Roland GW-8 - Introduction

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Octave Shift – How to change the octave
Sometimes you need to play notes that you don’t have on a keyboard with 61 keys, like the GW-8. If you
need to play notes outside of this 5 octave range, you can increase/decrease the octave. You can raise
or lower the pitch by up to four octaves.
Here’s how to change the octave on GW-8:
1) First, choose if you want to change the octave for the Lower or Upper parts. Use
and to select Upper or Lower
2) To raise the octave, press the OCTAVE [+] button. To lower the octave, press the OCTAVE [-]
button
Increasing Upper Octave Decreasing Upper Octave
Increasing Lower Octave Decreasing Lower Octave
Upper Lower