Playing rhythms – Casio LK-40 User Manual

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Playing rhythms

This keyboard features a collection of 100 exciting built-in rhythm patterns. Each
pattern provides percussion back up for all your performances.

To select and play a rhythm

1. Set the POWER/MODE selector to NORMAL.

2. Find the rhythm you want to use in the “Rhythm List” (page A-3) and note its rhythm number.

3. Press the RHYTHM button.

• When you do, the RHYTHM icon lights.
• The number that appears on the display in-

dicates the currently selected rhythm.

4. Use the number buttons to input the 2-digit rhythm number for the rhythm you want to use.

• Example: To select “71 SAMBA”, input 7 and 1.
• Be sure to always specify a 2-digit number.
• If you discover a mistake before you input the second

digit, press the RHYTHM button to return to the
previously set rhythm number.

• You can change to another rhythm even while the

current rhythm is sounding.

5. Press the START/STOP button to start play of the rhythm.

• When you do, the selected rhythm starts to sound.

6. Use the TEMPO buttons to adjust the tempo of the rhythm.

• Pressing

or

displays the current tempo setting. Press

or

again to change the tempo setting.

• Each time you press one of the TEMPO buttons while

the tempo value is displayed, the tempo setting
changes one step, within the range of 040 to 255.

• The initial default tempo setting when you turn on

power is 120.

• After displaying the current tempo setting by pressing a TEMPO but-

ton in step 6, you can also input the tempo setting you want by input-
ting a three-digit value with the number buttons.

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POWER/MODE

FINGERED

CASIO CHORD

NORMAL

ON

OFF

NUMBER

0

1

4

7

2

5

8

3

6

9

FILL-IN

SYNCHRO/

STOP

START/

TEMPO

RHYTHM icon

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