Using The Metronome - Casio CTK-4000 User Manual

Using the Metronome

The metronome lets you play and practice along with a steady
beat to help keep you on tempo.
Start/Stop
1.
6
Press .
This starts the metronome.
This pattern changes with each beat.
2.
6
Press again to stop the metronome.
Changing the Beats Per Measure
You can configure the metronome to use a bell sound for the
first beat of each measure of the song you are playing.
• You can specify 0, or a value from 2 to 6 as the number of
beat per measure.
• When playing a built-in song, the beats per measure setting
(which determines when the bell sounds) is configured
automatically for the currently selected song.
1.
6
Hold down until the beats per measure
setting screen appears on the display.
B e a t
• If you do not perform any operation for a few seconds
after the beats per measure setting screen appears, the
display will return to the screen displayed before you
6
pressed .
2.
br
Use (10-key) to enter the number of beats
per measure.
• The bell will not sound if you specify 0 for this setting. In
this case, all beats are indicated by a click sound. This
setting lets you practice with a steady beat, without
worrying how many beats there are in each measure.
Playing the Digital Keyboard
Changing the Metronome Tempo
Use the following procedure to change the tempo of the
metronome.
1.
bn
Press .
Use y (slower) and t (faster) to change the tempo
setting. Holding down either button changes the setting at
high speed.
• Pressing t and y at the same time will initialize the
tempo setting in accordance with the currently selected
song or rhythm.
bn
• Pressing causes the tempo value to flash on the
display. While the tempo value is flashing, you can use
br
(10-key) to change it.
Note that you must input leading zeros, so 89 is input
as 089.
• The tempo value will stop flashing if you do not perform
any operation for a short while.
Tempo value (flashes)
Changing the Metronome Sound Volume
The metronome volume setting is changed automatically with
the volume level of the currently selected Auto
Accompaniment or song. The metronome volume cannot be
adjusted independently.
• For information about changing the Auto Accompaniment
volume, see page E-40.
• For information about changing the song volume, see page
E-28.
• You cannot adjust the balance between the metronome
and note volume during Auto Accompaniment and built-in
tune play.
E-11