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Arpeggio
Selecting the upward/downward variation (Motif)
You can specify how notes are sounded if you hold down more keys than the number of notes specied by the arpeggio.
* If you hold down fewer keys than the number of notes in the arpeggio, the highest key you press is sounded.
Value Explanation
Up (L) Notes are sounded consecutively starting with the lowest key you pressed, and only the lowest key you pressed is sounded every time.
Up (L&H) Notes are sounded consecutively starting with the lowest key you pressed, and both the lowest and highest keys you pressed are sounded every time.
Up (_) Notes you press will be sounded, from low to high. No note is necessarily sounded every time.
Down (L) Notes are sounded consecutively starting with the highest key you pressed, and only the lowest key you pressed is sounded every time.
Down (L&H) Notes are sounded consecutively starting with the highest key you pressed, and both the lowest and highest keys you pressed are sounded every time.
Down (_) Notes you press will be sounded, from high to low. No note is necessarily sounded every time.
U/D (L)
Notes are sounded consecutively from the lowest key you pressed, up toward the highest key and then returning back toward the lowest key; only the lowest
key you pressed is sounded every time.
U/D (L&H)
Notes are sounded consecutively from the lowest key you pressed, up toward the highest key and then returning back toward the lowest key; both the lowest
and highest keys you pressed are sounded every time.
U/D (_) Notes you press will be sounded, from low to high, and then back down from high to low. No note is necessarily sounded every time.
Rand (L) Keys you pressed are sounded in random order, and only the lowest key you pressed is sounded every time.
Rand (_) Notes you press will be sounded, in random order. No note is necessarily sounded every time.
Phrase When you press a single key, a phrase based on the pitch of that key is played. If you press more than one key, the last-pressed key is used.
< Example >
With an arpeggio assigned (from the lowest note) as “1-2-3-2,” you hold down the “C-D-E-F-G” keys
5 “UP (L)” setting:
C-D-E-D 0 C-E-F-E 0 C-F-G-F (0 repeat)
5 “UP (_)” setting:
C-D-E-D 0 D-E-F-E 0 E-F-G-F (0 repeat)
5 “U/D (L&H)” setting:
C-D-G-D 0 C-E-G-E 0 C-F-G-F 0 C-E-G-E (
0
repeat)