Casio 451 manual Major chords, Minor chords m, Seventh chords, Minor seventh chords m7

CASIO CHORD

This method of chord play makes it possible for anyone to easily play chords, regardless of previous musical knowledge and experience. The following describes the CASIO CHORD “Accompaniment key- board” and “Melody keyboard”, and tells you how to play CASIO CHORDs.

CASIO CHORD Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody Keyboard

Accompaniment
keyboard	Melody keyboard

❚ NOTE ❚

The accompaniment keyboard can be used for playing chords only.

No sound will be produced if you try playing single melody notes on the accompaniment keyboard.

Chord Types

CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of chords with minimal fingering.

Chord Types	Example
Major chords	C Major (C)
Major chord names are marked above
the keys of the accompaniment key-	C D E F G A B C D E F
board. Note that the chord produced
when you press an accompaniment
keyboard does not change octave, re-
gardless of which key you use to play
it.
Minor chords (m)	C minor (Cm)
To play a minor chord, keep the ma-	CD E F G A B C D E F
jor chord key depressed and press any
other accompaniment keyboard key
located to the right of the major chord
key.
Seventh chords (7)	C seventh (C7)
To play a seventh chord, keep the ma-	C D E F G A B C D E F
jor chord key depressed and press any
other two accompaniment keyboard
keys located to the right of the major
chord key.
Minor seventh chords (m7)	C minor seventh (Cm7)
To play a minor seventh chord, keep	C D E F G A B C D E F
the major chord key depressed and
press any other three accompaniment
keyboard keys located to the right of
the major chord key.

❚ NOTE ❚

It makes no difference whether you press black or white keys to the right of a major chord key when playing minor and seventh chords.

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FINGERED

FINGERED provides you with a total of 15 different chord types. The following describes the FINGERED “Accompaniment keyboard” and “Melody keyboard”, and tells you how to play a C-root chord using

FINGERED.

FINGERED Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody Key- board

Accompaniment
keyboard	Melody keyboard

❚ NOTE ❚

The accompaniment keyboard can be used for playing chords only. No sound will be produced if you try playing single melody notes on the ac- companiment keyboard.

C Cm Cdim

Caug *1 Csus4 C7 *2

( )

Cm7 *2	Cmaj7 *2	Cm7-5
( )	(	)
C7-5 *1	C7sus4	Cadd9 *2

( )

Cmadd9 *2	CmM7 *2	Cdim7 *1
( )	(	)

See the “Fingered Chord Chart” on page A-3 for details on playing chords with other roots.

*1: Inverted fingerings cannot be used. The lowest note is the root.

*2: The same chord can be played without pressing the 5th G.

❚ NOTES ❚

•Except for the chords specified in note*1 above, inverted fingerings (i.e. playing E-G-C or G-C-E instead of C-E-G) will produce the same chords as the standard fingering.

•Except for the exception specified in note*2 above, all of the keys that make up a chord must be pressed. Failure to press even a single key will not play the desired FINGERED chord.

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