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Using Auto Accompaniment
Playing All Parts
Auto Accompaniment with Chords
Playing a chord with your left hand automatically adds bass
and harmony accompaniment parts to the currently selected
rhythm. It is just like having your own personal back up
group on call.
1.
Start play of the Auto Accompaniment rhythm part.
2.
Press bm ACCOMP.
This enables chord input on the accompaniment
keyboard.
Accompaniment keyboard
3.
Use the accompaniment keyboard to play chords.
This will cause bass and harmony Auto Accompaniment
parts to be added to the rhythm part.
4.
Play other chords with left hand as you play the
melody with your right hand.
5.
Pressing bm ACCOMP again returns to rhythm
only accompaniment.
Selecting a Chord Input Mode
You can select from among the following five chord input
modes.
• FINGERED 1
• FINGERED 2
• FINGERED 3
• CASIO CHORD
• FULL RANGE CHORD
1.
Hold down bm$ CHORDS until the chord input
mode selection screen appears on the display.
2.
Use the bq (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select the
chord input mode you want.
■ FINGERED 1, 2, and 3
With these three input modes, you play chords on the
accompaniment keyboard using their normal chord
fingerings. Some chord forms are abbreviated, and can be
fingered with one or two keys.
See page A-7 for information about chords that are supported
and how they are fingered on the keyboard.
● FINGERED 1
Play the component notes of the chord on the keyboard.
● FINGERED 2
Unlike FINGERED 1, 6th input is not possible.
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● FINGERED 3
Unlike FINGERED 1, 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
Major Chords
Pressing a single accompaniment area key in the CASIO
CHORD mode will play the major chord whose name is
marked above the key. All of the accompaniment area keys
that are marked with the same chord name play exactly the
same chord.
Example: C (C Major)
C C D E
E
F F
#
G
A
A
#
Minor Chords
To play a minor chord, press the accompaniment area key
that corresponds to the major chord, while also pressing one
other accompaniment area key to the right.
Example: Cm (C Minor)
C C D E
E
F F
#
G
A
#
A
Seventh Chords
To play a seventh chord, press the accompaniment area key
that corresponds to the major chord, while also pressing two
other accompaniment area keys to the right.
Example: C7 (C Seventh)
C C D E
E
F F
#
G
A
#
A
Minor Seventh Chords
To play a minor seventh chord, press the accompaniment
area key that corresponds to the major chord, while also
pressing three other accompaniment area keys to the right.
Example: Cm7 (C Minor Seventh)
C C D E
E
F F
#
G
A
#
A
• When playing a minor, seventh, or minor seventh chord, it
makes no different whether the additional keys you press
are black or white.
■ FULL RANGE CHORD
With this mode, you can use the full range of the keyboard to
play chords and the melody.
See page A-7 for information about chords that are supported.
B
B
C C DE
#
E
F
B
C C DE
#
E
F
B
B
C C DE
#
E
F
B
C C DE
#
E
F
B
B
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