Roland EM-303 - Music Styles and Accompaniment; Selecting Styles, Splits, Variations, and Intros;Endings

Try Playing with the Music Styles
The EM-305/303 has an Arranger function that makes it easy to enjoy music in a
wide variety of styles. This Arranger is a function that automatically adds rhythm,
bass, and backing appropriate to the selected style.
Now let's try playing with the musical styles in the EM-305/303.
Press the ONE TOUCH PROGRAM button.
The button indicator will light.
Press the 1 button in the MUSIC STYLE section twice.
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(2) Press twice
This operation selects “11 Big Band” as the music style.
When you select the music style, the corresponding number appears in the display.
Make sure that the MUSIC STYLE indicator is lit and the number “11” is displayed.
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Now let's try playing.
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When you play the keyboard, the performance begins. Simply playing a chord on
Play simultaneously
the keyboard makes rhythm, bass, and backing start automatically.
* The accompaniment continues even after you release the keys.
To stop the accompaniment, press the START/STOP button.
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a Whatis the Aranger?
| In music, each instrument is as-
signed a specilic role, with all
the instrumentstogether making
| upanensemble. When arrang-
ing a song, you must assign an
instrurmenttoeach part, while at
ag (he same time keeping the en-
tire ensemble in mind. For ex-
a ample, what rhythm should the
fy drums play? What phrases
~ should the bass play? The Ar-
| ranger of the EM-305/303 is a
function that automatically cre-
ates parts for rhythm, bass, and
soon,
Listen Carefully to the Music
a Styie Accompaniment
a Whenitstarts, listen carelully to
a the music style accompani-
ment. Itis not justa repetition of
| the same notes from one bar to
the next — play follows a clifler-
g ent pattern over several mea-
sures. Playing different keyson
| the keyboard (changing the
chord) also makes the accom-
| paniment change. In this way,
r the music style gives you the
accompaniment that is best
a matched to the flow of the song
| and the chords you're playing.