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V-Accordion
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Chorus: This effect creates the impression that sev-
eral instruments of the same type are playing at the
same time (it is similar to detuning several reeds of a
register).
The [CHORUS] and [REVERB] knobs allow you to set
the volume of these effects. Turn them all the way
towards the left (the small dot) if you don’t need the
effect in question. The selected value (0~127) is
briefly shown in the display.
Turn them towards the right (the big dot) to increase
the effect volume.
Note: The settings of these knobs apply to all sections and all
Sets.
Bass section
The Bass section can be played via the “Stradella” but-
tons.
The buttons in this section allow you to play both bass
notes and chords. The chords use the (sound) register
selected for the Bass section – hence the name of this
section. The “real” bass notes are assigned to the two
highlighted rows. The remaining buttons are used to
play chords.
The FR-3 is supplied with several reference caps (con-
cave and with lines) to help you locate the bass and
chord buttons without looking at them. At the factory,
three caps are installed on the black buttons in the fol-
lowing illustration. Feel free to remove them and to
slide them over other buttons if that feels more com-
fortable.
Here is what the caps look like:
The overall sound the Bass section produces is deter-
mined by the register you pressed last. This section can
be used as “accordion”, to play orchestral sounds, or
both.
(1) Connect the FR-3 (if necessary) and switch it on.
See pages 14 and 16.
(2) Grab the FR-3, press a register and start playing on
the Bass (button) keyboard.
Though the FR-3 is an electronic musical instrument,
it only produces sound if you move the bellows.
(3) Press another register to change the sound.
Note: The numbers shown in the illustration above do not
appear on the registers themselves. They have been added for
your reference.
The display briefly confirms your setting and indi-
cates which footage you selected:
When you use only the accordion sounds, the left
(Bass) and middle (Chord) digits are the same,
because the bass and chord buttons use the same
register (they belong to the same accordion section).
(4) If you think the sound is too loud or too soft, you
can change the setting of the [VOL] knob.
(5) If you still don’t hear the bass and chord notes
your are playing, change the [BAL] knob’s setting.
This knob is used to set the balance between the Tre-
ble and Bass registers. When it is turned all the way
to “TREBLE”, you won’t be able to hear the Bass sec-
tion.
(6) Press the [SET] register.
FREE BASS
ORCH BASS
ORCH FREE BS
ORCH CHORD
Ab3 Eb3 Bb3 F3 C3 G3 D3 A3 E3 B3 F#3 C#3 Ab3 Eb3 Bb3 F3 C3 G3 D3 A3
E3 B3 F#3 C#3 Ab3 Eb3 Bb3 F3 C3 G3 D3 A3 E3 B3 F#3 C#3 Ab3 Eb3 Bb3 F3
EM BM F#M C#M AbM EbM BbM FM CM GM DM AM EM BM F#M C#M AbM EbM BbM FM
Em Bm F#m C#m Abm Ebm Bbm Fm Cm Gm Dm Am Em Bm F#m C#m Abm Ebm Bbm Fm
E7 B7 F#7 C#7 Ab7 Eb7 Bb7 F7 C7 G7 D7 A7 E7 B7 F#7 C#7 Ab7 Eb7 Bb7 F7
Edim
Bdim F#dim C#dim Abdim Ebdim Bbdim Fdim Cdim Gdim Ddim Adim Edim Bdim F#dim C#dim Abdim Abdim Bbdim Fdim
Bass
buttons
Chord buttons*
(*) This can be changed to 3 bass and 3 chord rows. See “Bass & Chord
Mode” on p. 42.
Slide up to remove
Slide over button
Reference cap
Bass registers
1 2’ 5 8’/4’/2’
2 4’ 6 16’/8’/8-4’
3 8-4’ 7 16’/2’
4 16’/8’/8-4’/4’/2’
FREE BASS
ORC FREE BS
ORCH CHORD
ORCH BASS
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BASS
ORCHESTRA
FREE
BS
CHORD/
TREBLE
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