Roland EM-305 - Tap Tempo

While you’re doing this, the current tempo is shown in the display. The Tempo Number
g The tempo indication is the
, number of quarter notes played
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| You can set this to any value
from 20to250beatsper minute.
GROUP NUMBER
* After a short time, the display returns to the music style number.
Pressing the SLOW and FAST buttons at the same time returns the setting to: the
preset tempo of the selected music style.
You can confirm the speed and the beat of the tempo with the TEMPO indicators.
The red indicator flashes on the first beat, with the green indicators flashing on the
second and following beats.
Tap Tempo
The EM-305/303 has a handy feature that lets you set the tempo by tapping on a
button. This is called “Tap Tempo.”
With play stopped, tap the TAP TEMPO button (the TO ORIGINAL but-
ton) at the desired tempo.
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While you’re doing this, the display shows the current tempo.
Music GROUP NUMBER
STYLE TONE
* After a short time, the display returns to previous readout.
Handy Functions for Playing Chords
The EM-305/303 can play music in a wide range of styles, depending on the chords
played in the lower section. This means that as long as you have a melody score
with chords, you can start playing right away. The EM-305/303 also has functions
called ‘Chord Intelligence’ and ‘Chord Memory’ that make it even easier to play!
About Chords
The name of a chord expresses the fundamental tone of the chord (called the “root”)
along with symbols that indicate the chord type. For example, the chord name
“CM7” describes a major seventh chord with C (do) as the root.
The root is shown using letters of the alphabet, and has the following relationship to
the keys on the keyboard.
do#re# fa#sol#la#
C# D# F# G# Ait
C DEF GAB
do re mi fa sol la ti
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