E-14, Playing rhythms, How to play chords – Casio PX-310 User Manual
Page 16: C minor (cm), C seventh (c7), C minor seventh (cm7)
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Chord Types
Major chords
Press one accompaniment key.
Note that the chord produced
when you press an
accompaniment keyboard key
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.
Example
C Major (C)
C C DE
F
#
#
E
F GA A
B
B
C C DE
F
E
#
C minor (Cm)
C C DE
F
#
#
E
F GA A
B
B
C C DE
F
E
#
C seventh (C7)
C C DE
F
#
#
E
F GA A
B
B
C C DE
F
E
#
C minor seventh
(Cm7)
C C DE
F
#
#
E
F GA A
B
B
C C DE
F
E
#
Playing Rhythms
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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.
■ FINGERED
In this mode, you specify chords by playing them as you
would on a piano, inside the accompaniment keyboard
range. To specify a C-chord, you would play C-E-G.
FINGERED Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody
Keyboard
How to Play Chords
The way you finger chords depends on the current
chord mode.
■ Normal
In this mode there is no auto accompaniment, so you
can play all of piano’s keys for standard-fingering
chords or melody notes.
■ 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
IMPORTANT!
• 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.
• The split point (page E-9) is the point that separates the
Auto Accompaniment area and the melody area of the
keyboard. You can change the location of the split point,
which also changes the sizes of the keyboard areas.
Accompaniment
keyboard
Melody keyboard
Chord Types
CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four
types of chords with minimal fingering.
Accompaniment
keyboard
Melody keyboard