Using Auto Accompaniment

6. Press the (ACCOMP ON/OFF) button so its lamp is lit.

This turns ACCOMP on, so all accompaniment parts sound.

•Turning ACCOMP off so the ACCOMP lamp is unlit causes only the percussion instrument parts to sound.

•Each press of the (ACCOMP ON/OFF) button toggles ACCOMP on and off.

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7. Press the (SYNCHRO/ENDING) button.

This puts Auto Accompaniment into “synchro standby”. Playing a chord during synchro standby will cause Auto Accompaniment to start to play automatically.

•Pressing the (INTRO) button while Auto

Accompaniment is in synchro standby will enter intro standby. Pressing the (VARIATION) button will enter variation standby. For details about intro and variation patterns, see “Modifying Auto Accompaniment Patterns” (page E-20).

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8. Play the chord you want on the chord keyboard (left keyboard keys).

Auto Accompaniment will start playing when you play the chord.

•To start percussion part play without playing a chord, press the (START/STOP) button.

Example: To play a C chord

 

 

 

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9. Play other chords with left hand as you play the melody with your right hand.

•You can use “CASIO Chord” or other simplified chord fingering modes to play chords. For details, see “Selecting a Chord Fingering Mode” in the following section.

•You can use the (NORMAL) and

(VARIATION) buttons to modify accompaniment patterns. For details, see “Modifying Auto Accompaniment Patterns” (page E-20).

10.When you are finished, press the (START/ STOP) button again to stop Auto Accompaniment.

•Pressing the (SYNCHRO/ENDING) button instead of the (START/STOP) button will play an ending pattern before stopping Auto Accompaniment play. For details about ending patterns, see “Modifying Auto Accompaniment Patterns” (page E-20).

NOTE

•You can use the following procedure to adjust the volume level of the Auto Accompaniment, without affecting the volume of Digital Piano output. For details, see “Auto Accompaniment Volume” (page E-41).

•You can change the size of the chord keyboard by using the split feature to move the split point (page E-11). The keyboard keys to the left of the split point make up the chord keyboard.

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