Electronic Musical Instrument – recognizes any chord that is played.

Electronic Musical Instrument - On an electronic musical keyboard, by playing a chord in the left area (bass area) of the keyboard, you can trigger the built-in accompaniment. When you play a chord, all the tracks in the accompaniment section begins to play and you suddenly find a band playing along with you.

Accompaniment Modes
You can trigger the accompaniments in an electronic musical instrument by playing the chords in three different modes: Single fingered, fingered and full fingered mode. In the single and fingered mode, you need to play the chord towards the left of the keyboard - the bass area, whereas in the fingered mode you can play it anywhere on the electronic musical keyboard.

Single fingered: You need to press only one note i.e. the key note of the chord to trigger the accompaniment section.

Fingered: You need to play all the notes of the chord to trigger the accompaniment section.

Full fingered: You can play the chord anywhere on the keyboard and the accompaniment section will recognize it and start playing.

Almost all the types of chords – major, minor, sevenths, diminished, augmented, ninths, elevenths, thirteenths etc. are recognized by an electronic musical instrument. So play any chord and the accompaniment will respond to it.

Most of the beginners may find the Single fingered mode very tempting to use just because it is very easy to play. But it is advisable to learn the proper chords and start playing in the Fingered mode and later on move on to the full fingered mode.

Those of you who have learnt the piano will love the full fingered mode. You can play the chords anywhere on the keyboard and the accompaniment will recognize it and play accordingly. If you have been missing the services of a drummer and a bassist, find them here :)

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