Playing a Rhythm

■FULL RANGE CHORD

The FULL RANGE CHORD mode lets you play a total of 38 different types of chords (the same chords available in the FINGERED mode plus 23 more). FULL RANGE CHORD recognizes the pressing of three or more keyboard keys anywhere on the keyboard as a chord fingering. Anything else (pressing one or two keys, or playing any group of notes that does not form a chord fingering that is recognized by the keyboard) is treated as melody notes.

FULL RANGE CHORD Mode Keyboard

Adjusting the Volume ofAccompaniment, Tune, and Memory Card Playback

Use the procedures below to adjust the volume of the accompaniment, built-in tune playback, and memory card tune playback. These settings are independent of the volume setting for the notes you play on the keyboard. You can specify volume levels in the range of 000 (minimum) to 127 (maximum).

1 Press the ACCOMP/SONG VOLUME button.

If the RHYTHM button indicator lamp is lit

 

 

Accompaniment and Melody

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recognized Chords

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pattern Type

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Chord Variations

 

FINGERED

 

The 15 chord patterns shown under

 

 

“FINGERED” on page E-12.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23 standard chord fingerings. The

 

 

 

following are examples of the 23 chords

 

 

 

available with C as the bass note.

Standard Fingerings

 

C6 • Cm6 • C69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D￿

 

 

D

 

E

 

F

 

G

 

 

A￿

 

 

B￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•

•

•

•

•

 

•

 

 

 

 

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

 

 

 

 

 

B

 

• D￿m

• Dm

• Fm •

Gm

•Am

• B￿m

 

 

 

 

 

C

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

C

C

 

C

 

C

 

 

 

Ddim • A￿7

• F7

• Fm7

• Gm7 •

A

￿add9

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

C

C

C

C

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

Example: To play the chord C major and E .

1

E G C

EG C

A c c o m p 0 V o l u m e :

[ 1 2 7 ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

If the PIANO, SONG/USER, or CARD button indicator lamp is lit

S o n g 0 V o l u m e :

[ 1 2 7 ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 Use the dial to adjust the volume level.

Using Auto Harmonize

When you turn on Auto Harmonize in the FINGERED or CASIO CHORD accompaniment mode, the keyboard automatically adds one of the notes that make up the current chord to each melody note you play. This adds more depth to your melody line.

To play with Auto Harmonize

1

Use the MODE button to select the CASIO CHORD or

 

FINGERED mode. This turns on Auto Accompaniment.

2

NOTE

1 ..... Chord C

2 ..... Chord CE

2 Press the AUTO HARMONIZE button.

•This causes the AUTO HARMONIZE indicator lamp to light, indicating that Auto Harmonize is turned on.

•When there are at least six semitones between the lowest note and the next note to the right, the lowest note is assumed to be the bass note.

•Note that the digital piano’ s built-in tunes (Piano Group tunes and Song Group Tunes) use rhythms, accompaniments, and effects that are not available with Auto Accompaniment. Because of this, you may not be able to perform a piece exactly like a built-in tune when using Auto Accompaniment.

3 Use the dial to select the Auto Harmonize type you want to use.

• Note that you need to select the Auto Harmonize type with the dial within a few seconds after turning on the Auto Harmonize. If you don’t, the display will exit the setting screen.

• See “Auto Harmonize Types” on page E-14 for more information about Auto Harmonize types.

 

A u t o 0 H a r m o n i z e 0 T y p e :

 

 

[ D u e t 1 ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

4

Start Auto Accompaniment play, and play something

 

in the melody area of the keyboard.

 

• Harmonize notes are added automatically to the melody

 

notes you play.

5

To turn off Auto Harmonize, press the AUTO

 

HARMONIZE button again.

 

• This causes the AUTO HARMONIZE indicator lamp to

 

go out.

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