E N G L I S H
PERCUSSIONS
⑬
Pressing DRUMS
on the white and black keys, which are repeated on all 5
octaves of the keyboard.
RECORD/PLAYBACK FUNCTION
This function enables you to record and playback a tune
played on the keyboard. Press RECORD
playing a tune. When you have finished press PLAY
to listen to the tune.
MP3 Player
This keyboard enables you to read
MP3 songs on a USB Flash drive (Pen
Drive) when it is connected to a USB
port at the back of the instrument
After connecting the device, the first
song will automatically start playing
and will be heard from the speakers on the keyboard. To
adjust the volume, keep the MP3 PLAYER VOLUME + or
㉒
– button
pressed; to pause the song, press PAUSE/
㉒
PLAY
; to go to the next or previous song, press
㉒
or
.
OKON - Learning function
The One Key One Note function allows easy playing of
the melody of one of the pre-recorded songs.
⑮
Press the OKON
button, enter a number from 0 to 59
⑩
to select one from the list at the end of this manual
(the accompaniment starts up); to perform the melody
press any of the keys in succession.
12
enables 12 rhythmic percussions
⑤
㉕
.
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
SOUND
Accompaniment
with left hand
How to read the display notes
Each note has a name: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, in anglo-saxon
notation which correspond to LA, SI, DO, RE, MI, FA, SOL,
in Latin notation and A, H, C, D, E, F, G, in German
notation.
This
correspondence
is illustrated on
the
next
diagram.
This keyboard displays the notes in the
Anglo-Saxon notation.
before
Some of the songs written with the Bontempi method
⑥
can be found at the end of this manual; another 60
songs collected in the "SONG BOOK" can be downloaded
at www.bontempi.com
COMPOSING A SONG
Each song is printed on a separate page. Under the title
there is information regarding:
SOUND: the sound needed to create the tune
RHYTHM: the rhythm of the song
TEMPO: the speed of the song
SONG: The song number recorded on the keyboard
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
SOUND
39 HARMONICA
You can use this information to configure the keyboard and
play the song at its best. This manual tells you how to select
sound, rhythm and tempo.
Numbers that indicate the notes
to be played with the right hand
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
The song also indicates:
Line showing how long the chord lasts
EASY CHORD: the easy chords for song accompaniment
Name of
Accompaniment
chord
STYLE
39 HARMONICA
with left hand
CLASSIC CHORD: the classic chords for song accompani-
SOUND
ment.
E A S Y C H O R D
F
The song is marked by a continuous grey strip that
Numbers that indicate the notes
indicates the numbers used to play the melody with
to be played with the right hand
your right hand. Each key must be pressed for some
time, depending on the distance that separates each
number on the grey strip from the next.
Line showing how long the chord lasts
Name of
chord
Accompaniment
with left hand
S O N G S
STYLE
16 POPS
TEMPO
E A S Y C H O R D
C L A S S I C C H O R D
F
C
F
C
6
5
4
5
F
A
G
G
F
16 POPS
Mar _ y
had
a
39 HARMONICA
C L A S S I C C H O R D
C
F
F
6
5
4
F
A
G
Numbers that indicate the notes
F
to be played with the right hand
Mar _ y
had
Line showing how long the chord lasts
Name of
chord
anglo-saxon
latin
german
59
16
SONG
simplified
6
6
6
writing
traditional
writing
A
A
A
TEMPO
lit
_ tle
lamb
16
STYLE
16
C
E A S Y C H O R D
C
5
6
6
6
A
A
A
G
a
lit
_ tle
lamb