Auto Accompaniment

Chord Types

 

FINGERED

 

 

CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of

 

 

FINGERED provides you with a total of 15 different chord

chords with minimal fingering.

 

 

types. The following describes the FINGERED

 

 

Chord TypesExample

“Accompaniment keyboard” and “Melody keyboard”, and

Major chords

C Major (C)

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

 

 

 

Major chord names are marked above

C D E F G A B C D E F

FINGERED Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody

the keys of the accompaniment

 

 

Keyboard

 

 

keyboard. Note that the chord

 

 

 

produced when you press an

 

Accompaniment

 

Melody keyboard

accompaniment keyboard does not

 

 

 

keyboard

 

 

 

 

change octave, regardless of which

 

 

 

 

key you use to play it.

 

 

 

 

Minor chords (m)

C minor (Cm)

 

 

 

To play a minor chord, keep the major

CD E F G A B C D E F

 

 

 

chord key depressed and press any

 

NOTE

 

 

other accompaniment keyboard key

 

 

 

located to the right of the major chord

 

• The accompaniment keyboard can be used for playing

key.

 

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

Seventh chords (7)

C seventh (C7)

single melody notes on the accompaniment keyboard.

 

 

 

To play a seventh chord, keep the

C D E F G A B C D E F

 

 

 

major chord key depressed and press

 

C

Cm

Cdim

any other two accompaniment

 

 

 

 

 

keyboard keys located to the right of

 

 

 

 

the major chord key.

 

 

 

 

Minor seventh chords (m7)

C minor seventh (Cm7)

 

 

 

To play a minor seventh chord, keep

C D E F G A B C D E F

Caug *1

Csus4

C7 *2

the major chord key depressed and

 

press any other three accompaniment

 

 

 

 

keyboard keys located to the right of

 

 

 

 

the major chord key.

 

 

 

 

NOTE

 

Cm7 *2

Cmaj7 *2

Cm7￿5

•It makes no difference whether you press black or white keys to the right of a major chord key when playing minor and seventh chords.

C7 ￿5 *1

 

 

 

 

 

C7sus4

 

 

 

 

Cadd9 *2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cmadd9 *2

 

CmM7 *2

 

 

 

Cdim7 *1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See the FINGERED Chord Chart on page A-5 for details on playing chords with other roots.

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

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

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