■Playing rhythms

This keyboard features a collection of 100 exciting built-in rhythm patterns. Each pattern provides percussion back up for all your performances.

To select and play a rhythm

1.Set the POWER/MODE selector to NORMAL.

POWER/MODE

FINGERED

ON

CASIO CHORD

NORMAL

OFF

2.Find the rhythm you want to use in the “Rhythm List” (page A-3) and note its rhythm number.

3.Press the RHYTHM button.

• When you do, the RHYTHM icon lights.

• The number that appears on the display indicates the currently selected rhythm.

RHYTHM icon

4. Use the number buttons to input the 2-digit rhythm number for the rhythm you want to use.

7 8 9

4 5 6

1 2 3

0NUMBER

•Example: To select “71 SAMBA”, input 7 and 1.

•Be sure to always specify a 2-digit number.

•If you discover a mistake before you input the second digit, press the RHYTHM button to return to the previously set rhythm number.

•You can change to another rhythm even while the current rhythm is sounding.

5. Press the START/STOP button to start play of the rhythm.

SYNCHRO/ START/

FILL-IN STOP

•When you do, the selected rhythm starts to sound.

6. Use the TEMPO buttons to adjust the tempo of the rhythm.

TEMPO

• Pressing or

displays the current tempo setting. Press

or

 

 

 

 

again to change the tempo setting.

 

 

• Each time you press one of the TEMPO buttons while

 

 

the tempo value is displayed, the tempo setting

 

 

changes one step, within the range of 040 to 255.

 

•The initial default tempo setting when you turn on power is 120.

•After displaying the current tempo setting by pressing a TEMPO but- ton in step 6, you can also input the tempo setting you want by input- ting a three-digit value with the number buttons.

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