Casio CTK720AD User Guide - Page 20

Auto Accompaniment Adjusting the Tempo You can adjust the tempo of rhythm play within a range of 40 to 255 beats per minute. The tempo setting is applied to Auto Accompaniment chord play, and song bank operations. To adjust the tempo 1 Use the TEMPO buttons ( / ) to adjust the tempo. : Increases the tempo value. : Decreases the tempo value. Example: Hold down the button until the tempo value 110 is on the display. 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 This page FINGERED Page E-19 Chord name 8Beat 1 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 tempo value and beat of a rhythm or built-in tune. The graphic metronome helps you keep in time as you play along with a rhythm or built-in tune. Graphic metronome Tempo value 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. NOTE • If you press the SYNCHRO button in place of the START/ STOP button in step 2, the rhythm pattern starts to play automatically when you perform the operation in step 3. For details about these buttons, see page E-20. • 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-28. 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 currently selected rhythm. 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. E-18 628A-E-020A