Chord Types

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

Chord Types

 

 

 

 

Example

Major chords

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Major chord names are marked

 

 

 

C Major (C)

above the keys of the accompa-

 

CC#DE E FF#GAA B B CC#DE E F

niment keyboard. Note that the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chord produced when you press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

an accompaniment keyboard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

does not change octave, regard-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

less of which key you use to play

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minor chords (m)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To play a minor chord, keep the

 

 

 

C minor (Cm)

major chord key depressed and

 

CC#DE E FF#GAA B B CC#DE E F

press any other accompaniment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

keyboard key located to the right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of the major chord key.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seventh chords (7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To play a seventh chord, keep the

 

 

 

C seventh (C7)

major chord key depressed and

 

CC#DE E FF#GAA B B CC#DE E F

press any other two accompani-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ment keyboard keys located to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the right of the major chord key.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minor seventh chords (m7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To play a minor seventh chord,

C minor seventh (Cm7)

keep the major chord key de-

 

CC#DE E FF#GAA B B CC#DE E F

pressed 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 sev- enth chords.

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 melo- dy notes on the accompaniment keyboard.

C

Cm

Cdim

Caug *1

Csus4

C7 *2

Cm7 *2

Cmaj7 *2

Cm75

C75 *1

C7sus4

Cadd9 *2

Cmadd9 *2

CmM7 *2

Cdim7 *1

See the “Fingered Chord Chart” on page A-4 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.

❚NOTE

•Except for the chords specified in note*1 above, inverted fin- gerings (i.e. playing E-G-C or G-C-E instead of C-E-G) will pro- duce 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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