Casio PL-40R Selecting a Rhythm, Playing a Rhythm, Using Auto Accompaniment, To select a rhythm, To use Auto Accompaniment

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Auto Accompaniment

accompaniment mode. Make sure the applicable indicator

Selecting a Rhythmlamp is lit above the MODE button when using these rhythms.

The built-in rhythms are divided among 6 groups, with each group assigned to a RHYTHM button on the control panel.

Playing a Rhythm

To select a rhythm

1. See the Rhythm Reference at the back of this manual (page A-10) for information about the RHYTHM button names for each of the built-in rhythms.

Press the START/STOP button to start play of the currently selected rhythm. You can then play along with the rhythm on the keyboard.

To stop rhythm play, press the START/STOP button again.

2. Press the RHYTHM button of the rhythm you want to select.

ŠThis causes the button’s indicator lamp to light, and displays the rhythm that is currently selected for that button.

Example:

To select “Samba 1”, first press the JAZZ/LATIN button.

ŠChords will sound along with the rhythm if any of the three accompaniment mode lamps above the MODE button is lit. If you want to play the rhythm pattern without chords, press the MODE button until all of the accompaniment mode lamps are off.

Using Auto Accompaniment

The following procedure describes how to use the piano’s auto accompaniment feature. Before starting, you should first select the rhythm you want to use and set its tempo to the value you want.

1Rhythm Group

2 Rhythm Name

3. Use the []/[ ] buttons to select the rhythm you want.

Example:

For this example, press [ ] button eight times.

ŠYou can also change the rhythm setting by rotating the selector dial.

ŠThe display exits the rhythm setting screen if you do not perform any operation for about 10 seconds. You can also exit the rhythm setting screen by pressing the EXIT/NO button.

ŠSome rhythms consist of chord accompaniments only, without any drums or other percussion instruments. Such rhythms do not sound unless CASIO CHORD, FINGERED, or FULL RANGE CHORD is selected as the

To use Auto Accompaniment

1. Use the MODE button to select FULL RANGE CHORD, FINGERED, or CASIO CHORD as the accompaniment mode.

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

3. Play a chord to start auto accompaniment.

ŠThe actual procedure you should use to play a chord depends on the currently selected accompaniment mode. Refer to the following pages for details on chord play.

CASIO CHORD ...........................	Page E-24
FINGERED ...................................	Page E-25
FULL RANGE CHORD ..............	Page E-25

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