Radio Shack MD-981 - Manual (Page 19)

19 Special Features
5. Use – or + to scroll through the
chords associated with the root
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.
• The keyboard does not display
some chords because the chords
cannot be played within the
accompaniment keyboard’s
range. See “Standard Fingering
Chord Charts” on Page 26 for
more information.
6. Using the center “hands” as a guide,
play the displayed chord on the key-
board.
7. You can also display the name of
the chord you play on the accompa-
niment keyboard. Press
CHORD
BOOK , press CLEAR to erase any
previous entry, then play the chord
on the accompaniment keyboard.
The name of the chord appears.
8. When you have finished, press
CHORD BOOK to turn off chord
book.
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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 TRANSPOSE/
TUNE/MIDI until Trans and the cur-
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
and C or B and B is one semi-
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 – or + to
lower or raise the key. Each time
you press
– or + , the number
decreases or increases by 1 (semi-
tone).
As you raise the key, 1 is C , 2 is D,
and so on. As you lower the key, – 1
is B, – 2 is B , –3 is A, and so on.
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