Roland BK-3 User Manual

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Playing Back Rhythms

6. Press the VARIATION [1], [2], [3] or [4] button to select the

complexity of the INTRO pattern.

For example press the VARIATION [3].

The VARIATION button pressed at the step 6. lights and the

VARIATION button pressed at the step 4. ashes to indicate the

verse complexity that will be played back at the end of the Intro

pattern.

7. Play a chord on the keyboard.

8. The main page displays the name of the last chord the

BK-3 recognized:

9. Press the [START/STOP]/[*/,] button to start rhythm

playback.

The [START/STOP]/[ */, ] indicator lights and the BK-3 starts playing

back the introductory phrase.

10. Play dierent chords on the keyboard and listen to the

eect this has on the rhythm.

11. Switch on the [AUTO FILL IN] button (it lights).

This means that when you select a dierent VARIATION pattern,

the BK-3 will play a transition (ll-in) before switching to the new

pattern.

12. Press a VARIATION [1], [2], [3] or [4] button to select a

more complex or a simpler accompaniment.

• If you press it before the last beat of the current measure, the ll-in

starts immediately and lasts until the end of the current measure,

then the newly selected VARIATION pattern is played back.

• • If you press the desired VARIATION button on the last beat of a bar,

the ll-in starts at the next downbeat and lasts an entire bar. Only

then will the BK-3 switch to the newly selected VARIATION pattern.

13. If necessary, you can change the rhythm’s tempo:

• Press the TEMPO [] or [] button to decrease or increase the

tempo

• Press the [TAP TEMPO] button at least three times at the desired

tempo.

The BK-3 calculates the intervals between your presses and sets the

corresponding tempo value.

MEMO

Simultaneously press the TEMPO [] and [] buttons

(“STANDARD”) to return to the rhythm’s preset tempo.

TIPS

You can press and hold the [TAP TEMPO] button to lock the

tempo setting (p. 39).

14. Press the [ENDING] / [ & ] button to end rhythm playback

with a suitable closing section.

You could also stop playback simply by pressing the [START/STOP]/

[ */, ] button or by releasing all keys on the keyboard. See “[SYNC

START] / [ + ]” (p. 22).

While rhythm or SMF song playback is stopped, the [TAP TEMPO]

button ashes to indicate the selected tempo.

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Roland BK-3 61-Key Backing Keyboard

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