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 keyboard ” 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 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.

C

Cm

Cdim

Caug *1

Csus4

C7 *2

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Cm7 *2

Cmaj7 *2

Cm7-5

( )

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)

C7-5 *1

C7sus4

Cadd9 *2

( )

Cmadd9 *2

CmM7 *2

Cdim7 *1

( )

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)

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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