Casio CTK-720 User Manual

Casio CTK-720 User Manual

Casio user's guide musical instrument ctk720

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USER'S GUIDE
GUÍA DEL USUARIO
CTK720ES1A

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  • Page 1 USER’S GUIDE GUÍA DEL USUARIO CTK720ES1A...
  • Page 2 Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Model Number: CTK-720 Trade Name: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. Responsible party: CASIO, INC. Address: 570 MT. PLEASANT AVENUE, DOVER, NEW JERSEY 07801...
  • Page 3: Safety Precautions

    Safety Precautions Congratulations on your selection of the CASIO electronic musical instrument. • Before using the instrument, be sure to carefully read through the instructions contained in this manual. • Be sure to keep all user documentation handy for future reference.
  • Page 4 • Never twist or stretch the cord. • Should the electric cord or plug become damaged, contact your original retailer or authorized CASIO Service Provider. G Never touch the AC adaptor while your hands are wet.
  • Page 5 2. If you are using the AC adaptor for power, unplug it from the wall outlet. 3. Contact your original retailer or an authorized CASIO Service Provider. Plastic Bags Never place the plastic bag the product comes in over your head or in your mouth.
  • Page 6 Safety Precautions Connectors Connect only the specified devices and equipment to the product’s connectors. Connection of a non-specified device or equipment creates the risk of fire and electric shock. Location Avoid the following locations for this product. Such locations create the risk of fire and electric shock.
  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction Congratulations upon your selection of this CASIO musical instrument. This keyboard provides you with the following features and functions. ❐ 242 tones Choose from among orchestral sounds, synthesized sounds, and more. ❐ 100 rhythms 100 versatile rhythms help to add plenty of life to all your keyboard performances.
  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    Contents Safety Precautions ... E-1 Introduction ... E-5 Care of your keyboard ... E-5 General Guide ... E-8 Attachment of the Score Stand ... E-9 Quick Reference ... E-10 To play the keyboard ... E-10 Power Supply ... E-12 Using batteries ... E-12 Using the AC Adaptor ...
  • Page 9 Keyboard Settings ... E-28 Adjusting Accompaniment and Song Bank Volume ... E-28 Transposing the Keyboard ... E-28 Tuning the Keyboard ... E-29 Connection to a Computer ... E-30 Connecting to a Computer ... E-30 General MIDI Tone ... E-31 Changing the Settings ... E-31 Troubleshooting ...
  • Page 10: General Guide

    General Guide 628A-E-010B...
  • Page 11: Attachment Of The Score Stand

    1 MIC VOLUME slider 2 Power indicator 3 POWER/MODE switch 4 MAIN VOLUME slider G SONG BANK/PIANO BANK/RHYTHM CONTROLLER 5 FILL-IN button 6 SYNCHRO button 7 START/STOP button 8 TEMPO buttons 9 SETTING button 0 Percussion instrument list A CHORD root names B Speaker C Rhythm list D Tone list...
  • Page 12: Quick Reference

    Quick Reference Power indicator START/STOP This section provides a quick overview of keyboard operation using steps one and two of the 3-step lesson feature. With the 3-step lesson feature, the on-screen keyboard guide keys light to show the next note of the tune. To play the keyboard Set the POWER/MODE switch to NORMAL.
  • Page 13 To stop play at any time, press the START/STOP button. To play an Etude or Concert Piece tune When you get to step 2 of the above procedure, press the PIANO BANK button in place of the SONG BANK button. Indicator appears Find the tune you want to play in the PIANO BANK...
  • Page 14: Power Supply

    Power Supply This keyboard can be powered by current from a standard household wall outlet (using the specified AC adaptor) or by batteries. Always make sure you turn the keyboard off whenever you are not using it. Using batteries Always make sure you turn off the keyboard before loading or replacing batteries.
  • Page 15: Using The Ac Adaptor

    Using the AC Adaptor Make sure that you use only the AC adaptor specified for this keyboard. Specified AC Adaptor: AD-5 [Rear Panel] DC 9V jack Note the following important precautions to avoid damage to the power cord. GDuring Use •...
  • Page 16: Connections

    When connected to a musical instrument amplifier, set the volume of the keyboard to a relatively low level and make output volume adjustments using the amplifier’s controls.
  • Page 17: Basic Operations

    Basic Operations MIC VOLUME This section provides information on performing basic keyboard operations. Playing the Keyboard To play the keyboard Set the POWER/MODE switch to NORMAL. Use the MAIN VOLUME slider to lower the keyboard volume. • It’s always a good idea to set the keyboard volume at a relatively low level before playing.
  • Page 18: Using The Microphone Jack

    Basic Operations Percussion sounds Example: 241 DRUM SET This tone assigns various percussion sounds to the keyboard. See the “Percussion Instrument List” on page A-5 for full details. Polyphony The term polyphony refers to the maximum number of notes you can play at the same time. The keyboard has 32-note polyphony, which includes the notes you play as well as the rhythms and auto-accompaniment patterns that are played by the keyboard.
  • Page 19: Auto Accompaniment

    (No. 95 to 99: 0, 2, 3, 4, 6) is being used, even if the POWER/MODE switch setting is “CASIO CHORD” or “FINGERED”. Because of this, you should set the POWER/MODE switch to “NORMAL” when using a metronome rhythm.
  • Page 20: Adjusting The Tempo

    This method of chord play makes it possible for anyone to easily play chords, regardless of previous musical knowledge and experience. The following describes the CASIO CHORD “Accompaniment keyboard” and “Melody keyboard”, and tells you how to play CASIO CHORDs.
  • Page 21 No sound will be produced if you try playing single melody notes on the accompaniment keyboard. Chord Types CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of chords with minimal fingering. Chord types Major chords Major chord names are marked...
  • Page 22: Using A Fill-In Pattern

    The following procedure describes how to use synchro start. Before starting, you should first select the rhythm you want to use, set the tempo, and use the POWER/MODE switch to select the chord play method you want to use (CASIO CHORD, FINGERED). To use synchro start Press the SYNCHRO button to put the keyboard into synchro start standby.
  • Page 23: Playing A Built-In Tune

    Playing a Built-in Tune START/STOP Your keyboard comes with a total of built-in 100 tunes. You can play back built-in tunes for your own listening pleasure, or you can use them for practice and even sing-along. Built- in tunes are divided between the two groups described below. •...
  • Page 24: To Play Back A Piano Bank Tune

    Playing a Built-in Tune To play back a Piano Bank tune Find the tune you want to play in the PIANO BANK List, and note its number. • See page A-9 for the PIANO BANK List. Press the PIANO BANK button to specify the Piano Bank group.
  • Page 25: To Change The Melody Tone

    To change the melody tone Press the TONE button. Indicator appears Find the tone you want in the TONE List, and then use the number buttons to input its three-digit number. Example: To select “049 VIOLIN”, input 0, then 4, then 9. •...
  • Page 26: 3-Step Lesson

    3-Step Lesson With the 3-Step Lesson System, you can practice built-in tunes and even plot your progress according to the evaluation points the keyboard awards you. Lesson Progress Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Targeted Practice 3-Step Lesson The 3-step lesson feature takes you through the three distinct steps described below to help you learn to play tunes on the keyboard.
  • Page 27: Evaluation Mode

    Evaluation Mode The keyboard’s Evaluation Mode awards points to your performances during Step 3 of the 3-Step Lesson. A perfect score is 100. Also, the Evaluation Mode provides comments about your play on the monitor screen. Evaluation Mode Display Level Indicator (9 Levels): This indicator shows the evaluation of your current performance at a glance.
  • Page 28: Step 2 - Master The Notes

    3-Step Lesson Press any keyboard keys to play the notes. • The key for the next note to be played flashes on the on-screen keyboard guide and the keyboard waits for you to play it. When you press any key to play the note, the on-screen key remains lit as the note plays.
  • Page 29: Voice Fingering Guide

    Evaluation: Find out how the keyboard evaluates your Step 3 play. Use the SCORING button to check the evaluation of your play in Step 3. Press the SCORING button. • This causes the SCORING indicator to appear on the display. •...
  • Page 30: Keyboard Settings

    Keyboard Settings About SETTING button Each press of the SETTING button cycles through the setting screens. If you accidentally pass the screen you want to use, keep pressing the SETTING button until the screen appears again. Adjusting Accompaniment and Song Bank Volume You can adjust the volume of the accompaniment and Song Bank tunes independently of the notes you play on the keyboard.
  • Page 31: Tuning The Keyboard

    Tuning the Keyboard Use the following procedure to fine tune the keyboard to match the tuning of another musical instrument. To tune the keyboard Press the SETTING button until the tuning screen appears.
  • Page 32: Connection To A Computer

    MIDI driver user’s guide.* * You need to have Adobe Reader or Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to view the contents of the “CASIO USB MIDI Driver User’s Guide” (manual_e.pdf). If your computer does not have either Adobe Reader or Acrobat Reader installed, use the procedure below to install it.
  • Page 33: General Midi Tone

    G Windows 2000 Log on using an Administrators group account. See the documentation that comes with Windows 2000 for information about the Administrators group. On the Windows [Start] menu, point to [Settings] and then click [Control Panel]. Click the [System] icon. On the dialog box that appears, click the [Hardware] tab, and then click the [Driver Signing] button.
  • Page 34 Connection to a Computer KEYBOARD CHANNEL (Default: 1) The keyboard channel is the channel used to send messages from this keyboard to a computer. You can specify one channel from 1 to 16 as the keyboard channel. Press the SETTING button until the KEYBOARD CHANNEL screen appears.
  • Page 35: Troubleshooting

    This is an unavoidable result of the digital sampling process,* and does not indicate malfunction. * Multiple digital samples are taken for the low range, middle range, and high range of the original musical instrument. Because of this, there may be a very slight difference in tonal quality and volume between sample ranges.
  • Page 36: Specifications

    242 (113 panel tones + 128 General MIDI tones + 1 drum set) 32 notes maximum (16 for certain tones) Adjustable 2 fingering methods (CASIO CHORD, FINGERED) START/STOP, SYNCHRO, FILL-IN 3 lessons (Step 1, 2, 3) Repeat play of a single tune...
  • Page 37 Appendix/Apéndice 628A-E-073A...
  • Page 38 Appendix/Apéndice 628A-E-074A...
  • Page 39 Appendix/Apéndice 628A-E-075A...
  • Page 40 Appendix/Apéndice Range Type/Tipo de gama (Standard type) (Tipo estándar) “016 GLOCKENSPIEL”/ “076 PICCOLO”/ “104 GLOCKENSPIEL PAD” “016 GLOCKENSPIEL”/ “076 PICCOLO”/ “104 GLOCKENSPIEL PAD” Low pitch instruments Instrumentos de altura tonal baja (Sound Effect) (Efecto de sonido) (SPLIT) (División) ...Keyboard range ...Gama del teclado ...Available range (using transpose or message receive) ...Gama disponible (usando la transposición o recepción de mensajes)
  • Page 41: Appendix

    Percussion Instrument List Lista de instrumentos de percusión • DRUM SET (tone 241) assigns percussion sound to the keyboard as illustrated below. The sound assigned to each key are indicated above the keyboard. • DRUM SET (sonido 241) asigna sonidos de percusión al teclado como se ilustra debajo. Los sonidos asignados a cada tecla se indican sobre el teclado.
  • Page 42: Fingered Chord Chart

    Appendix/Apéndice Fingered Chord Chart Cuadros de acordes Fingered This table shows the left-hand fingerings (including inverted forms) for a number of often-used chords. These fingering indications also appear on the keyboard’s display. Chords marked with asterisk (*) cannot be played in the Fingered Mode on this keyboard.
  • Page 43 Chord sus4 Type Root [5, 3, 1] [5, 2, 1] [5, 3, 1] [5, 2, 1] (D ) [5, 3, 1] [5, 2, 1] [5, 3, 1] [5, 2, 1] (D ) [5, 3, 1] [5, 2, 1] [5, 3, 1] [5, 2, 1] [5, 3, 1] [5, 2, 1]...
  • Page 44: Rhythm List

    Appendix/Apéndice Rhythm List Lista de ritmos POPS I 8 BEAT 1 8 BEAT 2 POP 1 POP 2 SOUL BALLAD 1 POP BALLAD 1 POP SHUFFLE 1 SOUL OFF BEAT POP BALLAD 2 POPS II FOLKIE POP 1 SOUL BALLAD 2 LITE POP 1 CLUB POP 1 8 BEAT POP...
  • Page 45: Song List

    Song List/Lista de canciones SONG BANK List Lista SONG BANK CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT (“LION KING” THEME) HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS JINGLE BELLS SILENT NIGHT JOY TO THE WORLD O CHRISTMAS TREE WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN GREENSLEEVES AMAZING GRACE...
  • Page 46 628A-E-086B...
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  • Page 48 This recycle mark indicates that the packaging conforms to the environmental protection legislation in Germany. Esta marca de reciclaje indica que el empaquetado se ajusta a la legislación de protección ambiental en Alemania. CASIO COMPUTER CO.,LTD. 6-2, Hon-machi 1-chome MA0704-B Printed in China Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8543, Japan...

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