Casio PX 110 User Guide - Page 14

Playing Rhythms How to Play Chords The way you finger chords depends on the current chord mode. I Normal In this mode there is no auto accompaniment, so you can play all of piano's keys for standard-fingering chords or melody notes. I 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 IMPORTANT! • 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. • The split point (page E-7) is the point that separates the Auto Accompaniment area and the melody area of the keyboard. You can change the location of the split point, which also changes the sizes of the keyboard areas. Chord Types CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of chords with minimal fingering. Chord Types Example Major chords Press one accompaniment key. Note that the chord produced when you press an accompaniment keyboard key does not change octave, regardless of which key you use to play it. C Major (C) C C#DE E F F#GA A B B C C#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) C C#DE E F F#GA A B B C C#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) C C#DE E F F#GA A B B C C#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) C C#DE E F F#GA A B B C C#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. I FINGERED In this mode, you specify chords by playing them as you would on a piano, inside the accompaniment keyboard range. To specify a C-chord, you would play C-E-G. FINGERED Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody Keyboard Accompaniment keyboard Melody keyboard E-12 404A-E-014A