Optimus MD-1600 - Manual (Page 21)

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Follow these steps to start standard fin-
gering auto accompaniment.
1. Set MODE to FINGERED .
2. Select and enter an auto-rhythm.
(See “Selecting/Playing an Auto-
Rhythm” on Page 15.)
3. To start the auto-rhythm before your
auto accompaniment, press START/
STOP or INTRO .
To synchronize the start of the
selected auto-rhythm with your
accompaniment, press
SYNCHRO/
ENDING .
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. To change chords without interrupt-
ing the rhythm, simply press the
auto accompaniment keys required
to form the new chord.
6. To stop accompaniment and the
auto-rhythm, press START/STOP .
Full-Range Chords
While the easy random and standard fin-
gering methods limit chord formations to
the accompaniment keys, the full-range
chord method lets you play chords of
any type on any of the MD-1600’s keys.
Set MODE to FULL RANGE CHORD and
follow the steps under “Standard Finger-
ing.” If you press three or more keys
anywhere on the keyboard that form a
chord, the MD-1600 plays that chord.
The MD-1600 responds with melody
sounds if you press fewer than three
keys.
Notes:
• In the full-range chord mode, the
MD-1600 recognizes these 23
chords in addition to the 15 chords
in the standard fingering mode
(examples show C as the base
note):
• When the composite notes of a
chord are more than five notes
apart, the lowest sound becomes
the base note.
Using FREE SESSION
The MD-1600 lets you set the keyboard
to play an automatic accompaniment
(based on your auto-rhythm selection)
while you play the melody using a tone
you select. Refer to the “Free Session
Chord Progression Chart” on Page 54
for the chord progression, tempo, and
tone associated with each auto-rhythm.
C6 Cm6 C6/9 C/C D/C E/C
F/C G/C A/C B/C BCm/
C Dm/C
Fm/C Gm/C Am/C Bm/C Dm7-
5/
C
A7/C F7/C Fm7/
C Gm7/
C Aadd9/C
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