Radio Shack MD-992 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
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Auto Accompaniment
Chord Types
CONCERT CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types
of chords with minimal fingering.
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 ma-
jor chord key depressed and press
any other accompaniment key-
board 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 ma-
jor chord key.
C
C
DE FF
#
E
#
G
A
AB
B
C
C
DE F
E
#
C
C
DE FF
#
E
#
G
A
AB
B
C
C
DE F
E
#
C
C
DE FF
#
E
#
G
A
AB
B
C
C
DE F
E
#
C
C
DE FF
#
E
#
G
A
AB
B
C
C
DE F
E
#
C Major (C)
C minor (Cm)
C seventh (C7)
C minor seventh (Cm7)
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
FINGERED provides you with a total of 15 different chord
types. The following describes the FINGERED
Accompaniment keyboard and Melody keyboard, and
tells you how to play a C-root chord using FINGERED.
FINGERED Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody
Keyboard
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.
C
Caug
*1
Cm7
*2
C7
5 *1
Cmadd9
*2
Cm
Csus4
Cmaj7
*2
C7sus4
CmM7
*2
Cdim
C7
*2
Cm7
5
Cadd9
*2
Cdim7
*1
See the Fingered Chord Chart on page A-4 for details on
playing chords with other roots.
*1:Inverted fingerings cannot be used. The lowest note is the
root.
*2:
The same chord can be played without pressing the 5th G.
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.
Chord types
Example
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