Casio CTK-451 - Manual (Page 21)

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Using Auto Accompaniment
The following procedure describes how to use the keyboard’s Auto
Accompaniment feature. Before starting, you should first select the
rhythm you want to use and set the tempo of the rhythm to the value
you want.
To use Auto Accompaniment
1.
Set the POWER/MODE switch to CASIO CHORD or
FINGERED.
2.
Press the START/STOP button to start play of the cur-
rently selected rhythm.
3.
Play a chord.
• The actual procedure you should use to play a chord depends
on the current POWER/MODE switch position. Refer to the
following pages for details on chord play.
CASIO CHORD ......................................... Page E-20
FINGERED ................................................. Page E-20
4.
To stop Auto Accompaniment play, press the START/
STOP button again.
Adjusting the Tempo
You can adjust the tempo of rhythm play within a range of 20 to 255
beats per minute. The tempo setting is applied to Auto Accompani-
ment chord play, and song bank operations.
To adjust the tempo
Use the TEMPO buttons ( ▲ , ▼) to adjust the tempo.
▲ : Increments displayed value (increases tempo)
▼ : Decrements displayed value (decreases tempo)
Example: Hold down the
▼ button until the tempo value 110 is on the
display.
❚ NOTE ❚
Pressing both TEMPO buttons ( ▲ and ▼) at the same time resets the
tempo to the default value of the currently selected rhythm.
About the Graphic Metronome
The graphic metronome appears on the display along with the tem-
po value and beat of a rhythm or built-in tune. The graphic metro-
nome helps you keep in time as you play along with a rhythm or
built-in tune.
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STATUS
TEMPO
MAIN VOLUME
Graphic metronome
Beat
Tempo value
STATUS
TEMPO
MAIN VOLUME
Chord name
Basic fingering of current chord
(May be different from chord actually
being played on the keyboard.)
TONE
RHYTHM
SONG BANK
STATUS
TEMPO
MAIN VOLUME
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