The MICRO BR has two modes in which you can
play rhythms; "Pattern mode" and
"Arrangement mode."
Pattern mode
In this mode you can play patterns. The selected
pattern will play repeatedly from the beginning
of the song to the end. You cannot have patterns
switch automatically during the song.
To play a pattern, press [TR2] to enter Pattern
mode. The display will indicate "PT:" in Pattern
mode.
fig.Disp-pattern-mode-e.eps
Pattern Mode
Arrangement mode
In this mode you can play arrangements. The
patterns in the arrangement will play
consecutively.
To play an arrangement, press [TR2] to enter
Arrangement mode. The display will indicate
"AR:" in Arrangement mode.
fig.Disp-arrange-mode-e.eps
Arrangement Mode
You cannot enter Arrangement mode if
rhythm is turned off.
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