Adjusting the tempo, Using auto accompaniment, E-22 – Casio WK1800 User Manual

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Adjusting the Tempo

You can adjust the tempo (number of beats per minute) of rhythm
play within a range of 30 to 255.

To adjust the tempo

Press one of the TEMPO buttons to increase [

̆] or de-

crease [

̄] the tempo setting.

NOTES

• Pressing both TEMPO buttons (

̆

and

̄

) at the same time resets the

tempo to the default value of the currently selected rhythm.

• The tempo value indicates the number of quarter note beats per minute.

Using Auto Accompaniment

The following procedure describes how to use the keyboard’s Auto
Accompaniment feature. Before starting, you should first select the
rhythm you want to use and set its tempo to the value you want.

To use Auto Accompaniment

1.

Use the MODE button to select FULL RANGE
CHORD, FINGERED, or CASIO CHORD as the ac-
companiment mode.

• The currently selected accompaniment mode is the one whose

lamp is lit. See “About the MODE Button” on page E-21 for
details.

2.

Press the START/STOP button to start play of the cur-
rently selected rhythm.

3.

Play a chord to start Auto Accompaniment.

• The actual procedure you should use to play a chord depends

on the currently selected accompaniment mode. Refer to the
following pages for details on chord play.

CASIO CHORD ........................... Page E-22
FINGERED ................................... Page E-23
FULL RANGE CHORD ............. Page E-23

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4.

To stop Auto Accompaniment play, press the START/
STOP button
again.

CASIO CHORD

This method of chord play makes it possible for anyone to easily play
chords, regardless of previous musical knowledge and experience.
The following describes the CASIO CHORD “Accompaniment key-
board” and “Melody keyboard”, and tells you how to play CASIO
CHORDs.

CASIO CHORD Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody
Keyboard

Melody keyboard

Accompaniment

keyboard

IMPORTANT!

The accompaniment keyboard can be used for playing chords only. No
sound will be produced if you try playing single melody notes on the ac-
companiment keyboard.

Name of chord being played

Current measure and beat

AMP ENVELOPE

00 FLAT

01-17 VIBRATO

18-45 OTHERS

DECAY

SUSTAIN

PITCH ENVELOPE

MIN

MAX

FULL RANGE
CHORD

CASIO CHORD

SONG

FINGERED

PATTERN

EXTERNAL

INTERNAL

UPPER1

CH 1

UPPER2

CH 2

LOWER1

CH 3

LOWER2

STORE

BANK

CH 4

ACC VOL.

CH 5

CHORD1

CH 6

CHORD2

CH 7

CHORD3

CH 8

BASS

CH 9

RHYTHM

CH 10

TR1

CH 11

TR2

CH 12

TR3

CH 13

TR4

CH 14

TR5

CH 15

TR6

CH 16

7

8

9

4

5

6

1

0

2

3

PARAMETER RESET:

DELETE

/YESS

/NO

MAIN MANU/
CHANNEL VOLUME:
SUB MANU/
CHANNEL SELECT:

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