Casio MA-170 Selecting a Rhythm, Using Auto Accompaniment, NOTE, PREPARATION, 1Press the RHYTHM button, Initial Default Tempo Settings

Selecting a Rhythm

You can select from among 30 rhythms. See the rhythm list at the end of this manual (page A-2) for information about what rhythms are available.

1Press the RHYTHM button.

•This causes “RHYTHM” to appear on the display, along with the number of the currently selected rhythm.

2Find the rhythm you want in the “Rhythm List” on page A-2, and then use the number buttons to input its two-digit number.

•To select “02 DANCE”, for example, press [0] then [2].

•You can also use the + (higher) and – (lower) buttons to change the displayed rhythm number.

3Press the START/STOP button to start the currently selected rhythm.4Use the [
] and [] TEMPO buttons to adjust the speed of the rhythm.•You can set the tempo value in the range of 40 to 240.•To return the tempo setting to the initial

default value for the selected rhythm, press the [
] and [] TEMPO buttons at the same time.

5Press the START/STOP button again to stop rhythm play.

NOTE

•The tone list, rhythm list, and Song Bank list do not show all of the tones, rhythms, and songs that are available. See the Appendix at the back of this manual for complete lists.

Initial Default Tempo Settings

The following are the rules that govern the initial default tempo settings of built-in rhythms.

•Each rhythm has an initial default tempo setting that best matches the rhythm.

•Changing the selected rhythm while rhythm play is stopped automatically changes the tempo setting to initial default for the newly selected rhythm.

•Changing the selected rhythm while rhythm is playing changes the rhythm without changing the tempo setting. If One-Touch Preset is turned on (page E-21), the tempo setting is always changed with selection of a different rhythm, regardless of whether the rhythm is playing or not.

Using Auto Accompaniment

The 19 keys (C2 through F￿3) on the far left of the keyboard are the “auto accompaniment keyboard”. Pressing the keys of the auto accompaniment keyboard plays the chords marked above them.

PREPARATION•Select the rhythm you want to use and adjust the tempo.

1Use the MODE button to cycle through the available accompaniment options until the CASIO CHORD or FINGERED indicator is shown on the display.

•Each press of the MODE button cycles through the accompaniment options in the sequence shown below.

2 Press the START/STOP button to start the rhythm.

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