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Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume

The MD-1150 lets you adjust the volume

two, three, or four accompaniment keys at the same time.

Number of Keys

of your accompaniment separately from the overall volume of the keyboard.

Pressed

Chord Type

1.Press ACCOMP VOLUME. The cur- rent accompaniment volume setting appears on the display next to

Acomp Vol.

2.Within 5 seconds, enter a number from 0 (no sound) to 9 (loudest) on the keypad. The number appears on the display as you press the key.

Or, press or + to select the next lowest or highest accompaniment volume setting.

To reset the accompaniment volume to its default value of 7, press and + at the same time.

Note: You can adjust the accompani- ment volume separately for your key- board play and prerecorded tune playback.

Concert Chord

The concert chord method lets begin- ning keyboard players easily select and play a chord.

The number of accompaniment keys you press determines the type of chord that plays. This chart shows the chord type that plays when you press one,

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Major

Minor (m)

Dominant

Seventh (7)

Minor Seventh (m7)

The lowest note you play determines the key of the chord. For example, if the low- est note is C, the keyboard plays a C chord.

Note: You can press any labeled note(s) to the right of the lowest note in the chord to produce a minor, a dominant seventh, or minor seventh chord.

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Optimus MD-1150 owner manual Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume, Concert Chord