Practicing In Coach Mode; Selecting A Practice Menu - Roland TD-11 Owner's Manual

Practicing in Coach Mode
The TD's Coach mode is a unique set of exercises
specifically designed to help build speed, accuracy and
stamina, as well as develop better timing skills.
Throughout the Coach modes, you will discover that
some of them have programmable parameters, allowing
you to adapt the functions to your specific needs.

Selecting a Practice Menu

1.
Press the [COACH] button so it's lit .
The COACH MENU screen will appear.
2.
Select a menu item, and start practicing .
When you press a button, the corresponding practice
menu item will start immediately.
Button Menu item
[F1] TIME CHECK (p. 31)
[F2] QUIET COUNT (p. 32)
[F3]
WARM UPS (p. 32)
Operations common to Coach mode
Basic operations (e.g., changing the tempo, and starting/
stopping) are the same in each of the three Coach mode
items.
Operation Button/Dial
Change the
Value dial
tempo
[F3] (START)/[
Start
[F1] (STOP)/[
Stop
Make settings
[F2] (SETUP)
Exit Coach mode [COACH]
When using Warm Ups, you can pause by pressing the [F3]
(PAUSE) button.
Description
Strengthens your ability to
play accurate rhythms.
Strengthens your ability to
maintain the tempo internally.
When you want to get
warmed up before you begin
practicing.
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Correctly Playing in Time with the Beat
(TIME CHECK)
This mode lets you practice playing accurately along
with the metronome.
Start practicing
In the COACH MENU screen, press the [F1] (TIME CHECK)
button; practice will start immediately.
1.
Strike the pad in time with the metronome .
The percentage of your strikes that were played with
accurate timing is displayed as a "%" value.
The screen will indicate whether your pad strikes match
the beat sounded by the metronome.
Scoring
If Score (p. 31) is "ON, " the Time Check will automatically
end when you've finished practicing the specified
number of measures. Then your performance will be
scored, and the results will appear in the screen.
Settings
In the TIME CHECK screen, press the [F2] (SETUP) button
to access the settings screen.
Parameter Value Description
Specifies whether the score will be shown in the
screen.
Your performance will not be scored.
OFF
Only the timing will be checked.
Score
The score will be shown in the screen.
ON
You can also specify the number of
(4, 8, 16, 32
measures you'll practice before being
meas)
scored.
Specifies the strictness of scoring.
Grade
EASY Normal
HARD Timing will be checked more strictly.
31