Casio LK-50 Song Bank Manual

Song Bank

This keyboard features a built-in Song Bank of 100 tunes that can be
used for Auto Accompaniment playback. You can select a song sim-
ply to enjoy listening to it, or you can cut out its melody part and
play along on the keyboard using the 3-step lesson. Melody and ac-
companiment fingerings and notes appear on the keyboard's display,
and the keys you should press light up on the keyboard to help you
on your way to keyboard mastery.
To select a tune
1.
Find the tune you want to play in the Song Bank List,
and note its number.
2.
Press the SONG BANK button.
• This causes the number and name of the currently selected
Song Bank tune to appear on the display.
3.
Use the number buttons to input the two-digit tune
number.
Example: To select "21 TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR",
input 2 and then 1.
Tw i n
NOTE
You can also change the displayed song number using [+] (increase) and
[–] (decrease).
To play a tune
1.
Select the tune you want to play.
2.
Press the PLAY/PAUSE button to start play of the tune.
• The current measure and beat numbers are shown on the
display.
Measure number
3.
To stop play, press the STOP button.
• The tune you select continues to play until you stop it.
NOTE
While a tune is playing, you can use the number buttons or [+] and [–] to
change to another tune. The change is made as soon as you input a differ-
ent number, even if the current tune is not finished playing.
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START/STOP
TEMPO
TOUCH ACCOMP
KEY LIGHT RESPONSE VOLUME
TOUCH
RESPONSE
KEY LIGHT
METRONOME BEAT
TEMPO
MODE VOLUME SYNCHRO/
INTRO ENDING
POWER MAX
FULL RANGE
CHORD
FINGERED START/
STOP
CASIO CHORD
NORMAL
MIN
NORMAL/ VARIATION/
SONG BANK CONTROLLER
FILL-IN FILL-IN
STOP
PLAY/PAUSE REW
k e l l
Beat number
SONG BANK
TONE DEMO
TRANSPOSE/
GM TUNE/MIDI MEMORY STEP
MEMORY
STEP
SPLIT LAYER
(TIE)
7 8 9
4 5 6
DEMO
3-STEP LESSON
1 2 3
REST
0
STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3
[+]/[–]
FF
Number buttons
Key Lighting System Operation and Display
Contents During Song Bank Play
Keyboard keys light to show the keys that should be pressed to play
along with Song Bank tunes as they play back. At the same time, the
display shows fingerings, chord forms, notes, tempo and other infor-
mation.
Chord name Measure number Beat number
T i w n k l e
Tempo value Fingering
Dynamic mark

Adjusting the Tempo

Each tune has a preset default tempo (beats per minute) that is set
automatically whenever you select a tune. While the tune is playing,
you can change the tempo setting to a value in the range of 40 to 255.
To set the tempo
1.
Use the TEMPO buttons to set the tempo.
: Increases the tempo value.
: Decreases the tempo value.
Tempo value
Flash
NOTES
• While the tempo value is flashing, you can also use the number buttons
or [+] and [–] to input a three-digit value. Note that you must input lead-
ing zeros, so 90 is input as 090.
• Pressing both the and TEMPO buttons at the same time automat-
ically returns the currently selected rhythm to its default tempo.
• Tunes 70 to 99 have tempo changes part way through in order to pro-
duce specific musical effects. Note that the tempo setting automatically
returns to the default whenever a tempo change occurs within one of
these tunes.
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Note pitch
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