Casio PL-40R User Manual

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Auto AccompanimentE-241 Name of chord being played2 Current measure and beat4. To stop auto accompaniment play, press theSTART/STOP button again.This method of chord play makes it possible for anyone toeasily play chords, regardless of previous musical knowledgeand experience. The following describes the CASIO CHORD“accompaniment keyboard” and “melody keyboard”, andtells you how to play CASIO CHORDs.J CASIO CHORD accompaniment keyboard andmelody keyboard On the keyboard shown above, Lower1 and Lower2 areassigned to the accompaniment keyboard range andUpper1 and Upper2 are assigned to the melody keyboardrange. When split is turned off (page E-20), the accompanimentkeyboard range keys do not sound any melody notes. Inthis case, they are used to specify chords for theaccompaniment pattern. You can expand the range of the accompaniment keyboardby moving the keyboard’s split point to the right (pageE-20).J Chord TypesCASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types ofchords with minimal fingering. It makes no difference whether you press black or whitekeys to the right of a major chord key when playing minorand seventh chords.CASIO CHORDChord Types ExampleMajor chordsNote that the chord producedwhen you press anaccompaniment keyboard keydoes not change octave,regardless of which key youuse to play it.C Major (C)Minor chords (m)To play a minor chord, keepthe major chord key depressedand press any otheraccompaniment keyboard keylocated to the right of the majorchord key.C minor (Cm)Seventh chords (7)To play a seventh chord, keepthe major chord key depressedand press any other twoaccompaniment keyboard keyslocated to the right of the majorchord key.C seventh (C7)Minor seventh chords (m7)To play a minor seventh chord,keep the major chord keydepressed and press any otherthree accompanimentkeyboard keys located to theright of the major chord key.C minor seventh (Cm7)426-E-026APL40NE01-1.book 24 ページ２００２年７月２３日火曜日午後６時５２分