Casio CTK-1100, CTK-1150 Using the Chord Book, <Examples, Chord Names, <Note Names, What is a chord, <Example: C chord

Using the Chord Book

The Chord Book mode of this keyboard lets you use button operations to sound a chord, even if you do not know how to finger it on the keyboards. Specifying a chord using the Chord Book also causes its Auto Accompaniment to play.

What is a chord?

A chord is made up of a root note, upon which is stacked a number of other notes. A variety of different chords can be created by changing the notes stacked onto a root.

<Example: C chord>

	Root
 
	Stacked notes

Chord Names

Chords are named using upper-case letters from A through G, which indicate the root note of the chord. If the root note is a sharp or flat, the chord itself is sharp or flat. A chord name may also be followed by a degree number or other symbols that indicate certain characteristics about the chord.

<Examples>

				Sharp
	Sharp	Flat	Minor	Diminished
Root	Root	Root	Root	Root
Seventh	Major seventh		Sus fourth
	Degree	Degree
Root	Root		Root

<Note Names>

        

C D E F G A B C White keys

(DC
) (DE
) (GF
) (GA
) (AB
) Black keys

Sharps and flats can be referred to using either of the names shown here. The names in the upper row of this illustration are used by this keyboard, because they are the names that are most commonly used in musical notation.

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