Casio WK-6500 User Guide - Page 28
Selecting a Chord Fingering Mode
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Using Auto Accompaniment Selecting a Chord Fingering Mode While Auto Accompaniment is playing, you use the chord keyboard to specify the chord root and type. The area of the keyboard to the left of the split point (page E-17) is the chord keyboard. The illustration below shows the chord keyboard range under WK-6500 initial default settings. Chord keyboard Melody Keyboard You can select from among the following five chord fingering modes. 1: Fingered 1 2: Fingered 2 3: Fingered 3 4: CASIO Chord 5: Full Range To select a chord fingering mode 1. Hold down the L-18 (ACCOMP ON/OFF) button until the chord fingering mode selection screen shown below appears on the display. Chord fingering mode 2. Use the dial or R-14 (-, +) buttons to select a chord fingering mode. 3. Press the L-18 (ACCOMP ON/OFF) button or the R-15 (EXIT) button. • This exits the chord fingering mode selection screen. ■ Fingered 1, 2, 3 With these three chord fingering modes, you play chords on the chord keyboard using their normal chord fingerings. Some chord forms are abbreviated, and can be fingered with one or two keys. For information about the types of chords you can finger and their fingerings, see the "Fingering Guide" (page E-124). Fingered 1 : Play the component notes of the chord on the keyboard. Fingered 2 : Unlike Fingered 1, 6th input is not possible with this mode. Fingered 3 : Unlike Fingered 1, this mode allows input of fraction chords with the lowest keyboard note as the bass note. ■ CASIO Chord With "CASIO Chord", you can use simplified fingerings to play the four types of chords described below. Chord Type Example Major Chords Press one key, whose note corresponds to the chord name. • To play C Major, press any C key in the chord keyboard. The octave of the note does not matter. C (C Major) Note name C C#DEb E F F#GAbABb B C C#DEb E F Minor Chords Press the chord keyboard key that corresponds to the major chord, while also pressing one other chord keyboard key to the right. Cm (C minor) C C#DEb E F F#GAbABb B C C#DEb E F Seventh Chords Press the chord keyboard key that corresponds to the major chord, while also pressing two other chord keyboard keys to the right. C7 (C seventh) C C#DEb E F F#GAbABb B C C#DEb E F Minor Seventh Chords Press the chord keyboard key that corresponds to the major chord, while also pressing three other chord keyboard keys to the right. Cm7 (C minor seventh) C C#DEb E F F#GAbABb B C C#DEb E F When pressing more than one chord keyboard key, it makes no difference whether the additional keys are white or black. ■ Full Range Chord With this chord fingering mode, you can use the full range of the keyboard to play chords and the melody. For information about the types of chords you can finger and their fingerings, see the "Fingering Guide" (page E-124). E-26