Auto Accompaniment

CASIO CHORD Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody

FINGERED

 

Keyboard

 

 

 

FINGERED provides you with a total of 15 different chord

 

 

Accompaniment

Melody keyboard

types. The following describes the FINGERED

keyboard

“Accompaniment keyboard” and “Melody keyboard”, and

 

 

 

 

tells you how to play a C-root chord using FINGERED.

 

 

FINGERED Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody

 

 

Keyboard

 

NOTE

 

Accompaniment

 

 

keyboard

Melody keyboard

 

 

•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

 

 

 

 

NOTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of

•

The accompaniment keyboard can be used for playing

 

chords only. No sound will be produced if you try playing

chords with minimal fingering.

 

 

 

 

 

 

single melody notes on the accompaniment keyboard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chord types

 

 

Example

 

C

 

 

Cm

 

Cdim

 

Major chords

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Major chord names are marked

 

C Major (C)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

above the keys of the

CC#DE￿

E FF#GA￿A B￿ B CC#DE￿ E F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accompaniment keyboard. Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that the chord produced when you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

press an accompaniment keyboard

 

 

 

Caug *1

Csus4

 

C7 *2

 

 

does not change octave, regardless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of which key you use to play it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minor chords (m)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To play a minor chord, keep the

 

C minor (Cm)

 

 

 

*2

 

*2

Cm7￿

5

 

major chord key depressed and

CC#DE￿ E FF#GA￿A B￿ B CC#DE￿ E F

 

Cm7

Cmaj7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

press any other accompaniment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

keyboard key located to the right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of the major chord key.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seventh chords (7)

 

 

 

 

 

C7￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To play a seventh chord, keep the

 

C seventh (C7)

 

5 *1

C7sus4

Cadd9

*2

CC#DE￿

E FF#GA￿A B￿ B CC#DE￿ E F

 

 

 

 

major chord key depressed and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

press

any

other

two

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accompaniment keyboard keys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

located to the right of the major

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chord key.

 

 

 

 

 

Cmadd9 *2

CmM7 *2

Cdim7 *1

Minor seventh chords (m7)

 

C minor seventh (Cm7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To play a minor seventh chord,

CC#DE￿ E FF#GA￿A B￿ B CC#DE￿ E F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

keep the major chord key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

depressed and press any other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

three

accompaniment keyboard

 

 

See the “Fingered Chord Chart” on page A-6 for details on

keys located to the right of the

 

 

major chord key.

 

 

 

 

playing chords with other roots.

 

 

 

NOTE

 

 

 

 

 

*1: Inverted fingerings cannot be used. The lowest note is the

• It makes no difference whether you press black or white

 

root.

 

 

 

 

 

 

*2: The same chord can be played without pressing the 5th G.

keys to the right of a major chord key when playing minor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and seventh chords.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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