Playing Arpeggio Phrases Automatically (Arpeggiator - Casio CTK-6200 User Manual

Playing Arpeggio Phrases
Automatically (Arpeggiator)
With the arpeggiator, you can play various arpeggios and
other phrases automatically by simply pressing keys on the
keyboard. You can select from a number of different
arpeggiator options, including playing arpeggios from a chord,
playing various phrases automatically, and more.
1.
Hold down the R-18 (AUTO HARMONIZE/
ARPEGGIATOR) button until the type selection
screen shown below appears on the display.
Type number
2.
Use the dial or R-14 (–, +) buttons to select the
arpeggiator type you want to use.
• You can select one of the arpeggiator types (013
through 162). Refer to the separate "Appendix" for
detailed information about supported arpeggiator types.
• When selecting the arpeggiator type, you can assign
the recommended tone for the currently displayed type
as the keyboard tone, by holding down the R-18 (AUTO
HARMONIZE/ARPEGGIATOR) button until a pointer
indicator starts to flash on the display next to ARPEG.
• For information about type number 001 through 012,
see "Using Auto Harmonize" (page E-28).
3.
Press the R-15 (EXIT) button.
• This exits the type selection screen.
Type name
Flashing
Selecting and Playing a Tone
4.
Press the R-18 (AUTO HARMONIZE/
ARPEGGIATOR) button.
• This causes a pointer indicator to appear on the display
next to ARPEG.
5.
Configure arpeggiator settings as required.
• The settings you can configure are described in the
table below. For information about how to configure
settings, see "To change the setting of a function menu
item" (page E-95).
For information about this setting:
Whether arpeggio should be played
while keyboard keys are depressed or
after the keys are released
The number of times arpeggio is
played within one beat
When the keyboard is split between
two tones, whether arpeggio should
be played when UPPER keyboard or
LOWER keyboard keys are pressed
6.
On the keyboard, play a chord or a single note.
• Arpeggio is played in accordance with the currently
selected arpeggiator type and the note(s) you play.
7.
To turn off the arpeggiator, press the R-18
(AUTO HARMONIZE/ARPEGGIATOR) button
again.
• This causes the pointer indicator next to ARPEG. to
disappear from the display.
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ArpegHold
(Arpeggiator Hold)
(page E-97)
ArpegSpeed
(Arpeggiator
Speed) (page E-97)
ArpegPart
(Arpeggiator Part)
(page E-97)
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