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Let us now take advantage of the E-200/E-100’s accompaniment function. This function is called “Arranger”.
Starting/using the Arranger
(1) Press the [ARRANGER] button.
The icon appears in the display and the key-
board is split into two halves. The keys you press in the left
half are used to specify the key of the accompaniment. The
right half of the keyboard allows you to play a tune to the
accompaniment.
This also switches on the Sync Start (see p. 14), Intro (see
p. 13) and OT1 functions.
(2) Press the [START÷STOP] button (or play a note/chord with
your left hand) to start Arranger playback.
The [V-LINK] button now flashes to indicate the tempo and
beats (BEAT function).
Note: If the icon is displayed (and if you
switched off the Sync Start function), playing in the left half of
the keyboard while the Arranger is stopped, will sound a stereo
string sound (to which you can add a monophonic bass sound,
see “Auto Bass*: status and volume” (p. 39)). The left half of the
keyboard is thus not muted (like on previous Roland arranger
instruments). This “EP Chord” function can be switched off,
however (page 39).
(3) Play a chord (or just one note) with your left hand.
(4) Play another chord (or note) to change the Arranger’s key.
(5) Press the following buttons to use other patterns of the
currently selected Music Style:
These buttons select Music Style “patterns”. The icon corre-
sponding to the button you press appears in the display.
Also, the ARRANGER chord field in the display indicates the
name of the chord you played last. This chord is used by the
accompaniment.
As soon as you feel comfortable with the Arranger, you
should try to play a melody with your right hand while using
your left for specifying Arranger chords.
4. Playing with accompaniment (Arranger)
ARRANGER
ARRANGER
ARRANGER
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Button Function
INTRO Playback of an introduction. This is automati-
cally switched on when you press the
[ARRANGER] button while the Arranger is
stopped.
ORIGINAL Simple accompaniment version.
FILL Transition (“Fill In”) to VARIATION or ORIGINAL.
VARIATION Slightly more complex accompaniment ver-
sion.
ENDING Phrase that indicates the end of the song. Use
this button instead of [START÷STOP] to stop
playback.
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