First Steps; Additional Arpeggio Functions - Roland G-70 Mode D'emploi

G-70 Music Workstation
OS Version 2
If you now return to the main page by pressing the
[EXIT] button, the display changes:
The UPPER1 field below "GUITAR MODE" shows the
name of the currently selected guitar sound. You
cannot select other guitar sound for UPPER 1 simply
by pressing this field: press the "GUITAR MODE" field
to jump to the page shown above, then change the
settings you don't like. (UPPER2's guitar sound is
assigned automatically and can never be changed.)
Pressing the A field on the main page takes you to
the GUITAR MODE page. Note that this field can
either contain an electric guitar or an acoustic one to
indicate the kind of instrument you selected.
This field duplicates the function of the EASY SET-
TING [ARR] + [PIANO] buttons. (See also below.)

First steps

(2) Press the [ELECTRIC] or [ACOUSTIC] switch icon to
specify whether you need an electric or an acoustic
guitar.
Your choice is reflected by the big guitar picture in
the upper right part of the display.
(3) Play a chord in the keyboard area called "CHORD"
in the display.
Play chords here
(You can release those keys right away if you like.)
Note: The keys in the "CHORD" area (unlike the ones of the
"ARPEGGIO" and "STRUMM" areas, see below) also trigger
other Keyboard parts you may have switched on. Depending
on the Keyboard parts you switch on, those keys may play the
MBS, LW2, LW1 (left half) and the UP3 part (right side, in the
Upper3 Split area). Even the Arranger's chord recognition
remains active.
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The notes you play in the "CHORD" area are not
played by the G-70's Guitar section. They only specify
what you will hear when you...
(4) Press the first "C" key to the right of the "CHORD"
area.
This sounds the note a guitarist would play on the
low E string. The key you are pressing now belongs to
the "ARPEGGIO" section.
(5) Now press the "D" to the right of the "C" you used
above.
This sounds the note a guitarist would play on the A
string.
(6) Continue with the "E", "F", "G" and "A" keys to
sound the remaining guitar notes for the chord
you specified.
Let us summarize all this: the six keys you have
pressed so far are assigned to the virtual guitar
strings. This allows you to play guitar arpeggios that
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use the chord information you supplied in the
"CHORD" area. The exact phrasing of your arpeggios
depends on the order in which you press the keys.
If you start pressing these "string" keys right after
switching on the G-70 (and before specifying a
chord), the Guitar mode sounds the basic pitches of
the six strings (i.e. E-A-D-G-B-E). As soon as you play
a chord in the "CHORD" area, however, the G-70
memorizes and uses it until you play a different
chord.
(7) Play a different chord in the "CHORD" area and
again use the "string" keys (in the "ARPEGGIO"
area) to sound the constituent notes.

Additional ARPEGGIO functions

The keys indicated in the previous illustration corre-
spond to the natural behavior of a guitar. But there are
other things you can do in the "ARPEGGIO" area (most
of these functions involve the black keys of the
"ARPEGGIO" area):
(1) Play a chord in the keyboard area called "CHORD"
in the display.
(2) Press one of the following keys to use the "effect"
assigned to it:
Low E string
A string
D string
High E string
B string
G string
Lowest chord note
Strum down slow (6 strings)
Strum down slow (4 strings)
Root of the chord
Fifth of the chord
Lowest chord note