Radio Shack LK-1500 owner manual Full Range Chord Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody Keyboard

Auto Accompaniment

NOTE

•Except for the chords specified in note*1 above, inverted fingerings (i.e. playing E-G-C or G-C-E instead of C-E-

G)will produce the same chords as the standard fingering.

•Except for the exception specified in note*2 above, all of the keys that make up a chord must be pressed. Failure to press even a single key will not play the desired FINGERED chord.

FULL RANGE CHORD

This accompaniment method provides a total of 38 different chord types: the 15 chord types available with FINGERED plus 23 additional types. The keyboard interprets any input of three or more keys that matches a FULL RANGE CHORD pattern to be a chord. Any other input (that is not a FULL RANGE CHORD pattern) is interpreted as melody play. Because of this, there is no need for a separate accompaniment keyboard, so the entire keyboard, from end to end, can be used for both melody and chords.

FULL RANGE CHORD Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody Keyboard

Accompaniment keyboard/Melody keyboard

< Chords Recognized by This Keyboard >

Chord Types

Number of Types

Corresponding

15 (page E-35)

FINGERED Chord

23

The following are examples of chords

that use C as the bass note.

C6

• Cm6

• C69

Other Chords

C

•

D

•

E

•

F

•

G

•

A

•

B

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

B

•

C m

•

Dm

•

Fm

•

Gm

•

Am

•

B m

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Dm7

5

•

A 7

•

F7

•

Fm7

•

Gm7

•

A add9

C

C

C

C

C

C

Example: To play the chord C major.

Any of the fingerings shown in the illustration below will produce C major.

1

E G C

E	G C	.... Chord C
	1
	2	.... Chord	C
	2		E

NOTE

•As with the FINGERED mode (page E-35), you can play the notes that form a chord in any combination (1).

•When the composite notes of a chord are separated by 6 or more notes, the lowest sound becomes the bass (2).

<Music Example >

Tone: 023, Rhythm: 005, Tempo: 070

4	D	D	Bm	Bm	G	E7	A	A
		C#		A		A		G
4

4

4

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