Auto Accompaniment

Using Auto Accompaniment

The following procedure describes how to use the keyboard’s Auto Accompaniment feature. Before starting, you should first select the rhythm you want to use and set the tempo of the rhythm to the value you want.

To use Auto Accompaniment

1Set the MODE switch to CASIO CHORD, FINGERED, or FULL RANGE CHORD.

2Press the START/STOP button to start play of the currently selected rhythm.

3Play a chord.

The actual procedure you should use to play a chord depends on the current MODE switch position. Refer to the following pages for details on chord play.

CASIO CHORD ........................... Page E-32 FINGERED ................................... Page E-33 FULL RANGE CHORD ............. Page E-33

Basic Chord Form

R h u m b a

Chord name

4To stop Auto Accompaniment play, press the START/ STOP button again.

NOTE

If you press the SYNCHRO/ENDING button and then the INTRO button in place of the START/STOP button in step 2, accompaniment will start with an intro pattern when you perform the operation in step 3. For details about these buttons, see pages E-34 and E-35.

If you press the SYNCHRO/ENDING button in place of the START/STOP button in step 4, an ending pattern will play before accompaniment play is ended. For details about this button, see page E-35.

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-46.

CASIO CHORD

This method of chord play makes it possible for anyone to easily play chords, regardless of previous musical knowledge and experience. The following describes the CASIO CHORD “Accompaniment keyboard” and “Melody keyboard”, and tells you how to play CASIO CHORDs.

CASIO CHORD Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody Keyboard

 

 

 

Accompaniment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Melody keyboard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTE

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

CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of chords with minimal fingering.

Chord TypesExample

Major chords

C Major (C)

Major chord names are marked

C D E F G A B C D E F

above the keys of the

 

accompaniment keyboard. Note that

 

the chord produced when you press

 

an accompaniment keyboard does

 

not change octave, regardless of

 

which key you use to play it.

 

Minor chords (m)

C minor (Cm)

To play a minor chord, keep the

CD E F G A B C D E F

major chord key depressed and

 

press any other accompaniment

 

keyboard key located to the right of

 

the major chord key.

 

Seventh chords (7)

C seventh (C7)

To play a seventh chord, keep the

C D E F G A B C D E F

major chord key depressed and

 

press 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

the major chord key depressed and

 

press any other three

 

accompaniment keyboard keys

 

located to the right of the major

 

chord key.

 

NOTE

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.

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