Roland FP-9 - Playing in an Easier Key-Key Transpose; Changing the Keyboards Touch

Playing in an Easier Key—Key Transpose
You can transpose the key of a performance without having to shift the position of your fingers on the keyboard. This feature is
called “Key Transpose.”
This lets you take a song ina difficult key with lots of sharps and flats, and play it in a key with fingering that’s easier for you. For
instance, you can play a tune in the key of E major with the keyboard fingering for the key of C major. This is handy when playing
accompaniment to a song, to match what you play to the pitch of the singer’s voice.
You can transpose by an amount down six half-steps or up five half-steps.
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1. Press the <<Function>> button to make the indicator The transposition setting remains in effect until
light flash in red. MEMO you turn off the power.
2. Hach press of the <<Transpose }>> button lowers the Example: Let’s take a song in the key of E
pitch by a semitone. Each press of the <<Transpose #>> major and play it in the key of C major.
button raises the pitch by a semitone.
At this time, the indicator light for the <<Transpose |>> or We'll consider the C note in the key of C major to be the basic
note. From the C note to the E note that corresponds to C in the
key of E major there are four keys on the keyboard, counting the
black ones, so press the <<Transpose #>> button four times.
<<Transpose #>> button lights up in red.
Transposing the pitch six half-steps down makes the
<<Transpose }>> button’s indicator light flash in red.
Transposing the pitch five half-steps up makes the
<<Transpose '>> button flash in red.
If you want to go back to the original key, press the
<<Transpose |>> button and the <<Transpose >> button at
the same time to make both indicator lights go dark. ee
3. Press the <<Function>> button to make the indicator
light go dark.
Changing the Keyboard’s Touch
You can change the keyboard’s touch, Light
Chorus Reverb Press the Key Touch <<Light>> button to make
Voice Chorus Reverb the button’s indicator light up in red. This
O oO O O---O m) O-- imparts a lighter feel to the keyboard.
Light Hea Because stronger notes can be produced
at " Laht___Haawy Function Sr with touch of less than standard force, this
Transpose Koy Touch : A i fs
setting makes it easy for children or other
= | players lacking strength to play.
2 1,3 Heavy
: mas Choris Reverb Press the Key Touch <<Heavy>> button to make
1. Press the <<Function>> button to make the indicator the button’s indicator light up in red. This
light flash in red. O @--- imparts a heavier feel to the os dae
Lght__Heavy Because stronger notes cannot be produced
2. Use the Key Touch <<Light>> and <<Heavy>> buttons ooo unless played with greater than standard
force, it allows for more dynamics to be
to choose the keyboard's touch (see the figure at right). used when playing.
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3. Press the <<Function>> button to make the indicator z f
Chorus Reverb Press the Key Touch <<Light>> or <<Heavy>>
light go dark. button to make the indicator lights for both
O O-- buttons go dark.
ugh Heavy This makes the setting for standard touch.
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Al powerup, the piano is set to standard touch.
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