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RHYTHMS SELECTIONS
To select one of the 100 rhythms recorded in the instru-
ment press RHYTHMS button
l
. When turned on, the
keyboard is set to operate with the POP rhythm; To start or
to stop a rhythm press the START/STOP button
i
.
To select the next or previous rhythm press or
– buttons
s
. To increase or decrease the speed of the
song press the two buttons TEMPO + or TEMPO –
j
.
By holding the button pressed down, the variation beco-
mes continuous. To go back to standard rhythm press but-
tons TEMPO together.
THE METRONOME
The metronome helps you to learn the music, giving the
beat during musical exercises and simulating the traditional
time-marking instrument. It can be turned on and off with
the METRONOME button
n
.
RECORD/PLAYBACK FUNCTION
This function enables you to record and playback a tune
played on the keyboard.
Press RECORD button
q
before playing a tune. When you
have finished press PLAY button
r
to listen to the tune.
OKON - Learning function
The One Key One Note function allows easy playing of the
melody of one of the pre-recorded songs.
Press the OKON
g
button, (plays the accompaniment of
the first song); to perform the melody press any of the keys
in succession. Press SELECT + / –
s
to choose the next
song or the previous one.
Letters and numbers to play easily
Numbers 1 to 15
å
indicate the keys to play a melody
with the musical scores at the end of this manual.
The letters on the left
å
indicate the name of the notes in
order to compose a chord (refer to the chords table at the
end of this manual).
LOOKING AT THE KEYBOARD
The keyboard is made up of white and black keys. The black
keys are arranged in groups of 2 or 3 which may be of help
to you as you learn to recognize the positioning of the
notes.
1) The white key immediately to the left of the two black
keys is C (DO).
2) The white key immediately to the left of the three black
keys is F (FA).
3) By point 1 and 2 you can locate the other notes on
keyboard.
MUSICAL NOTATION
The notes are written on five parallel horizontal lines and
the four spaces between these lines. This group of five lines
is called the stave.
STAVE STRIP
Apply the stave strip supplied
t
to identify the notes on
the keyboard and on the stave. The names of the notes are
written in the international notation system.
MODIFICATIONS
Sometimes, next to the
treble clef at the begin-
ning of the stave or next to
a single note, these signs
will appear: (flat) or
(sharp). These signs mean
that all the notes on that line, in that space or the single
note itself are flat or sharp notes, that is, they are to be pla-
yed on the relevant black keys. It’s easy to recognize them
because of the method with a number followed by the plus
(+) sign. The
(bequadro) sign (natural) which you may
find on the line of the stave means that the previous (flat)
or (sharp) indications are to be cancelled.
HOW TO PLAY THE SONG IN EASY MODE
MELODY: In the following songs, each note corresponds to
a number. Looking at the keyboard, you can see that there
is a number above each key. To play the melody, follow the
numerical sequence on each note and press one after
another the black and white keys corresponding to the
same numbers on the keyboard.
The correspondence
between the notes,
numbers and their
position on the keybo-
ard is given on the next
diagram.
CHORDS: The songs
also indicate the chords for accompaniment. The letters on
the left above the black and white keys indicate the name
of the notes to compose a chord (refer to the chords table
at the end of this manual).
THE DURATION OF THE NOTES AND OF THE PAUSES
With reference to the tick-tock of a metronome, each note and each pause has to be performed for a time more or
less long according to the schedule.
WHOLE NOTE HALF NOTE QUARTER NOTE EIGHTH NOTE DOTTED NOTE TIE
one-and two-and three-and four-and one-and two-and one-and
one- one-and two-and three-and one-and two-and three-and
C
C
D
E
A
B
A
B
F
G
D
E
F
G
C
C
D
D
E
F
G
G
A
A
B
F
G
F
G
G
A
A
B
C
D
D
E
A
B
F
G
F
G
G
A
A
B
