Casio LK94 User Guide - Page 34

Auto Accompaniment 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 MODE switch to CASIO CHORD, FINGERED, or FULL RANGE CHORD. 2 Press the START/STOP button to start play of the currently selected rhythm. 3 Play a chord. • The actual procedure you should use to play a chord depends on the current MODE switch position. Refer to the following pages for details on chord play. CASIO CHORD Page E-32 FINGERED Page E-33 FULL RANGE CHORD Page E-33 Basic Chord Form Rhumba Chord name 4 To stop Auto Accompaniment play, press the START/ STOP button again. NOTE • If you press the SYNCHRO/ENDING button and then the INTRO button in place of the START/STOP button in step 2, accompaniment will start with an intro pattern when you perform the operation in step 3. For details about these buttons, see pages E-34 and E-35. • If you press the SYNCHRO/ENDING button in place of the START/STOP button in step 4, an ending pattern will play before accompaniment play is ended. For details about this button, see page E-35. • 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-46. E-32 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. CASIO CHORD 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. Chord Types CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of chords with minimal fingering. Chord Types Example 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. C Major (C) CDEF GABCDEF 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) CDEF GABCDEF 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) CDEF GABCDEF 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) CDEF GABCDEF 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. 655A-E-034A