Roland HP 237 - Playing the Keyboard; Keyboard Tone Selection; Dual Play: Layering Sounds

Playing the Keyboard
Playing with Various Sounds
The HP 237 allows you to play using eight different sounds including piano.
The HP 237's sounds are called “Tones.”
Use the eight Tone buttons to select tones.
When the HP 237 is turned on, the tone is reset to “Piano 1”.
Press any Tone button and confirm that its indicator is lit.
When you play the keyboard, the selected tone is played.
Tone Name Description
Piano 1 Full-sized Concert Grand Piano
Piano 2 Full-sized Concert Grand Piano
64 polyphonic notes
Electric Piano 1 Sound of a Rhodes piano
Electric Piano 2 A synthesizer’s electric piano
Harpsichord me Delicate and elegant harpsichord sound
Vibraphone The sound of a resonant vibraphone
Pipe Organ A stately pipe organ sound
Strings An ensemble of string instruments
Layering
Two
Instrument
Sounds-Dual
Play
Playing with two different tones on the keyboard simultaneously is called “Dual Play.”
i Electric Electric Harpsi- Vibra- Pipe y
Piano1 Piano2 Pianoi Piano 2 chord phone Organ Strings
E ~~ Tone
While holding down Press
1. While holding down the [Piano 1] button, press the [Strings] button.
The indicators on the two Tone buttons you have pressed will light, and both of the
Tones will be heard when you play the keyboard.
In this way, you can hold down one Tone button and press another Tone button to layer
two sounds for playing together.
2. To cancel the Dual Play, press any Tone button.
When
you
play
the
keyboard,
only
the
sound
of
the
button
you
pressed
will
be
heard.
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