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FINGERED Accompaniment Keyboard and Mel, ody Keyboard, Chord Types

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Chord Types CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of chords with minimal fingering. Chord Types 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. Example C Major (C) CC#DE E FF#GA A B B CC#DE E F 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) CC#DE E FF#GA A B B CC#DE E F 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) CC#DE E FF#GA A B B CC#DE E F 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) CC#DE E FF#GA A B B CC#DE E F ❚ 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 Accompaniment keyboard Melody 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 Cm Cdim Caug *1 Csus4 C7 *2 Cm7 *2 Cmaj7 *2 Cm7 5 C7 5 *1 C7sus4 Cadd9 *2 Cmadd9 *2 CmM7 *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. E-20 CTK481_E18_21.p65 Page 20 625A-E-022A 03.10.7, 2:58 PM Adobe PageMaker 6.5J/PPC

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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 sev-
enth chords.
FINGERED
FINGERED provides you with a total of 15 different chord
types. The following describes the FINGERED
“
Accompa-
niment keyboard
”
and
“
Melody keyboard
”
, and tells you how
to play a C-root chord using FINGERED.
FINGERED Accompaniment Keyboard and Mel-
ody Keyboard
Major chords
Major chord names are marked
above the keys of the accompa-
niment keyboard. Note that the
chord produced when you press
an accompaniment keyboard
does not change octave, regard-
less 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 accompani-
ment 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 de-
pressed and press any other three
accompaniment keyboard keys
located to the right of the major
chord key.
Example
Chord Types
Melody keyboard
Accompaniment
keyboard
625A-E-022A
Chord Types
CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of
chords with minimal fingering.
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 fin-
gerings (i.e. playing E-G-C or G-C-E instead of C-E-G) will pro-
duce 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.
❚
NOTE
•
The accompaniment keyboard can be used for playing chords
only. No sound will be produced if you try playing single melo-
dy notes on the accompaniment keyboard.
C
Caug
*
1
Cm7
*
2
C7
²
5
*
1
Cmadd9
*
2
Cm
Csus4
Cmaj7
*
2
C7sus4
CmM7
*
2
Cdim
C7
*
2
Cm7
²
5
Cadd9
*
2
Cdim7
*
1
C minor seventh (Cm7)
CC DE
FF
#
²
E
#
GA
²
A
B
B
²
CC DE
F
E
#
²
C seventh (C7)
CC DE
FF
²
E
#
GA
²
²
CC DE
F
E
²
C minor (Cm)
CC DE
FF
²
E
GA
²
²
CC DE
F
E
²
CC DE
FF
#
²
E
#
GA
²
A
B
B
²
CC DE
F
E
#
²
C Major (C)
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