Casio Lk 280 User Guide

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Using Auto Accompaniment
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■FINGERED 1, 2, and 3
With these three input modes, you play chords on the 
accompaniment keyboard using their normal chord fingerings. 
Some chord forms are abbreviated, and can be fingered with 
one or two keys.
See page E-69 for information about chords that are 
supported and how they are fingered on the keyboard.
●FINGERED 1
Play the component notes of the chord on 
the keyboard.
●FINGERED 2
Unlike FINGERED 1, 6th input is not 
possible. m7 or m7
b5 is input....

Using Auto Accompaniment
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Use the following procedures to play intro and ending 
patterns, to play fill-in patterns, and to play variations of basic 
Auto Accompaniment patterns.
■Auto Accompaniment Variation
Each Auto Accompaniment pattern has a basic “normal 
pattern” as well as a “variation pattern”.
1.Press 8.
This starts the variation pattern.
2.Pressing 7 returns to normal pattern.
■Auto Accompaniment Intro
Use the following procedure to play an intro of a few 
measures.
1.Press 6.
This starts...

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Using Auto Accompaniment
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■Using Synchro Start
Use the following procedure to configure the Digital Keyboard 
to start Auto Accompaniment play as soon as you press a 
keyboard key.
1.Press 9.
This enters accompaniment start standby.
2.Play a chord on the keyboard.
This will start full part accompaniment (normal).
Any of the following operations can be performed while in 
synchro standby to start a non-normal pattern.
 To start with intro pattern, press 
6.
 To start with variation pattern...

Using Auto Accompaniment
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Auto Harmonize automatically adds harmony to notes you 
play with your right hand, which adds rich depth to the melody 
of your performances. You can select from among 12 types of 
Auto Harmonize to suit the type of music you are playing.
 Auto Harmonize is controlled using the same button cq as 
the Arpeggiator (page E-51). Because of this, these two 
functions cannot be used at the same time.
1.Press bl to enable Auto Accompaniment with 
chords (ACCOMP indicator lit) (page...

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Using Auto Accompaniment
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You can use the Chord Book to look up chords that you do not 
know how to play.
1.Press cs.
2.On the chord keyboard, press the keyboard key 
that corresponds to the root note of the chord 
you want to look up.
3.Use the br (10-key) [–] and [+] keys to select 
the type of chord you want.
Selecting a chord type sounds the chord. The chord type 
and chord notes appear on the display, and the notes that 
form the chord light on the keyboard.
 You can select any one of...

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Recording Your Keyboard Play
The recorder feature lets you record your keyboard play.
Use the following procedure to record everything you play on 
the keyboard.
1.Press bo (RHYTHM).
2.Press 3.
3.Press 3 again.
This will enter record standby.
4.Configure the tone, rhythm, and other settings 
you want to use.
5.Start playing.
Recording starts as soon as you play something on the 
keyboard.
 You can use Auto Accompaniment while playing. If you do, 
Auto Accompaniment also will be recorded.
6.To stop...

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Recording Your Keyboard Play
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8.Press 3 twice to exit the recorder mode.
 The flashing on the screen shown in step 3 becomes 
faster when remaining recorder memory capacity 
becomes less than 100 notes.
 Total recorder memory capacity is approximately 
12,000 notes. Recording will stop automatically when 
there is no more unused recorder memory remaining.
 Each press of 
3 cycles through the settings shown 
below. You can listen to the recorded data as many 
times as you like by pressing 
bk...

Recording Your Keyboard Play
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1.Record the first part to Track 1.
To record to Track 1, perform steps 1 through 4 under 
“Recording and Playing Back Keyboard Play” (page 
E-44).
2.Press 3.
This will enter record standby.
3.Press a button from bt to cn to select the track 
number of the next track to which you want to 
record.
This will enter record standby for the track you selected.
 If you want to use a different tone than the one you 
used in Track 1, press 
bn (TONE) and then use br 
(10-key) to...

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Recording Your Keyboard Play
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You can record up to five songs (numbered 1 through 5) in 
memory. After that, you can select a specific song for 
playback.
1.Press bo (RHYTHM).
2.Press 3.
A song number will appear in the upper left corner of the 
display for a few seconds. While it is, use 
br (10-key) to 
specify the number of the song you want to record or play 
back. The song number will disappear if you do not 
perform any operation.
3.Press 3 to record, or bk to play back.
To stop...

Recording Your Keyboard Play
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5.Press bl to cycle through the parts in the 
sequence shown below.
 Configure tone and tempo settings at this time as well.
6.Press bk to start built-in song playback and 
recorder recording.
Play along with the playback.
 To stop recording part way through, press 
bk.
7.Recording will stop automatically when the end 
of the built-in song is reached.
This will enter playback standby.
8.Press bk.
This will start playback of what you recorded.
 Each press of 
bk starts...