Selecting A Rhythm; Playing A Rhythm; Using Auto Accompaniment - Casio PL-40R User Manual

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Selecting a Rhythm

The built-in rhythms are divided among 6 groups, with each
group assigned to a RHYTHM button on the control panel.
To select a rhythm
1.
See the Rhythm Reference at the back of this
manual (page A-10) for information about the
RHYTHM button names for each of the built-in
rhythms.
2.
Press the RHYTHM button of the rhythm you
want to select.
This causes the button's indicator lamp to light,
and displays the rhythm that is currently selected
for that button.
Example:
To select "Samba 1", first press the JAZZ/LATIN
button.
1 Rhythm Group
2 Rhythm Name
3.
Use the [ ]/[ ] buttons to select the rhythm
you want.
Example:
For this example, press [
You can also change the rhythm setting by
rotating the selector dial.
The display exits the rhythm setting screen if you
do not perform any operation for about 10
seconds. You can also exit the rhythm setting
screen by pressing the EXIT/NO button.
Some rhythms consist of chord accompaniments only,
without any drums or other percussion instruments. Such
rhythms do not sound unless CASIO CHORD, FINGERED,
or FULL RANGE CHORD is selected as the
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Playing a Rhythm

Press the START/STOP button to start play of the currently
selected rhythm. You can then play along with the rhythm on
the keyboard.
To stop rhythm play, press the START/STOP button again.

Using Auto Accompaniment

The following procedure describes how to use the piano's
auto accompaniment feature. Before starting, you should first
select the rhythm you want to use and set its tempo to the
value you want.
To use Auto Accompaniment
1.
] button eight times.
2.
3.
Auto Accompaniment
accompaniment mode. Make sure the applicable indicator
lamp is lit above the MODE button when using these
rhythms.
Chords will sound along with the rhythm if any of the three
accompaniment mode lamps above the MODE button is lit.
If you want to play the rhythm pattern without chords, press
the MODE button until all of the accompaniment mode
lamps are off.
Use the MODE button to select FULL RANGE
CHORD, FINGERED, or CASIO CHORD as the
accompaniment mode.
Press the START/STOP button to start play of
the currently selected rhythm.
Play a chord to start auto accompaniment.
The actual procedure you should use to play a
chord depends on the currently selected
accompaniment mode. Refer to the following
pages for details on chord play.
CASIO CHORD ........................... Page E-24
FINGERED ................................... Page E-25
FULL RANGE CHORD .............. Page E-25
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