Accompaniment Volume; Chord Basics - Medeli AW830 Owner's Manual

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Accompaniment Volume

1.
Press [ACCOMP+] or [ACCOMP-] button to adjust the accompaniment
volume over the range of 0 to 127.
2.
Press [ACCOMP +] and [ACCOMP-] button simultaneously to turn off
ACCOMP volume.
3.
Press [ACCOMP +] and [ACCOMP-] button simultaneously again to
turn on ACCOMP volume.

Chord Basics

A chord, in music, is a harmonic set of three or more notes that are
heard simultaneously. The most common type of chord is a triad. A
triad is a set of three notes that can be stacked in thirds. When
arranged this way, the triad's notes, from lowest pitched to highest, are
called: the Root, the Third, and the Fifth.
Triad Type
The basic triad types are as follows:
Major Triad A root with a major third added above and a perfect fifth
C
constitutes a "Major Triad".
M
Minor Triad A root with a minor third added above and a perfect fifth
Y
constitutes a "Minor Triad".
Augmented A root with a major third added above and an
CM
Triad augmented fifth constitutes an "Augmented Triad".
MY
Diminished A root with a minor third added above and a diminished
Triad fifth constitutes a "Diminished Triad".
CY
CMY
Chord Inversion
K
When a chord's root is not the lowest note in the triad, it is called an
inversion chord. When the root note is the lowest note, it is called a
root-position chord. If we put the Third and Fifth in the root position, it
forms an "Inversion", so it is called an "Inverted Chord". A major triad
and its inversion are illustrated on the right.
Chord Name
The chord name consists of two parts: Chord root and Chord type.
Single Finger
Single-finger makes it easy to produce major, seventh, minor and minor
seventh chords by pressing a minimum number of keys on the auto
accompaniment section.
Auto Accompaniment
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