Full-Range Chords; Using Free Session - Optimus MD-1200 Owner's Manual

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Follow these steps to start standard fin-
gering auto accompaniment.
1. Set to
MODE FINGERED
2. Select and enter an auto-rhythm.
(See "Selecting/Playing an Auto-
Rhythm" on Page 15.)
3. To start the auto-rhythm before your
auto accompaniment, press
or .
STOP INTRO
To synchronize the start of the
selected auto-rhythm
accompaniment, press
.
ENDING
4. Begin the accompaniment at the
desired interval by pressing at least
three accompaniment keys to play
the desired chord.
To play a melody along with the
accompaniment, press any key(s) to
the right of the accompaniment
keys.
5. To change chords without interrupt-
ing the rhythm, simply press the
auto accompaniment keys required
to form the new chord.
6. To stop accompaniment and the
auto-rhythm, press

Full-Range Chords

While the easy random and standard fin-
gering methods limit chord formations to
the accompaniment keys, the full-range
chord method lets you play chords of
any type using any of the MD-1200's
keys.
Set
follow the steps under "Standard Finger-
ing." If you press three or more keys
.
anywhere on the keyboard that form a
chord, the MD-1200 plays that chord.
The MD-1200 responds with melody
sounds if you press fewer than three
keys.
START/
Notes:
with your
SYNCHRO/
.
START/STOP

Using FREE SESSION

The MD-1200 lets you set the keyboard
to play an automatic accompaniment
(based on your auto-rhythm selection)
while you play the melody using a tone
you select. Refer to the "Free Session
Chord Progression Chart" on Page 54
for the chord progression, tempo, and
tone associated with each auto-rhythm.
to
MODE FULL RANGE CHORD
• In the full-range chord mode, the
MD-1200 recognizes
chords in addition to the 15 chords
in the standard fingering mode
(examples show C as the base
note):
C6 Cm6 C6/9 C/C
F/C G/C A/C B/C
Fm/C Gm/C Am/C Bm/C Dm7-
A7/C F7/C Fm7/ Gm7/
C C
• When the composite notes of a
chord are more than five notes
apart, the lowest sound becomes
the base note.
and
these 23
D/C E/C
BCm/ Dm/C
C
C
5/
Aadd9/C
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