Roland EP-760 User Manual
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ep-760 Performance
Here’s how you can play along with the built-in songs. You can slow down the playback tempo of the song, or play back each
hand separately.
Before you try playing the song, listen to it several times to get a general feel for the song. For details on operation, refer to
“Selecting a song and playing it”, p. 10.
hand separately.
Before you try playing the song, listen to it several times to get a general feel for the song. For details on operation, refer to
“Selecting a song and playing it”, p. 10.
If you turn on the metronome while the song plays back, the metronome will sound at the beat and tempo of the song.
Changing the tempo
If the song has a rapid tempo, you can slow it down so as to practise it more easily. It is effective to gradually raise the tempo
as you practise.
as you practise.
A
Press the [Song/Tempo] button, getting its
indicator to light in green.
indicator to light in green.
The tempo appears in the display.
Each time you press the [Song/Tempo] button, the
tempo and the currently selected song number (pre-
fixed by “d.”) will be displayed alternately.
While the tempo is displayed, the [Song/Tempo] but-
ton indicator will light in green. While the song num-
ber is displayed, it will light in red.
Each time you press the [Song/Tempo] button, the
tempo and the currently selected song number (pre-
fixed by “d.”) will be displayed alternately.
While the tempo is displayed, the [Song/Tempo] but-
ton indicator will light in green. While the song num-
ber is displayed, it will light in red.
B
Press the [+] or [–] button to adjust the tempo.
The tempo can be adjusted in a range of
= 20~250.
You can also change the tempo during playback.
Pressing the [+] button once increases the tempo by
one unit. Holding down the button increases the tem-
po continuously.
Pressing the [–] button once decreases the tempo by
one unit. Holding down the button makes the tempo
change (slow down) continuously.
If you press the [+] and [-] buttons simultaneously, you
will return to the basic tempo of the song (the tempo
before you modified it).
Pressing the [+] button once increases the tempo by
one unit. Holding down the button increases the tem-
po continuously.
Pressing the [–] button once decreases the tempo by
one unit. Holding down the button makes the tempo
change (slow down) continuously.
If you press the [+] and [-] buttons simultaneously, you
will return to the basic tempo of the song (the tempo
before you modified it).
While the song is playing, the initial tempo of the song will
continue to be displayed, regardless of tempo changes dur-
ing the song.
continue to be displayed, regardless of tempo changes dur-
ing the song.
Adding a count-in to match the timing
(Count-In)
(Count-In)
When you’re playing along with a song, you can make
sure that your playing is in time with the song by
sounding a count before the song starts playing.
Sounding a “count sound” leading up to playback of a
song is called “Count-In.”
On the ep-760, if you playback a song while the metro-
nome is sounding, two measures of lead-in count will
be heard at the beginning of the song.
sure that your playing is in time with the song by
sounding a count before the song starts playing.
Sounding a “count sound” leading up to playback of a
song is called “Count-In.”
On the ep-760, if you playback a song while the metro-
nome is sounding, two measures of lead-in count will
be heard at the beginning of the song.
• During the count-in, the count measure is indicated in the
display as “–2” then “–1.”
• See also “Sounding the metronome”, p. 14.
3. Playing along with the built-in songs
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