Using The Chord Book - Optimus Concertmate 980 Owner's Manual

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• When you play an aug, 7 –
chord, the lowest note you play
determines the root of the chord. Be
sure that your fingering correctly
defines the root you want.
Note: See "Standard Fingering Chord
Charts" on Page 31 for a list of all the
chords you can play on your keyboard
using standard fingering accompani-
ment.
Follow these steps to start standard fin-
gering auto accompaniment.
1. Set
POWER/MODE
2. Select and enter an auto-rhythm.
3. To start the auto-rhythm before your
auto accompaniment, press
.
STOP
Or, to synchronize the start of the
selected auto-rhythm
accompaniment, press
.
FILL-IN
4. Begin the accompaniment at the
desired interval by pressing at least
three accompaniment keys to play
the desired chord.
To play a melody along with the
accompaniment, press any key(s) to
the right of the accompaniment
keys.
5. Adjust the tempo,
and
ACCOMP VOLUME
sired levels.
5 , or dim7

USING THE CHORD BOOK

You can use your keyboard's chord
book display feature to see which keys
to press and which fingers to use to form
a chord. You can also display the name
to .
FINGERED
of a chord you play.
Follow these steps to use the chord
book feature.
START/
with your
SYNCHRO/
,
MAIN VOLUME
to the de-
6. To change chords without interrupt-
ing the rhythm, simply press the
auto accompaniment keys required
to form the new chord.
7. To stop auto accompaniment and
the auto-rhythm, press
1. Set
POWER/MODE
CONCERT CHORD
.
CHORD BOOK
2. Press ( ) to clear any previ-
CLEAR 0
ous chord entry.
3. If you want to see information about
a major chord while you play it, skip
to Step 4. Otherwise (if the desired
chord name is a minor chord), enter
the chord's name using that chord's
keys on the numeric keypad.
.
START/STOP
to or
NORMAL
, then press
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