Casio WK-6500 User Guide - Page 62
To perform step input of chords
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Music Presets 4. Specify the location of the new chord insert as a number of beats after the current cursor position. To specify this number of beats after the current cursor position: 4 beats 2 beats 1 beat 1/2 beat 1/4 beat Press this button: R-1(5) R-2 (1) R-3 (2) R-7(6) R-8 (7) • Except for the R-8 (7) button, pressing the R-4 ( • ) button after you press any one of the above buttons will increase number of beats by 1.5. • Pressing the R-10 (,) button after you press any one of the above buttons will change the number of beats by 2/3. • The R-9 (8) and R-11 (.) buttons are disabled during this step. 5. Press the R-16 (ENTER) button. • This inserts the chord and causes the cursor to appear at the "ROOT" position of the inserted chord data. The initial default root setting is C. 6. Use the dial or the R-14 (-, +) buttons to specify the root. 7. Use the R-17 (i) button to move the cursor to "TYPE" position, and then use the dial or R-14 (-, +) buttons to configure the type setting. • When the cursor is located at "ROOT" or "TYPE", you can use the chord keyboard to specify the chord root or type. 8. To apply the chord data, press the R-16 (ENTER) button. • This causes the cursor to stop flashing. To perform step input of chords 1. Perform steps 1 through 4 of the procedure under "Chord Progression Editing Flow" on page E-58. 2. Press the C-12 (STEP) button. • This will display a step screen like the one shown below. 3. Use the L-15 (dFF) and L-14 (sREW) buttons to move the cursor to the location from which you want to perform step input. • The cursor will move in one-measure steps. 4. Specify the length of the chord you want to input. • For information about how to do this, see the table in step 4 under "To insert an event" (page E-88). • The R-9 (8) button is disabled during this step. Also note that you cannot specify a dotted 16th note. 5. Press the keyboard keys that correspond to the chord you want to input. • Press keyboard keys in accordance with the current chord fingering mode. For details, see "Selecting a Chord Fingering Mode" (page E-26). • The chord is input as soon as you press the keyboard key, and the cursor will move by the length you specified in step 4 to the next measure:beat:tick. From there you can input the next chord, if you want. • You cannot input more than 999 measures here. 6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to input the chords you want. • If you want to input a series of chords of the same length, skip step 4 and perform step 5 only. 7. When you are finished with step input, press the R-15 (EXIT) button twice. E-60