Roland KR-111 Digital Intelligent Mini-Grand Piano Addendum User Manual

Addendum

Changes resulting from software improvements Kindly take note of the following amendments to the KR111-PE’s functions, which are not mentioned in the current version of the owner’s manual.

the most common tuning in use today. But at one time, there

Step (5) on p. 26

were a wide variety of other tuning systems in existence. By playing in the temperament that was in use when a composi-

(5) If necessary, change the song tempo with the Tempo

tion was created, you can experience the sonorities of chords

[+][–] buttons.

originally intended for that song.

Please delete the following sentence in the explana-

You can choose from among the eight tunings described

tion after step (5):

below.

Furthermore, each time you jump to the beginning or

User This is the setting you programmed with the

another position of the song using [|√¥Reset] [√√¥Bwd] or

“Scale C”~“Scale B” parameters.

[Fwd¥®®] , the programmed song tempo is reset.

Equal This temperament divides the octave into 12

equal parts. All intervals will be slightly out of

“Fast Forward, Rewind, and Reset”, p. 26

tune by the same amount. This setting is in The third bullet should read: effect when you turn on the power.

Press [|ôReset] to jump back to the first measure of Werkmeister This temperament is a combination of mean-

the song. [ Delete the second sentence. tone and Pythagorean temperaments. It Please also delete the second note: allows you to play in all keys. (First method, number three.)

Note: By pressing [|√¥Reset] [√√¥Bwd] or [Fwd¥®®] , you also recall the song’s preprogrammed tempo value. Kirnberger This temperament is a modification of mean-

tone temperament and just intonation, “Solo recording mode”, p. 31 allowing more freedom of modulation. Per- formances are possible in all keys (III).

One step needs to be added after step (1). This leads to

Mean Tone This temperament is a partial compromise of

the following changes:

just intonation in order to allow modulation.

(1) Press the [REC¥∏] button (its indicator flashes).

Pythagor This temperament is based on the theories of

illustration

the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, and has

Change… ] The display now looks as follows:

pure fourths and fifths. Chords containing a

[… to …]

third will sound impure, but melodies will

(2) Press [√][®] to make the display look as follows. sound good.

Just (Maj) This temperament makes the 5th and 3rd

=Solo

intervals pure. It is unsuited to playing melo- dies and cannot be transposed, but is capable

The icon and the icon of the first empty track RECORD of beautiful sonorities. flash. …

Just (min) Just intonation differs between major and

Step (2) on p. 31 therefore becomes step (3), etc. minor keys. The same results as major can be obtained in a minor key.

“MIDI parameters (Local, Tx Chnl, Send PC, Send LSB, Arabic This tuning is suitable for the music of Arabia. Send MSB)”, p. 46

Key— (C~B) When playing in a temperament other than Two Function parameters have been added before equal temperament, you must specify the tonic (the note this entry: corresponding to C for a major key, or to A for a minor key) of the key in which you will play. If you have selected equal

TPR (Temperament)— (User, Equal, Werkmeist, Kirnberg,

temperament, there is no need to select the tonic.

Meantone, Pythagor, Just Maj, Just Min, Arabic, Default set- ting: Equal) You can play classical styles such as Baroque using historic temperaments (tuning methods). Most modern songs are composed for and played in equal temperament,

602.00.0160 RES 508-05 Printed in Italy 1-06 Addendum KR111-PE - E/Sp/F