Roland XP-10 - When to Use Transposition (Transpose and Key Shift); Adjusting the Pitch to a Singers Voice (Transpose); Transposing from a Difficult Key into an Easier Key (Transpose); Reading Music Written for a Transposing Instrument (Transpose)

Chapter 3. Convenient performance functions
When to use transposition
(Transpose and Key Shift)
These functions let you shift the pitch of the keyboard
in semitone steps, and can be useful in the following
situations.
Adjusting the pitch to a singer’s voice (Transpose)
If you want to change the pitch of a song so that the
melody will fall within the range of the vocalist, you
can use the Transpose function to change the pitch
while continuing to play the song with the same fin-
gering as before.
Transposing from a difficult key into an easi-
er key (Transpose)
The Transpose function lets you use an easier finger-
ing to play a song written in many sharps or flats.
Reading music written for a transposing
instrument (Transpose)
The Transpose function lets you play music written
for a transposing instrument just as it is printed.
Playing notes outside the range of the key-
board (Transpose)
The XP-10 has a 61-note keyboard, but in some cases
you may wish to play notes that are above or below
this range. Also, when playing a Drum Set etc., there
may be percussion instruments that the XP-10’s key-
board is not able to access. In such cases, you can use
the Transpose function to play these notes.
Layering Tones at octave intervals (Key Shift)
When the Keyboard Mode is Dual, you can create a rich-
er sound by setting the two Tones to different octaves.
Playing only the Tone of a specific Part in a
lower pitch (Key Shift)
For example if the Keyboard Mode is set to Split and
you are playing a bass Tone in the lower Part, you can
use the Key Shift function to play the bass at a lower
pitch.
Setting the amount of transposition
(Transpose)
Here’s how to specify the amount of transposition.
You can specify a transposition of up to +/-2 octaves
in semitone steps. The Part being played by the key-
board will be transposed.
* Note messages from MIDI IN will not be trans-
posed.
1. Press [EDIT].
The indicator will light.
2. Use VALUEJ-]/[+] to select “Perform Common”
and press [ENTER].
3. Press [8] several times to select “Transpose.”
* If you hold down [ENTER] and press [8], you will
return to the previous item.
4. Use VALUE[-]/[+] to set the value (-24-+24).
5. Press [EDIT].
The indicator will go off, and the previous display
will reappear.
An easy way to set Transpose
Hold down [TRANSPOSE] and press [EDIT] to jump
directly to the “Transpose” page. Then follow steps
4-5 to make settings.
Also, you can quickly change the amount of transpo-
sition by holding down [TRANSPOSE] and using
VALUE[-]/[+] to modify only the “Transpose” set-
ting. When you release [TRANSPOSE], the previous
display will reappear.
Turning Transpose on/off
Now that you have set the amount of transposition,
here’s how to turn the Transpose function on/off.
Press [TRANSPOSE] to make the indicator light.
The Part being played by the keyboard will be transposed.
Each time you press the button, the setting will alter-
nate on/off.
* If the Transpose setting is 0, the indicator will not
light even if you press the button.
Setting the transposition for a specific
Part (Key Shift)
You can also specify transposition for just a specific
Part, in semitone steps over a range of +/-2 octaves.
* Note messages from MIDI IN will also be transposed.
1. Press [EDIT].
The indicator will light.
2. Use VALUE[-]/[+] to select “Perform Part” and
press [ENTER].
3. Press [7] several times to select “Key Shift.”
* If you hold down [ENTER] while you press [7], you
will return to the previous item.
4. Use PART [~<@]/[B> ] to select the Part that you
wish to transpose.
* You will be able to select only two Parts (Upper Part
and Lower Part) if the Keyboard Mode (p.19) is set
to Dual, X-dual, or Split.
5. Use VALUE[-]/[+] to set the value (-24-+24).
* If you wish to make settings for other Parts, repeat
steps 4-5,
6. Press [EDIT].
The indicator will go off, and the previous display
will reappear.
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