Roland G-70 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
Vocal Harmonist function
G-70 Music Workstation
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(12) Press [EXECUTE] to store these settings if you wish
to use them at a later stage.
The display briefly confirms that your settings have
been stored:
(13) Press the [Back] field to return to the page of the
same name.
(14) Press the [RENAME] field to assign a name to your
settings.
(15) Use the [ø] and [˚] fields to select the position for
which you wish to enter a new character.
(16) Use the alphanumeric keypad in the right corner to
enter the desired characters.
This keypad works exactly like the keypad of a cell-
phone: you may have to press an alphanumeric field
several times to select the desired character or num-
ber.
The [A/a] field allows you to switch between upper-
case and lowercase characters.
The [Delete] field allows you to delete the character
indicated by the cursor. Press and hold it to clear all
characters.
Press [Space] to insert a blank (or the number “0”).
If you forgot to insert a character, use [ø] or [˚] to
select the position where the missing character
should be inserted. Then press [Insert], followed by the
character you wish to insert.
(17) If you’re happy with the name for your Singer Key
settings, press [EXECUTE].
The display briefly confirms that your name has been
stored:
(18) Press the [PLAY÷STOP¥®÷ª] button to start playback.
The song may now be playing in a different key. If it is
not, the melody falls within the range you set.
Note: For new songs you load, we recommend saving them
once to the same memory location to speed up the recognition
process of the HIGHEST and LOWEST notes. See page 205 for
how to save songs.
Displaying Lyrics and chord information
Only available for Standard MIDI File playback
Your G-70 also allows you to view the lyrics (if avail-
able) –and even the notes– of the songs in the display.
The Lyrics function was provided to allow you to read
the words of the songs being played back in a karaoke
fashion: the words to sing are highlighted at the right
time. Note that this function is only available for Stan-
dard MIDI Files that contain Lyrics data. Ask your dealer
for details.
Apart from the Lyrics, the G-70 also displays the chords,
which may come in handy for a guitarist or bassist with
whom you are playing.
The chord information is usually not contained in a
song as such, but that’s no problem: the G-70 can “cal-
culate” it in realtime and even display it a little ahead of
the “changes”. This also applies to the notes proper that
can be displayed in realtime.
(1) Select a song (page 38).
(2) Press the [LYRICS&SCORE] button.
The display changes to:
(3) Start song playback.
Entering names
LYRICS & SCORE