Using The Casio Chord System; To Play A Casio Chord Auto-Accompaniment; Using Standard - Casio CTK-520L Operation Manual

I___ Accompaniment"-'-")'t '( Melody keyboard
keyboard
The entire keyboard can be used for melody play while
the POWER/MODE selector is set to NORMAL.
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Using the CASIO CHORD system
The CASIO CHORD system lets you easily play the four main types of chords. Play of
chords is simplified as shown in the chart below.
Keys
Pressing one
accompaniment
key
Pressing two
accompaniment
keys
Pressing three
accompaniment
keys
Pressing four
accompaniment
keys
Chord Type
Major chord
Minor chord
Seventh chord
Minor seventh
chord
Example
C C : E F : AIBICIDIE FI CM ,or ho,d
Cm
CIDIEIFIG A 3 C" E F
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(C Seventh Chord)
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Cm7
(C Minor Seventh
Chord)
Note
• The bottom (leftmost) note that you play determines the name of the chord. If the
bottom note is a C for example, the keyboard produces a C chord.
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To play a CASIO CHORD auto-accompaniment
1. Use the POWER/MODE selector to select CASIO CHORD.
2. Select an auto-rhythm as described under "To select and play a rhythm" on page E-22.
3. Start play of the rhythm.
'T_d' • If you want start play of the normal rhythm pattern, press START/
STOP.
• You can also use synchro start (page E-27) _o start rhythm play.
4. Press either one or up to four keys on the accompaniment keyboard, and the corresponding
accompaniment starts to play automatically.
5. Continue pressing different keys on the accompaniment keyboard to play your chord
progression.
6. To stop auto-accompaniment play, press START/STOP again.
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Using standard fingerings
The FINGERED mode lets you play a wider variety of chords. In this mode, you can
start play of an accompaniment pattern by pressing three or four of the accompani-
ment keyboard keys.
This keyboard is capable of recognizing 15 different chords. The following shows the
fingerings of these chords with a root of C. Note that you can omit the fifth notes
(which are shown inside parentheses in the illustrations below) to produce 7, m7,
maj7, add9 and mM7 chords.
C Cm Cdim Caug ('1) Csus4
C7 Cm7 Cmaj7 Cm7 "5 C7 "s(*1)
C7sus4 Cadd9 Cmadd9 CmM7 Cdim7(*l )
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