
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
On 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.
When split is turned off (page
You can expand the range of the accompaniment keyboard by moving the keyboard’s split point to the right (page
Chord Types
CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of chords with minimal fingering.
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Major chords | C Major (C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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accompaniment keyboard key |
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does not change octave, |
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regardless of which key you |
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use to play it. |
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Minor chords (m) | C minor (Cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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the major chord key depressed |
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and press any other |
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accompaniment keyboard key |
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located to the right of the major |
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chord key. |
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Seventh chords (7) | C seventh (C7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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the major chord key depressed |
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and press any other two |
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accompaniment keyboard keys |
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located to the right of the major |
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chord key. |
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Minor seventh chords (m7) | C minor seventh (Cm7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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depressed and press any other |
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three accompaniment |
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keyboard keys located to the |
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right of the major chord key. |
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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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