Casio XW-G1 User Manual
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Learning to Play by Playing (For Synthesizer Novices)
E-14
There are a variety of different built-in arpeggio types. You
can select one the same way as you select a preset tone, edit
it, and then save it as a user arpeggio type. Let’s go over the
procedure for selecting a preset arpeggio type.
• The arpeggios of this Synthesizer are divided into 10 type
groups called “banks”. There are a total of 10 arpeggio
banks numbered 0 through 9, with 10 arpeggios in each
bank for a total of 100 arpeggios.
Hold down
bn
ARPEGGIO until the screen shown below
appears on the display.
Now rotate the
bp
dial and select a preset phrase type the
same way you select a tone (page E-11).
For details about arpeggios, see “Sounding Arpeggios
Automatically” on page E-40.
To give you an idea about what a musical phrase is, let’s
listen to a preset phrase.
Hold down
bo
KEY PLAY until the screen shown below
appears on the display.
Press
bo
PLAY/STOP. This will start playback of one of the
Synthesizer’s built-in preset phrases. Next, try rotating the
bp
dial and selecting other preset phrases.
Instead of using
bo
PLAY/STOP, you can also start playback
of a phrase by pressing a key on the keyboard. Let’s see how
this works.
First, press
bo
KEY PLAY so the button becomes lit.
This is Key Play Mode. Pressing a keyboard key while in the
Key Play Mode will automatically start playback of a phrase.
Pressing another key will play the phrase using a different
pitch. In the Key Play Mode, the keyboard can be used to
sequentially play a phrase at different pitches to create an
interesting effect.
The Phrase Sequencer main chapter covers information
about how you can record your own phrases and play them
back when you want to. For more information see “Recording
a New Phrase” on page E-47.
Let’s start out our explanation of the Step Sequencer by
listening to some preset sequence data.
Press
7
STEP SEQ to enter the Step Sequencer Mode.
Phrase Sequencer
Screen title (arpeggio type)
Bank-Type number
Preset
Phrase Sequencer Mode
Bank-Phrase number
Preset
Phrase name
bo
Step Sequencer
7
Lit
Lit
Step Sequencer Mode
Bank-Sequence number
Preset
Sequence name