Radio Shack MD-981 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Special Features

5. Use 

 or 

 to scroll through the

chords associated with the root
chord you entered in Step 3. Or,
press a different root key to see the
chords based on that key.

• If the chord is not recognized by

the keyboard, only a dash ap-
pears.

• Since the keyboard automatically

changes some chords so you can
play them on the accompaniment
keyboard, the keyboard might dis-
play some chords in inverted
form.

• The keyboard does not display

some chords because the chords
cannot be played within the

accompaniment keyboard’s
range. See “Standard Fingering
Chord Charts” on Page 26 for
more information.

6. Using the center “hands” as a guide,

play the displayed chord on the key-
board. 

7. You can also display the name of

the chord you play on the accompa-
niment keyboard. Press 

, press 

 to erase any

previous entry, then play the chord
on the accompaniment keyboard.
The name of the chord appears.

8. When you have finished, press

 

 to turn off chord

book.

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The keyboard automatically selects the
key of middle C each time you turn it on.

For added flexibility as you play, the
keyboard lets you change (transpose)
the musical key in which it plays.

Note: You cannot change the key while
a prerecorded tune is selected or play-
ing.

1. Repeatedly press 

 until 

 and the cur-

rent key setting appear

Note: The number on the display is
the number of “semitones” to which
the keyboard is set, compared to its

default key. A semitone is a mea-
surement that represents the acous-
tical interval between the tones of
any two keys on the keyboard. For
example, the difference between C
and C  or B and B  is one semi-
tone. You can transpose the key
down 6 semitones (to an F ) and up
5 semitones (to an F) — a full
octave.

2. Within 5 seconds, press 

 or 

 to

lower or raise the key. Each time
you press 

 or 

, the number

decreases or increases by 1 (semi-
tone).

As you raise the key, 

 is C , 

 is D,

and so on. As you lower the key, –

is B, –

 is B , 

 is A, and so on.

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