Roland TR-727 - Page 20

a.
Setting
Last
Step
Operation
®
Enter
Pattern
Writing
mode,
in eitlier
ttie Step
Writing
or Tap
Writing
mode.
(D
While
holding
the
Last
Step
Button
®
,
push the
relevant
Main
Keys
to set
the
bar
length.
By
using
the
above
function
of
changing
the
number
of
steps
or
beats
in
a
bar,
odd
times
such
as
5/4
(combination
of
3/4
and
2/4)
or
7/4
(combination
of 4/4
and 3/4)
can
be
easily
entered.
b.
Setting
Scale
Operation
®
Enter
Pattern
Writing
mode,
in
either
Step
Writ-
ing
or Tap
Writing
mode.
®
The tempo
of
the
red
light
may
also
change,
since
al
the
rhythms
are
in
step
with
each
other.
(2)
Push
the
Scale
Button
@
.
The
Scale
light
will
move up
one
step,
to
line 2.
(D
Each
time
the
Scale
Button
is
pushed,
the
red
light
moves
up.
From
the
top
line it
moves
back
to
the
bottom
line.
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04
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7
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1° OH
012 01=
014
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016
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03
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Ob
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Olis
Oie
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In
this
scale,
repeating
a
pattern
twice
or chaining
two
patterns
makes
a
common
length.
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