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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.
1. Use the MODE button to select FULL RANGE
CHORD, FINGERED, or CASIO CHORD as the
accompaniment mode.
2. Press the START/STOP button to start play of
the currently selected rhythm.
3. Play a chord.
The actual procedure you should use to play a
chord depends on the currently selected
accompaniment mode. Refer to the following
pages for details on chord play.
1 Chord name
2 Current measure number and beat number
3 Basic fingering of current chord
(May be different from chord actually being played
on the keyboard.)
4. To stop Auto Accompaniment play, press the
START/STOP button again.
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.
J CASIO CHORD Accompaniment Keyboard and
Melody Keyboard
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.
J Chord Types
CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of
chords with minimal fingering.
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.
Using Auto Accompaniment
To use Auto Accompaniment
CASIO CHORD : Page E-33
FINGERED : Page E-34
FULL RANGE CHORD : Page E-34
CASIO CHORD
Chord Types
Example
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.
C Major (C)
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.
C minor (Cm)
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.
C seventh (C7)
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 minor seventh (Cm7)
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