Roland RP301 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
10
Playing Back Songs
Let’s try listening to the internal songs and the songs recorded
in internal memory. For the titles of the internal songs, refer to
“Internal Song List” (p. 19).
Play back a song
1. Press the [Song] button so it’s lit.
The song will begin playing.
When the song has nished playing to the end, it will stop.
During playback, the display will indicate the currently playing
measure of the song.
2. 1.
Measure number and
dot shown
Fast-forward or fast-reverse the song
1. While the song is playing, press the [–] [+] buttons.
This allows you to fast-forward or fast-reverse the song.
The measure indication in the display will increase or decrease each
time you press the button.
By holding down a button, you can rapidly increase or decrease the
measure number.
Stop the song
1. Press the [Song] button so its light goes out.
The song will stop.
Select a song
While the song is stopped, the display will indicate the song
number.
a.0 1
• Song numbers beginning with “a, b, c” are internal
songs.
• Song numbers beginning with “
U” are songs you’ve
recorded in internal memory.
1. When the song number is displayed, press the [–] [+]
buttons.
This allows you to select a song. If you’ve stopped in the middle of
a song, you can press the [–] button to return to the beginning of
the song.
a.01 c.20U.10U.01
Recorded songs Internal songs
* The songs in internal memory (U.01U.10) will not be shown if
they have not been recorded.
* For the titles of the internal songs, refer to “Internal Song List”
(p. 19).
Play songs consecutively
1. Hold down the Piano [Ensemble] button and press the
[Song] button.
The songs will be played back successively.
When the currently playing song ends, the next song will play.
Playing Parts (Left/Right Hand)
Separately
You can select and play back the parts (left-hand or right-hand)
separately. This is a convenient way to practice by playing along
with a song one hand at a time.
1. Hold down the [Song] button and press the [–] [+] buttons
to select the part that you want to play back.
Button Lit/Unlit Explanation
[–] button
(left-hand part)
Lit Left-hand part will sound
Unlit
Left-hand part is muted
(or contains no performance data)
[+] button
(right-hand part)
Lit Right-hand part will sound
Unlit
Right-hand part is muted
(or contains no performance data)
* This setting will be cancelled if you select another song.
MEMO
The parts (left-hand / right-hand) are indicated as follows for the
internal songs (a, b, c) and the songs you’ve recorded (U).
Songs Left-Hand Part Right-Hand Part
Internal Songs (a, b, c) Left-hand part Right-hand part
Recorded
Songs (U)
Twin Piano (p. 8) Left-hand piano Right-hand piano
Split Tones (p. 18) Left-hand tone Right-hand tone
Others
No performance
data
All parts (both
hands)
Sounding a Count Before Playback
If you’re playing along with a song, it will be easier to synchronize
your playing with the song if a count is sounded before playback
begins.
1. Press the [Metronome] button to turn on the metronome
(p. 7).
2. Press the [Song] button to play back the song.
A two-measure count will sound before the song plays.
During the count, measure numbers “
-2” and then “-1” will appear
in the display.