Special Features; Changing Keys - Radio Shack MD-1160 Owner's Manual

chord you entered in Step 3. Or,
press a different root key to see the
chords based on that key.
Notes:
• If the chord is not recognized by
the keyboard, only a dash ap-
pears.
• Since the keyboard automatically
changes some chords so you can
play them on the accompaniment
keyboard, the keyboard might dis-
play some chords in inverted
form.

Special Features

CHANGING KEYS

The keyboard automatically selects the
key of middle C each time you turn it on.
For added flexibility as you play, the
keyboard lets you change (transpose)
the musical key in which it plays.
Note: You cannot change the key while
a prerecorded tune is selected or play-
ing.
1. Repeatedly press
until Trans
TUNE/MIDI
rent key setting appear
Note: The number on the display is
the number of "semitones" to which
the keyboard is set, compared to its
default key. A semitone is a mea-
surement that represents the acous-
tical interval between the tones of
any two keys on the keyboard. For
example, the difference between C
6. Using the center "hands" as a guide,
play the displayed chord on the key-
board.
7. When you have finished, press
CHORD BOOK
book.
To display the name of the chord you
play, press
chord on the accompaniment keyboard.
The display shows the chord name and
other information.
and C
tone. You can transpose the key
down 6 semitones (to an F ) and up
5 semitones (to an F) — a full
octave.
2. Within 5 seconds, press
lower or raise the key. Each time
you press
decreases or increases by 1 (semi-
tone).
As you raise the key,
TRANSPOSE/
and so on. As you lower the key, –
and the cur-
is B, –
.
Notes:
• You can also use the number key-
pad to quickly raise the key. Simply
press the semitone change value (1
to 5).
• The keyboard automatically resets
the key to the default value of 0
Special Features
to turn off chord
, then play the
CHORD BOOK
or B and B is one semi-
–
or , the number
– +
1 is C ,
is B , is A, and so on.
2 –3
or to
+
2 is D,
1
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