Casio privia PX-120 User Manual page 19

To play with Auto Accompaniment
PREPARATION
• Use the procedures under "Selecting a Rhythm" to select
the rhythm you want to use and adjust the tempo.
1.
While holding down the TONE/SETTING
button, press a MODE keyboard key to select
a chord mode.
Example: Fingered
CASIO
CHORD
NORMAL
MODE
• See "How to Play Chords" on page E-17 for details
about Auto Accompaniment modes and their chord
fingerings.
2.
Press the SYNCHRO/FILL-IN button.
• This configures the digital piano so rhythm and
chord accompaniment will start automatically when
you press any keys within the accompaniment
keyboard range.
• This will cause the lamp above the
light.
3.
Finger the first chord within the
accompaniment keyboard range.
• The rhythm pattern starts to play automatically.
4.
Finger other chords on the keyboard.
• See "How to Play Chords" on page E-17 for
information about how to finger chords within the
different Auto Accompaniment modes.
• The lamp above the
the beat.
5.
To stop accompaniment, press the
button.
FULL RANGE
CHORD
FINGERED
/ button to
/ button will flash along with
/
NOTE
• See "Configuring Settings with the Keyboard" on page
E-24 for information about adjusting accompaniment
volume.
How to Play Chords
The way you finger chords depends on the current
Auto Accompaniment mode. If you want to play
without Auto Accompaniment, use the NORMAL
mode.
CASIO CHORD
Even if you do not know how to play chords normally,
this mode lets you play four different types of chords
using simplified fingerings in the accompaniment
keyboard range of the keyboard. The following shows
where the accompaniment keyboard range is located,
and explains how to finger chords in the CASIO
CHORD mode.
CASIO CHORD Mode Keyboard
Accompaniment
keyboard range
IMPORTANT!
• In the CASIO CHORD mode, the keys in the
accompaniment keyboard range of the keyboard operate
as "chord switches" only. You cannot use the keys in this
keyboard range to play notes.
Playing a Rhythm
Melody keyboard range
E-17