Using auto accompaniment, Casio chord – Casio LK94TV User Manual

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Melody keyboard

Accompaniment

keyboard

NOTE

• The accompaniment keyboard can be used for playing

chords only. No sound will be produced if you try playing
single melody notes on the accompaniment keyboard.

Auto Accompaniment

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

Set the MODE switch to CASIO CHORD,
FINGERED, or FULL RANGE CHORD.

Press the START/STOP button to start play of the
currently selected rhythm.

Play a chord.

• The actual procedure you should use to play a chord

depends on the current MODE switch position. Refer
to the following pages for details on chord play.

CASIO CHORD ........................... Page E-32
FINGERED ................................... Page E-33
FULL RANGE CHORD ............. Page E-33

To stop Auto Accompaniment play, press the START/
STOP button again.

NOTE

• If you press the SYNCHRO/ENDING button and then

the INTRO button in place of the START/STOP button
in step 2, accompaniment will start with an intro pattern
when you perform the operation in step 3. For details
about these buttons, see pages E-34 and E-35.

• If you press the SYNCHRO/ENDING button in place of

the START/STOP button in step 4, an ending pattern
will play before accompaniment play is ended. For details
about this button, see page E-35.

• You can adjust the accompaniment part volume level

independently of the main volume. For details, see
“Adjusting Accompaniment and Song Bank Volume” on
page E-46.

CASIO CHORD

This method of chord play makes it possible for anyone to
easily play chords, regardless of previous musical knowledge
and experience. The following describes the CASIO CHORD
“Accompaniment keyboard” and “Melody keyboard”, and
tells you how to play CASIO CHORDs.

CASIO CHORD Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody
Keyboard

R h u m b a

Chord name

Basic Chord Form

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Example

C Major (C)

C minor (Cm)

C seventh (C7)

C minor seventh (Cm7)

Chord Types

Major chords
Major chord names are marked
above the keys of the
accompaniment keyboard. Note that
the chord produced when you press
an accompaniment keyboard does
not change octave, regardless of
which key you use to play it.

Minor chords (m)
To play a minor chord, keep the
major chord key depressed and
press any other accompaniment
keyboard key located to the right of
the major chord key.

Seventh chords (7)
To play a seventh chord, keep the
major chord key depressed and
press any other two accompaniment
keyboard keys located to the right
of the major chord key.

Minor seventh chords (m7)
To play a minor seventh chord, keep
the major chord key depressed and
press any other three
accompaniment keyboard keys
located to the right of the major
chord key.

C D E F G A B C D E F

CD E F G A B C D E F

C D E F G A B C D E F

NOTE

• It makes no difference whether you press black or white

keys to the right of a major chord key when playing minor
and seventh chords.

Chord Types

CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of
chords with minimal fingering.