Set Demonstration of Roland FR-7x V-Accordion Using Customized Linked Presets

This video is solely for the purpose of demonstrating how one can use the Roland 7x V-accordion to play a wide variety of songs using custom sets programmed with linked presets. I am using only a single press of the treble tabs to change voices--no footswitch ever--and only very occasionally do I use the master bar. No external modules either, just the Roland 7x. The idea for videos demonstrating the use of the 7x was a result of numerous discussions with Linda Herman, who also plays the Roland 7x using her own customized sets--she also has posted videos showing how she uses the Roland (accordionlinda).

For 7x users, I have available a collection of approximately 20 sets (each with 14 registers) that you can purchase and quickly upload into your instrument. Just email me for more information, including a description of each set.

In this video I play brief excerpts of a variety of songs using sets that I programmed for diverse styles.
Every register has a linked combination of Treble, Bass, and Chord section voices, all accessed by one touch using the 14 Treble registers in each set.
The video was recorded in one 15 minute session, completely unrehearsed and in "real time" in order to show the ease of locating appropriate registers for a wide variety of tunes. Instead of proceeding through each set, register by register, I've taken the approach I would use in a live "gig"--given a song, I decide what registers will "work."
Contrary to how I would play on a gig, however, I make multiple changes during each song, simply to show the ease of changing the combinations of sounds, which I refer to as "linked presets."
For me, this approach to playing the 7x is simplest, most accurate, and allows me to immediately go to the register I would like for any song.
Each set has a logical ordering of the registers to facilitate remembering their locations, though it still takes some time and practice to commit the locations to memory.
I include on-screen notations to indicate what I am doing during each song excerpt.
Another way of using customized sets is to program registers for specific songs. That's not the approach I'm demonstrating here, but programming for songs can be seen in a number of youtube videos--for example, Silvia at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzjsxj69-L8, as well as most of my youtubes.
Finally, the end of the video was cut off abruptly, a few notes before I intended, but because this video is for demonstration purposes I did not re-do it.
A viewer asked for a list of the song excerpts I played--here's the list, including those excerpts that were only a few bars in length.
Malaguena, Anniversary Song, Fly Me to the Moon, Five Foot Two, Tennessee Waltz, In the Mood, Stardust, Accordion Boogie, Libertango, Por Una Cabeza, Tea for Two, Jugo de piña, Tico Tico, Besame Mucho, Just Because, Turkey in the Straw, Amazing Grace, Always on My Mind, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Dixie, God Bless America, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, La Vie en Rose, Come Back to Sorrento, Arrivederci Roma, Musetta's Waltz, Wedding Tarantella, Let it Be, Rocky, Sound of Music, Schnee Waltz, Clarinet Polka, Tic Toc Polka, The Blue Danube.

Richard Noel

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[clolayet310]

bravo richard,

j'ai le même accordéon,mais je n'arrive pas comme vous à mettre 2 sons ensemble comme dans votre démo set 70-to 3 (Piano+Voice).

si vous pouvez m'aider !... merci d'avance.

[bakersfieldaccordion]

I'm not sure if I understand--do you want to add piano + voice as in set 70, register 3? If so, just layer the voice to the piano using menu 6.12. Or email me and I could send you more information.

Richard

[edsternet]

Very impressive indeed.Is this using factory settings, or have you tweaked or changed any registers. The sounds were really authentic. I have to look again at my Roland!

[bakersfieldaccordion]

Good question. I definitely am not using the factory sets, although in some cases I borrowed ideas from their examples. Each of the sets I played are from a group of 13 sets I programmed with the sounds I like. I wouldn't say I tweaked but rather started pretty much from scratch. In every set, and even across sets, I'm trying to order the registers in a way that I can remember the positions without having to look at the screen. Then I test them on gigs and tweak some more.

[DieterLo1]

Very good demonstration. I am having Limex - midi in my accordion, but very interested which other good sounds other  companies can produce. Good to compare it. Greetings from Germany! Dieter

[bakersfieldaccordion]

Yes, there are a number of different systems. What I like most about the Roland is the ability to change dynamics via bellows and touch sensitivity rather than using a foot pedal, and it also is amazingly portable and self-contained.

[bbybyka]

bv pariziene tres bien!



[Accordeons6000]

Jolies ,j'adore votre musique...

[acordeonhobby]

saludos

[clolayet310]

Hello Richard, thank you for having answered my messge.

I asked you how you make to put 2 sounds sets(groups) as in the demo set 70-3 ( piano+voice ) by playing tennessee waltz.

Excuse my bad English which I compose with Reverso.

I estimate(appreciate) all your demos a lot.

You know the painter Fernand Léger.

Merry Christmas(New Year's) Eve and good year 2012.

Laxalde.claude@neuf.fr

[davian3]

Looks like an I.V. infiltration on your right hand. Hope you are well.

D. Steffen.

[DieterLo1]

A wonderful presentation, what is possible with Roland! GReetings Dieter

[accordiona]

Thank you, Richard, for showing us how you access the sets. Now I understand how you are able to utilize the many voices and registers. I admire your proficiency on the Roland and your fine musicianship! Many thanks for your instructional videos.

Lorna

[homersparrow]

Dear Sir,

May I ask will the FR-7x play any sound with the bellow closed?

I am a beginner accordion player and having difficulty in co-ordinating all the moves together.

I was wondering with the FR-7x may be I can practise one hand at a time and then put the moves together. I was told with the earlier model FR-2 and some minus one song function I can do that.

Thank you very much for your advice in advance.