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Auto Accompaniment

1Name of chord being played

2 Current measure and beat

4.To stop auto accompaniment play, press the START/STOP button again.

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

ŠOn the keyboard shown above, Lower1 and Lower2 are assigned to the accompaniment keyboard range and Upper1 and Upper2 are assigned to the melody keyboard range.

ŠWhen split is turned off (page E-20), the accompaniment keyboard range keys do not sound any melody notes. In this case, they are used to specify chords for the accompaniment pattern.

ŠYou can expand the range of the accompaniment keyboard by moving the keyboard’s split point to the right (page E-20).

Chord Types

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

Chord Types

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Major chords

C Major (C)

Note that the chord produced

when you press an

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accompaniment keyboard key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 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 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 the major chord key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

depressed and press any other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

three accompaniment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

keyboard keys located to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

right of the major chord key.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ŠIt 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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