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Changing your accordionOs behavior
9. Changing your accordions behavior
Here are two settings youll probably change only once. But its nice to know that it exists in case you let a fellow accordion player
from another country play your FR-2/FR-2b.
Treble Mode (only on the FR-2b)
Like for the accordion instrument itself, there are different The FR-2/FR-2b is supplied with additional white and black
varieties of chromatic (button-type) instruments, with differ-buttons. The white buttons come in two varieties: normal
ent Treble button layouts. Your FR-2/FR-2b can simulate buttons and knurled buttons. The latter are usually used to
them. indicate the C and F notes.
Please look at the illustrations on page 23 to identify the set-
ting you need. Pay attention to the note names (all Cs appear
on a grey background) and look at how they are arranged, Bass & Chord Mode
then make your selection. The numbers next to the letters
This parameter allows you to specify the number of button
refer to the octave. The numbers below the note names rep-rows for playing bass notes. The default is 2 bass rows and 4
resent the corresponding MIDI note numbers.
chord rows. By selecting 3 Bs Rows, you lose the dim
Here is how to select the desired setting:chord buttons but that may just be more convenient for
(1) Switch off the FR-2/FR-2b by turning the [VOLUME] A you. See also the illustration on page 24.
knob all the way to the left (POWER OFF).There are four 3 Bs Rows options: A-7th and B-7th
(2) Hold down [SET] and one of the following registers while mean that the 6th chord row plays seventh chords (7) with-
switching the FR-2/FR-2b back on to select the desired out the fifth. In the case of a C7 chord, you therefore hear C-
setting.E-Bb (but not the G). A-7th and B-7th differ in the
arrangement of the bass notes (see the illustration on
page 24).
VOLUME
The A-5dim and B-5dim options mean that those sev-
enth chords dont contain the root note. A C7 chord is
POWERsounded with the notes E-G-Bb (but not the C). A-5dim and OFF
B-5dim differ in the arrangement of the bass notes (see the
illustration on page 24).
The Bx-7th option reverses the B-7th settings (from right
to left).
(1) Switch off the FR-2/FR-2b by turning the [VOLUME] A
knob all the way to the left (POWER OFF).
(2) Hold and pull down one or two of the following bass
registers while switching the FR-2/FR-2b back on to
select the desired setting.
1C-Griff Europe4B-Griff Fin
2C-Griff 25D-Griff 1
3B-Griff Bajan6D-Griff 2][6][5][4][3][2][1]
(3) Start playing.
(See pages 25 and 26 for the locations of the notes.)
1 + 2 2 Bass Rows 33 Bass Rows B-7th
You may have noticed that 13 Bass Rows A-7th 43 Bass Rows B-5dim
the Treble buttons are col-
23 Bass Rows A-5dim 53 Bass Rows Bx-7th
ored white (for notes with-
out alteration) and black (3) Start playing.
(notes with alteration, i.e. (See the tables below for the locations of the notes.)
#/b). This coloring doesnt
change when you select
another system.
(You can, however,
unscrew the buttons and
install the in the right places so as to make the white and
black buttons correspond to the notes being played.)
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