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
❚ 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-17.
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-19) to start
rhythm play.
4.
Press either one or up to four keys on the
accompaniment
corresponding accompaniment starts to play
automatically.
Chord name
E-18
Example
C
CC DE
E
FF
GA A
B
B
CC DE
E
(C Major
Chord)
Cm
CC DE
E
FF
GA A
B
B
CC DE
E
(C Minor
Chord)
C7
CC DE
E
FF
GA A
B
B
CC DE
E
(C Seventh
Chord)
Cm7
(C Minor
CC DE
E
FF
GA A
B
B
CC DE
E
Seventh
Chord)
keyboard,
and
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.
F
Using standard fingerings
The FINGERED mode lets you play a wider variety of chords.
F
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.
F
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.
F
C
(*1)
Caug
Cm7
5 (*1)
C7
Cmadd9
*1 With this chords, the lowest note in your fingering is
always used as the root. Make sure that your fingering
the
correctly identifies the root you want to use.
Cm
Cdim
Csus4
C7
CM7
Cm7
C7sus4
Cadd9
CmM7
Cdim7
5
(*1)