Basic Operations; To Play The Keyboard; Selecting A Tone - Casio CTK-591 User Manual

Basic Operations

SING ALONG
POWER
VOLUME
This section provides information on performing basic
keyboard operations.

To play the keyboard

1
Press the POWER button to turn the keyboard on.
2
Set the MODE switch to NORMAL.
3
Use the VOLUME slider to set the volume to a
relatively low level.
4
Play something on the keyboard.
• The keyboard's initial power on default setting is Song
Bank Mode. The tone that is initially assigned to the
keyboard is 096 FLUTE 1, which is the tone used by
Song Bank tune number 00.

Selecting a Tone

This keyboard comes with 255 built-in tones. Use the
following procedure to select the tone you want.
To select a tone
1
Find the tone you want to use in the TONE List and
note its tone number.
• Not all of the available tones are shown on the tone
list printed on the keyboard console. For a complete
list, see the "Tone List" on page A-6.
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PIANO BANK
SONG BANK
MODE
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TONE
2
Press the TONE button.
Indicator appears
• If you were in the Song Bank Mode when you pressed
the TONE button, this will cause the SONG BANK
button to flash. If you were in the Piano Bank Mode,
the PIANO BANK button will flash. If you were in
the Sing Along Mode, the SING ALONG button will
flash.
3
Use the number buttons to input the three-digit tone
number of the tone you want to select.
Example: To select "049 ACOUSTIC BASS", input 0, 4
and then 9.
A c o . B a s s
• Press the flashing button (SONG BANK, PIANO
BANK or SING ALONG) to exit the tone select
operation and stop the flashing.
NOTE
• Always input all three digits for the tone number,
including leading zeros (if any). If you input one or two
digits and stop, the display will automatically clear your
input after a few seconds.
• You can also increment the displayed tone number by
pressing [+] and decrement it by pressing [–].
• When one of the drum sets is selected (tone numbers
246 through 254), each keyboard key is assigned a
different percussion sound. See page A-3 for details.
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Number buttons
[+] / [–]
E-19