Casio LK100 User Guide - Page 21

Using the CASIO CHORD system The CASIO CHORD system lets you easily play the four main types of chords. Play of chords is simplified as shown in the chart below. Keys Type Pressing one Major accompaniment chord key Pressing two Minor accompaniment chord keys Pressing Seventh three chord accompaniment keys Pressing four Minor accompaniment seventh keys chord Example C (C Major Chord) CC DE E FF GA A B B CC DE E F Cm (C Minor Chord) CC DE E FF GA A B B CC DE E F C7 (C Seventh CC DE E FF GA AB B CC DE E F Chord) Cm7 (C Minor Seventh Chord) CC DE E FF GA A B B CC DE E F ❚ NOTE • The bottom (leftmost) note that you play determines the name of the chord. If the bottom note is a C for example, the keyboard produces a C chord. • When pressing more than one accompaniment key, it makes no difference whether the keys to the right of the bottom note are white or black. To play a CASIO CHORD auto-accompaniment 1. Use the POWER/MODE selector to select CASIO CHORD. 2. Select an auto-rhythm as described under "To select and play a rhythm" on page E-18. 3. Start play of the rhythm. • If you want to start play of the normal rhythm pattern, press START/STOP. • You can also use synchro start (page E-20) to start rhythm play. 4. Press either one or up to four keys on the accompaniment keyboard, and the corresponding accompaniment starts to play automatically. 5. Continue pressing different keys on the accompaniment keyboard to play your chord progression. 6. To stop auto-accompaniment play, press the START/STOP button again. Using standard fingerings The FINGERED mode lets you play a wider variety of chords. In this mode, you can start play of an accompaniment pattern by pressing three or four of the accompaniment keyboard keys. This keyboard is capable of recognizing 15 different chords. The following shows the fingerings of these chords with a root of C. Note that you can omit the fifth notes (which are shown inside parentheses in the illustrations below) to produce 7, m7, M7, add9, madd9, and mM7 chords. C Cm Cdim Caug (*1) Csus4 C7 Cm7 CM7 Cm7 5 C7 5 (*1) C7sus4 Cadd9 Cmadd9 CmM7 Cdim7 (*1) *1 With this chords, the lowest note in your fingering is always used as the root. Make sure that your fingering correctly identifies the root you want to use. Chord name 662A-E-021A E-19