Using Auto Accompaniment

■FINGERED 1, 2, and 3

With these three input modes, you play chords on the accompaniment keyboard using their normal chord fingerings. Some chord forms are abbreviated, and can be fingered with one or two keys.

See the separate “Appendix” for information about chords that are supported and how they are fingered on the keyboard.

Accompaniment keyboard

●FINGERED 1

Play the component notes of the chord on the keyboard.

●FINGERED 2

Unlike FINGERED b1, 6th input is not possible. m7 or m7 5 is input.

●FINGERED 3

Unlike FINGERED 1, allows input of fraction chords with the lowest keyboard note as the bass note.

■CASIO CHORD

With CASIO CHORD, you can use simplified fingerings to play the four types of chords described below.

Accompaniment keyboard

CASIO CHORD Fingering

 

 

Chord Type

 

 

 

Example

 

Major Chords

C (C Major)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letters above the accompaniment

 

C C#DEb E F F#G Ab A Bb B C C#DEb

E F

 

keyboard indicate the chord assigned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to each key. Pressing a single

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accompaniment area key in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASIO CHORD mode will play the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

major chord whose name is marked

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

above the key. All of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accompaniment area keys that are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

marked with the same chord name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

play exactly the same chord.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minor Chords

Cm (C Minor)

 

 

 

 

 

 

To play a minor chord, press the

 

C C#DEb E F F#G Ab A Bb B C C#DEb

E F

 

accompaniment area key that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

corresponds to the major chord, while

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also pressing one other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accompaniment area key to the right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seventh Chords

C7 (C Seventh)

 

To play a seventh chord, press the

 

C C#DEb E F F#G Ab A Bb B C C#DEb

E F

 

accompaniment area key that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

corresponds to the major chord, while

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also pressing two other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accompaniment area keys to the right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minor Seventh Chords

Cm7

 

 

 

 

 

 

To play a minor seventh chord, press

(C Minor Seventh)

 

the accompaniment area key that

 

C C#DEb E F F#G Ab A Bb B C C#DEb

E F

 

corresponds to the major chord, while

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also pressing three other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accompaniment area keys to the right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•When playing a minor, seventh, or minor seventh chord, it makes no different whether the additional keys you press are black or white.

■FULL RANGE CHORD

With this mode, you can use the full range of the keyboard to play chords and the melody.

See the separate “Appendix” for information about chords that are supported.

Accompaniment keyboard / Melody keyboard

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