Using auto accompaniment, E-21 auto accompaniment, Casio chord – Casio CTK-230 User Manual
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Auto Accompaniment
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 the tempo of the rhythm to the
value you want.
To use Auto Accompaniment
1
Set the POWER/MODE switch to CASIO
CHORD or FINGERED.
2
Press the START/STOP button to start play
of the currently selected rhythm.
3
Play a chord.
• The actual procedure you should use to
play a chord depends on the current
POWER/MODE switch position. Refer to
the following pages for details on chord
play.
CASIO CHORD ........................... This page
FINGERED .................................. Page E-22
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 keyboard” and “Melody
keyboard”, and tells you how to play CASIO
CHORDs.
CASIO CHORD Accompaniment Keyboard and
Melody Keyboard
NOTE
• The accompaniment keyboard can be used
for playing chords only.
No sound will be produced if you try playing
single melody notes on the accompaniment
keyboard.
Chord Types
CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four
types of chords with minimal fingering.
Major chords
Major chord names are
marked above the keys of the
accompaniment keyboard.
Note that the chord produced
when you press an
accompaniment keyboard
does not change octave,
regardless of which key you
use to play it.
Minor chords (m)
To play a minor chord, keep
the major chord key
depressed and press any
other accompaniment
keyboard key located to the
right of the major chord key.
Seventh chords (7)
To play a seventh chord, keep
the major chord key
depressed and press any
other two accompaniment
keyboard keys located to the
right of the major chord key.
Minor seventh chords (m7)
To play a minor seventh
chord, keep the major chord
key depressed and press any
other three accompaniment
keyboard keys located to the
right of the major chord key.
Example
Chord Types
C minor seventh
(Cm7)
CC DE
FF
#
E
#GA A
B
B
CC DE
F
E
#
C seventh (C7)
CC DE
FF
#
E
#GA A
B
B
CC DE
F
E
#
C minor (Cm)
CC DE
FF
#
E
#GA A
B
B
CC DE
F
E
#
CC DE
FF
#
E
#GA A
B
B
CC DE
F
E
#
C Major (C)
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Chord name
Melody keyboard
Accompaniment
keyboard
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