Casio Lk55 Instruction Manual

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Advanced 3-Step Lesson
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2Play in accordance with the guidance on the
monitor screen and as told by the voice.
•To stop evaluation, press the PLAY/STOP button. This
displays only the points accumulated up to that point.
3After you finished playing, your evaluation result
appears on the display.
•For information about evaluation ranks and sound
effects, see “Evaluation Results” on page E-27.
•The keyboard will tell you where you scored the
lowest during your performance, so you can find...

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Advanced 3-Step Lesson
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Step 3 – Play at normal speed.
1Select the tune you want to play.
2Press the STEP 3 button to start Step 3 play.
•Accompaniment (left hand part) starts to play at
normal speed.
3Follow the key light system to press the correct
keyboard keys and play the notes.
4To stop play at any time, press the PLAY/STOP
button.
NOTE
•Left hand practice can also be performed with Piano
Bank tunes. Simply select one of the two-hand tunes in
step 1 of the above procedure, and then...

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Advanced 3-Step Lesson
Bate
To practice the practice phrase
1While the Phrase Practice Mode screen is on the
display, press the STEP 1, STEP 2, or STEP 3 button.
•This starts 3-Step Lesson playback of the practice
phrase in accordance with the STEP button you
pressed.
2Play along on the keyboard.
•Playback continues until the end of the tune is
reached. After that, playback automatically jumps to
the beginning of the tune. Note that playback of the
practice phrase is not repeated...

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Microphone
Cannon type (3-prong) Microphone ON/OFF switch
MIC VOLUME knob
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Using a Microphone for Sing Along
You can select any of the 50 Song Bank/Sing Along Group
tunes and sing along with its accompaniment.
Using the microphone jack
Connecting a commercially available microphone* to the MIC
jack makes it possible to sing along with the keyboard’s built-
in tunes or with output from a MIDI device. When connecting
a microphone, be sure to first adjust the MIC VOLUME to a
relatively low...

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Using a Microphone for Sing Along
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To use a microphone for sing along
PREPARATION
•Adjust the main volume (page E-19), accompaniment
volume (page E-49), and microphone volume (page E-
32).
1Find the tune you want in the SONG BANK/SING
ALONG List, and note its number.
•See page A-10 for the Song Bank/Sing Along List.
2Press the SING ALONG button to enter the Sing
Along Mode.
•This causes the SING ALONG button to light.
3Use the number buttons to input the two-digit song
number.
Example: To...

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Auto Accompaniment
Selecting a Rhythm
This keyboard provides you with 120 exciting rhythms that
you can select using the following procedure.
To select a rhythm
1Find the rhythm you want to use in the RHYTHM
List and note its rhythm number.
•Not all of the available rhythms are shown on the
rhythm list printed on the keyboard console. For a
complete list, see the “Rhythm List” on page A-9.
2Press the RHYTHM button.
3Use the number buttons to input the three digit
rhythm number for the rhythm you...

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Beat number Metronome
Tempo valueFlash
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
1Set the MODE switch to CASIO CHORD,
FINGERED, or FULL RANGE CHORD.
2Press the START/STOP button to start play of the
currently selected rhythm.
3Play a chord.
•The actual procedure...

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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
Melody keyboardAccompaniment
keyboard
NOTE
•The accompaniment keyboard can be used for playing
chords only. No sound will be produced if you try playing
single melody notes...

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NOTE
•Except for the chords specified in note*1 above, inverted
fingerings (i.e. playing E-G-C or G-C-E instead of C-E-
G) will produce the same chords as the standard
fingering.
•Except for the exception specified in note*
2 above, all
of the keys that make up a chord must be pressed.
Failure to press even a single key will not play the desired
FINGERED chord.
FULL RANGE CHORD
This accompaniment method provides a total of 38 different
chord types: the 15 chord types available with FINGERED
plus 23...

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Using an Intro Pattern
This keyboard lets you insert a short intro into a rhythm
pattern to make startup smoother and more natural.
The following procedure describes how to use the Intro
feature. Before starting, you should first select the rhythm
you want to use, and set the tempo.
To insert an intro
1Press the INTRO button to start the selected rhythm
with an intro pattern.
•With the above setup, the intro pattern is played and
the auto accompaniment with intro pattern starts as
soon as you play...