Casio Celviano AP-500 User Manual page 20

Playing a Rhythm
How to Play Chords
The way you finger chords depends on the current
Auto Accompaniment mode. If you want to play
without Auto Accompaniment, use the NORMAL
mode.
CASIO CHORD
Even if you do not know how to play chords normally,
this mode lets you play four different types of chords
using simplified fingerings in the accompaniment
keyboard range of the keyboard. The following shows
where the accompaniment keyboard range is located,
and explains how to finger chords in the CASIO
CHORD mode.
CASIO CHORD Mode Keyboard
Accompaniment
keyboard range
E-16
Melody keyboard range
IMPORTANT!
• In the CASIO CHORD mode, the keys in the
accompaniment keyboard range of the keyboard operate
as "chord switches" only. You cannot use the keys in this
keyboard range to play notes.
• You can use the split point to change the size of the
accompaniment keyboard range. See "To specify the
keyboard split point" on page E-11 for more information.
Chord Types
Major Chords
Pressing a single
accompaniment keyboard
range key in the CASIO
CHORD mode will play the
major chord whose name is
marked above the key. All of
the accompaniment
keyboard range keys that are
marked with the same chord
name play exactly the same
chord.
Minor Chords
To play a minor chord, press
the accompaniment
keyboard range key that
corresponds to the major
chord, while also pressing
one other accompaniment
keyboard range key to the
right.
Seventh Chords
To play a seventh chord,
press the accompaniment
keyboard range key that
corresponds to the major
chord, while also pressing
two other accompaniment
keyboard range keys to the
right.
Minor Seventh Chords
To play a minor seventh
chord, press the
accompaniment keyboard
range key that corresponds
to the major chord, while
also pressing three other
accompaniment keyboard
range keys to the right.
NOTE
• When playing a minor, seventh, or minor seventh chord,
it makes no different whether the additional keys you
press are black or white.
Example:
C (C Major)
Note
b b b b
C C DE # E F F # GA A B B C C DE # E F
names
Cm (C Minor)
b b b b
C C DE # E F F # GA A B B C C DE # E F
C7 (C Seventh)
b b
b b
# #
C C DE # E F F GA A B B C C DE E F
Cm7 (C Minor Seventh)
b b b b
C C DE # E F F # GA A B B C C DE # E F
B