Casio CTK491 Using the Chord Book, Chord Names, Inverted Forms, What is a chord

Using the Chord Book

CHORD BOOK	Chord specification
	buttons

CLEAR

The Chord Book feature of this keyboard makes it possible for you to look up information about chords quickly and eas- ily. Simply input the name of the chord and the keyboard keys you should press, the fingers you should use, and the notes that make up the chord appear on the display along with the chord name.

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.

Inverted Forms

There are a number of different ways to play the same chord. A form that is different from the basic form but still produces the same chord is called an “inverted form.”

<Example: C chord>

All of the following are C chords.

  

   

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