Roland HPi-5 Manual Do Proprietário

Playing Along With A Song

Using the Metronome

The HPi-5 contains a versatile metronome function.
While a song or accompaniment (

→

Pianist function, p. 28) is playing, the metronome will sound at the

corresponding tempo and time signature (Beat).

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Press the [Metronome] button.

The button’s indicator will blink according to the time signature (Beat), and the metronome will sound.
To stop the metronome, press the [Metronome] button, getting its indicator to go dark.

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In this screen you can make the following settings.

Item

Setting

Volume

0 (no sound)–10

Beat

2/2, 0/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8

It is not possible to change the “Beat” setting while a song is playing.

Sound

Click, Electronic, Voice (Japanese) (“1,” “2,” “3” in Japanese), Voice (English) (“1,” “2,” “3” in
English), Animal, Wood Block, Triangle & Castanets

Pattern

Normal,

(dotted half note),

(half note),

(dotted quarter note),

(quarter note),

(dotted eighth note),

(eighth note),

(sixteenth note),

Double (note added to back beat of the first beat),
Triple (added notes sound the first beat as a triplet),
Shuffle (notes added to create a shuffle)

Sound
Specify the
metronome sound.

Change the setting

Return to the previous
screen

Volume
Set the metronome

Pattern
Specify the timing
interval of the
metronome’s weak beats.

Count
Displays the state of
the Count setting
(p. 42).

Beat
Set the beat.

Select the item to set

Make detailed
settings for the count
For details refer to p. 42.

Tempo
Use the Tempo [Fast]
or [Slow] button to
set the tempo.

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