Casio CTK491 CHORD BOOK button, 2. Press the CLEAR button, chord specification but- tons

Looking Up a Chord Using the Chord

Book

1. Press the CHORD BOOK button to enter the Chord Book mode.

2. Press the CLEAR button.

•This step is necessary to clear any previously input chord name.

3.If the chord name you plan to input is a non- major chord, use the chord specification but- tons to specify the chord type.

•Chord types are indicated by the small letters above the chord specifications buttons.

•Non-major chords include minor, seventh, sustained, etc. chords.

•See page E-28 for details on the chord specification buttons.

•Skip step 3 if you want to input a major chord name.

<Example: F
m7-5>

4. Press the accompaniment keyboard key that corresponds to the root note of the chord.

•A dash appears in place of the chord name if the chord

cannot be recognized
by the keyboard
.

•To specify F , for example, press the F key.

•The key you press is indicated on the graphic key- board and the corresponding chord sounds.

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<Example: F
m7-5>

C
E F
A B C
E

C D E F G A B C D E F

Fingers used Chord name

Keyboard keys used Staff display

5. Check to make sure that the chord name on the display is the one you want. If it isn’t, repeat the above from step 2.

6. If the chord is correct, you can see its fingering on the graphic keyboard. Try playing the chord on the keyboard.

<Example>

❚NOTE

•The fingering that appears on the display is one standard fin- gering. You can also use other fingerings to match the size of your hands or to make it easier to progress from or to neigh- boring chords.

•You can also use the [+] and [–] buttons to change the dis- played chord name.

•The tone used to sound chords you play on the accompani- ment keyboard while using the Chord Book is the same tone used by the accompaniment part of the rhythm that was se- lected before you entered the Chord Book mode. Depending on the rhythm that was selected, some of the notes that make up a chord may be omitted when you play the chord on the accompaniment keyboard in the Chord Book Mode. This is due to the internal chord conversion function, arrangements, and polyphony limitations. Because of this, you should always play the chords indicated on the display on the melody keyboard (the range that does not have chord names printed above the keys).

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