Casio WK-1500 - Auto-Accompaniment Guide; Accompaniment Keyboard Usage; Chord Playing Systems

@ Using auto-accompaniment
This keyboard features 100 accompaniment patterns that let you add full accompaniments to your
performances automatically. With auto-accompaniment, part of the keyboard is reserved as an
accompaniment keyboard. As you play your chords on the accompaniment keyboard, the accompa-
niment patterns adjusts automatically to follow the progression you play.
You get a choice between two different methods for chord play. FINGERED lets you play chords as
you normally do, while CASIO CHORD makes it possible to play fully formed chords with one finger.
Note that this keyboard also features a FULL RANGE CHORD system (page E-38) that lets you use
the entire keyboard for chord and melody play.
About the accompaniment keyboard
The lower 26 keys are reserved for use as an accompaniment keyboard whenever you select CASIO
CHORD or FINGERED with the MODE button. The panel above the accompaniment keyboard keys
is marked with the names of the notes they play. The remainder of the keyboard (the part that is not
included in the accompaniment keyboard) is called the melody keyboard. Please be sure to remem-
ber these terms, because they will be used throughout the rest of this manual.
Accompaniment Melody Keyboard
Keyboard
Accomp/Melody Keyboard
Using the CASIO CHORD system
The CASIO CHORD system lets you easily play the four main types of chords. Play of chords is
simplified as shown in the chart below.
Chord Type
Cc CIDIE{FIG!A|BIC|DIEIF
Pressing one Major chord
accompaniment keys (C Major Chord)
Seventh chord
Minor seventh
chord
Cm
Pressing two
(C Minor Chord)
accompaniment keys
C7
CIDIE|FIG|AIBICI
DIE]
F:
(C
Seventh
Chord)
Pressing three
accompaniment keys
Cm7
CIDIE|FIGIAJBIC|DIE|F
(C
Minor
Seventh
Chord)
Pressing four
accompaniment keys
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SSR I ETE A EP a ED EE
Note
The bottom (teftmost) note that you play determines the name of the chord. If the bottom note is aC
for example, the keyboard produces a C chord.
To play a CASIO CHORD auto-accompaniment
1. Use the MODE button to select CASIO CHORD.
© Stow “F
MODE © FINGERED
(J refersocroro
2. Select an auto-rhythm as described under “To select and play a rhythm” on page E-29.
3. Start play of the rhythm.
6% ¢ If you want start play of the normal rhythm pattern, press START/STOP.
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stARt
STOP
VARY
FILL-IN
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4. Press either one or up to four keys on the accompaniment keyboard, and the corresponding
accompaniment starts to play automatically.
* To start play of the variation rhythm pattern, press VAR/FILL-IN.
¢ You can also use synchro start (page E-35) to start rhythm play.
5.
Continue
pressing
different
keys
on
the
accompaniment
keyboard
to
play
your
chord
progression.
6. To stop auto-accompaniment play, press START/STOP again.
°
STARTS
STOP
Using standard fingerings
The
FINGERED
mode
lets
you
play
a
wider
variety
of
chords.
In
this
mode,
you
can
start
play
of
an
accompaniment
pattern
by
pressing
three
or
four
of
the
accompaniment
keyboard
keys.
This
keyboard
is
capable
of
recognizing
14
different
chords.
The
following
shows
the
fingerings
of
these
chords
with
a
root
of
C.
Note
that
you
can
omit
the
fifth
notes
(which
are
shown
inside
parentheses
in
the
illustrations
below)
to
produce
7,
m7,
maj7
and
mM7 chords.
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