Using The Chord Book - Casio CTK-1100 User Manual

Using the Chord Book

The Chord Book mode of this keyboard lets you use button
operations to sound a chord, even if you do not know how to
finger it on the keyboards. Specifying a chord using the Chord
Book also causes its Auto Accompaniment to play.
What is a chord?
A chord is made up of a root note, upon which is stacked a
number of other notes. A variety of different chords can be
created by changing the notes stacked onto a root.
<Example: C chord>
Chord Names
Chords are named using upper-case letters from A through
G, which indicate the root note of the chord. If the root note
is a sharp or flat, the chord itself is sharp or flat. A chord
name may also be followed by a degree number or other
symbols that indicate certain characteristics about the chord.
<Examples>
Sharp
Root Root
Major seventh
Seventh
Degree
Root
Root
Stacked notes
Root
Sharp
Flat Minor Diminished
Root Root Root
Sus fourth
Degree
Root
<Note Names>
C D E F
C E F
(D ) (D ) (G )
Sharps and flats can be referred to using either of the
names shown here. The names in the upper row of
this illustration are used by this keyboard, because
they are the names that are most commonly used in
musical notation.
White keys
G A B C
A B
Black keys
(G ) (A )
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