Chord Types

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

Chord Types

 

 

 

Example

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Major chords

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chord names are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

marked above the

C Major (C)

keys of the

 

C D E F G A B C D E F F#

accompaniment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

keyboard. Press any

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

single key plays the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chord whose name is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

marked above it. 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)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To play a minor chord,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

keep the major chord

C minor (Cm)

key depressed and

 

C D E F G A B C D E F F#

press any other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accompaniment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

keyboard key located

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the right of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

major chord key.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seventh chords (7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To play a seventh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chord, keep the major

C seventh (C7)

chord key depressed

 

C D E F G A B C D E F F#

and press any other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

two accompaniment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

keyboard keys located

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the right of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

major chord key.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chord Types

 

 

 

Example

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minor seventh chords

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(m7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To play a minor

C minor seventh

 

seventh chord, keep

(Cm7)

 

the major chord key

 

C D E F G A B C D E F F#

 

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.

FINGERED

FINGERED provides you with a total of 12 different chord types. The following describes the FINGERED “accompaniment keyboard” and “melody keyboard”, and tells you how to play a C-root chord using FINGERED.

F I N G E R E D A c c o m p a n i m e n t Keyboard and Melody Keyboard

Accompaniment

Melody keyboard

keyboard

 

❚IMPORTANT

•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.

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