Casio CTK720 Adjusting the Tempo, Using Auto Accompaniment, To adjust the tempo, About the Graphic Metronome, CASIO CHORD, To use Auto Accompaniment

Auto Accompaniment

Adjusting the Tempo		3 Play a chord.
You can adjust the tempo of rhythm play within a range of			• The actual procedure you should use to play a chord
You can adjust the tempo of rhythm play within a range of				depends on the current POWER/MODE switch
40 to 255 beats per minute. The tempo setting is applied to				depends on the current POWER/MODE switch
40 to 255 beats per minute. The tempo setting is applied to				position. Refer to the following pages for details on
Auto Accompaniment chord play, and song bank operations.				position. Refer to the following pages for details on
Auto Accompaniment chord play, and song bank operations.				chord play.
				chord play.
To adjust the tempo				CASIO CHORD ............... This page
				FINGERED ....................... Page E-19
1 Use the TEMPO buttons (	/ ) to adjust the tempo.		Chord name
: Increases the tempo value.
: Decreases the tempo value.
: Decreases the tempo value.					8 B e a t 1
Example: Hold down the	button until the tempo				8 B e a t 1
Example: Hold down the	button until the tempo
value 110 is on the display.

NOTE

• Pressing both TEMPO buttons ( and ) at the same

Basic fingering of current chord

(May be different from chord actually

time resets the tempo to the default value of the currently

being played on the keyboard.)

selected rhythm.

4 To stop Auto Accompaniment play, press the

START/STOP button again.

The graphic metronome appears on the display along with

NOTE

the tempo value and beat of a rhythm or built-in tune. The

• If you press the SYNCHRO button in place of the START/

graphic metronome helps you keep in time as you play along

STOP button in step 2, the rhythm pattern starts to play

with a rhythm or built-in tune.

automatically when you perform the operation in step 3.

Graphic metronome

Tempo value

For details about these buttons, see page E-20.

• You can adjust the accompaniment part volume level

independently of the main volume. For details, see

“Adjusting Accompaniment and Song Bank Volume” on

page E-28.

This method of chord play makes it possible for anyone to

The following procedure describes how to use the keyboard’s

easily play chords, regardless of previous musical knowledge

Auto Accompaniment feature. Before starting, you should

and experience. The following describes the CASIO CHORD

first select the rhythm you want to use and set the tempo of

“Accompaniment keyboard” and “Melody keyboard”, and

the rhythm to the value you want.

tells you how to play CASIO CHORDs.

1Set the POWER/MODE switch to CASIO CHORD or FINGERED.2Press the START/STOP button to start play of the currently selected rhythm.

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