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Rhythm Composer (programming your own rhythms)

Backing Keyboard BK-5

Rhythm Composer (programming

your own rhythms)

The BK-5 allows you to program your own rhythms.

Before explaining the details, there are a few concepts

you need to familiarize yourself with.

■ Patterns (Divisions)

Rhythms are short sequences, or patterns (of four or

eight measures) you can select in real-time. Pattern-

based accompaniments usually consist of the follow-

ing elements:

•The basic groove, i.e. the rhythm that is the backbone

of the song.

• Several alternatives for the basic groove that keep

the accompaniment interesting and suggest some

kind of “evolution” or “variation”.

• Fill-Ins to announce the beginning of new parts.

• An introduction and a closing section (ending).

Programming four to eight patterns for a three-

minute song is usually enough. Just use them in the

right order to make them suitable for your song.

The BK-5 allows you to program 54 different patterns

per rhythm, some of which can be selected via dedi-

cated buttons (VARIATION [1]~[4], etc.). Some Pat-

terns are selected on the basis of the chords you play

in the chord recognition area of the keyboard (major,

minor, seventh).

■ Tracks

Unlike a drum machine, a BK-5 rhythm not only con-

tains the rhythm part (drums & percussion) but also a

melodic accompaniment, such as piano, guitar, bass

and strings lines. That is why the rhythms work with

tracks – eight to be precise.

NOTE

If necessary, you can even record a second drum track.

The reason why the AccDrums part is assigned to the

first track and the ABass part to the second is that

most programmers and recording artists start by lay-

ing down the rhythm section of a song.

There are exceptions to this rule, however, so feel free

to start with any other part if that is easier for the

rhythm you are programming.

NOTE

Though there are six (melodic) ACC tracks, most rhythms

only contain two or three melodic accompaniment lines. In

most cases, less means more, i.e. do not program six

melodic accompaniments just because the BK-5 provides

that facility. If you listen very carefully to a CD, you will

discover that it is not the number of instruments you use

that makes a song sound “big” but rather the right notes at

the right time.

■ Looped vs. one-shot patterns

The BK-5 uses two kinds of patterns: looped divisions

and one-shot divisions.

Looped divisions: Looped divisions are accompani-

ments that are repeated until you select another divi-

sion or press [START/STOP] to stop Arranger playback.

The BK-5 provides four programmable looped divi-

sions (VARIATION [1]~[4]).

Looped divisions do not select other divisions when

they are finished (because they never end): they keep

playing until you select another division by hand (or

by foot).

One-shot divisions: One-shot patterns (or “Divi-

sions”) are only played once and then select a looped

division or stop the Arranger. The BK-5 uses the fol-

lowing one-shot divisions: INTRO [1]~[4], FILL UP [1]~

[3], FILL DOWN [1]~[3] and ENDING [1]~[4].

The division type also determines how the respective

tracks are played back. Any track of a looped pattern

that is shorter than another track is repeated until

the longest track is finished. Then, a new cycle begins.

Here’s how you can take advantage of that: if the

drums play the same notes during four measures,

while the rhythm guitar or piano needs four mea-

sures to complete a cycle, recording only one drum

measure is enough, because it is automatically

repeated until the longest track is finished.

■ Several drum tracks are possible

The Rhythm Composer allows you to assign a Drum

Set to any “Accomp” track, thereby turning it into an

additional drum track.

Clearing the RAM memory (Initialize Rhythm)

The first thing we need to do is clear the BK-5’s rhythm

RAM memory, because it is not empty when you select

the Rhythm Composer.

Press the [MENU] button, select “Rhythm

Composer”, then press the [ENTER/SELECT]

button.

The display changes to:

Press the [MENU] button (its indicator

flashes).

What are rhythms?

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