Casio PX500L Playing Rhythms

Playing Rhythms

You can select from among 120 built-in rhythms. See the Rhythm List on page A-2 of this manual for more information.

NOTE

•Rhythms 110 through 119 consist of chord accompaniments only, without any drums or other percussion instruments. These rhythms do not sound unless CASIO CHORD, FINGERED, or FULL RANGE CHORD is selected as the accompaniment mode. With such rhythms, make sure that CASIO CHORD, FINGERED, or FULL RANGE CHORD is selected before you try playing chords (see the next page).

4 Press the START/STOP button again to stop the rhythm.

NOTE

•You can also cycle through the available rhythms

in step 2 by holding down the CONTROL button and pressing the SONG/RHYTHM SELECT [ ] or [ ] button.

1	Press the RHYTHM button so the RHYTHM
	indicator lamp (below the button) is lit.

• Each press of the button toggles between the upper indicator lamp and lower indicator lamp.

2 While holding down the CONTROL button, use the keyboard keys shown below to input a three-digit rhythm number.

14 6 9

0 2 3 5 7 8

▲	▲	▲	▲	▲	▲	▲	▲
C1	C2	C3	C4	C5	C6	C7	C8

•To select rhythm number 5, for example, press the 0 key , the 0 key and then the 5 key.

3 Press the START/STOP button.

•This starts the rhythm.

SYNCHRO/

FILL-IN RHYTHM

CONTROL INTRO/	START/	METRONOME	TEMPO SONG/RHYTHM
ENDING	STOP		SELECT

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Contents

USER’S GUIDE GUÍA DEL USUARIO NOTICE FCC WARNING Important Contents General Guide Playing Back All the Music Library Tunes Power Supply Power On Alert Using the AC Adaptor Turning Off Power On Alert Connections Connecting Headphones Connecting to a PEDAL Jack Accessories and Options Playing with Different Tones Selecting and Playing a Tone Selecting Main Tones and Variation Tones Selecting a GM Tone or Drum Set Selecting the GM TONES Button Variation Tone Using Tone Effects Other Effect Settings Layering Two Tones Adjusting the Volume of Layered Tones Assigning Different Tones to the Left and Right Sides of the Keyboard Specifying the Keyboard Tone Split Point Using the Piano’s Pedals Selecting the Pedal Function Using the Built-inMetronome Playing Rhythms To adjust the tempo of the rhythm Using Auto Accompaniment To play with auto accompaniment How to Play Chords Page Adjusting Accompaniment Volume Playing a Music Library Tune Practicing with Keyboard Lighting Keyboard Lighting During Lesson Play Easy Lesson Normal Lesson Tracks Song Memory Capacity Other Song Memory Data Recorded Data Storage SONG MEMORY Button Operation Recording Your Keyboard Play Starting the Record Operation To record to one track without playing back the other To record to a track while playing back from the other Playing Back from Song Memory To delete song memory data Other Settings Changing the Keyboard Touch Changing the Piano Key Changing the Pitch of the Piano to Match Another Instrument Turning Off Keyboard Lighting Using MIDI What is MIDI MIDI Connections MIDI Settings Expanding the Selections in the Music Library Troubleshooting Specifications Operational Precautions Locating the Unit Care of the Unit Lithium Battery Setting Control Key Chart Appendix/Apéndice Tone List/Lista de sonidos Rhythm List/Lista de ritmos Song List/Lista de canciones Drum Assignment List/Lista de sonidos de batería Page Fingered Chord Chart/Cuadro de acordes digitados (Fingered) MIDI Implementation Chart