Technics KN7000 · Rhythms and stylesChoose how chords are read: one-finger, fingered or pianist
Chord modes
Auto Play Chord (APC) makes the style’s band play in the chord given by the left hand. A style is the keyboard’s backing band, which the manual calls a rhythm. The chord mode sets how the keyboard reads the chord. Source: Manual, pp. 49, 53–54
There are three modes:
- BASIC: one-finger chords. One key gives a major chord, and one or two extra keys make it minor or seventh. The manual also calls this mode ONE FINGER.
- FINGERED: all the notes of the chord are played.
- PIANIST: full chords are read from anywhere on the keyboard, with no split.
BASIC and FINGERED split the keyboard at the split point. Chords are read from the keys left of it, and the right hand plays the melody on the keys from it upwards. Source: Manual, pp. 40, 55
Choosing the mode
- In the AUTO PLAY CHORD section, press OFF/ON to turn it on, if its light is off.
- Press MODE. The screen shows the chord modes.
- Press BASIC, FINGERED or PIANIST.
- After a few seconds the screen goes back to the one before.
One-finger chords (BASIC)
Play with the left hand, left of the split point. The root is the note the chord is named after: C for C, Cm or C7.
- Major: the root key alone.
- Minor: the root, plus a black key to its left.
- Seventh: the root, plus a white key to its left.
- Minor seventh: the root, plus a black key and a white key to its left.
So for C: C alone gives C major. C with the B♭ below gives Cm, C with the B below gives C7, and C with both gives Cm7. Source: Manual, p. 54
Three or more keys are read as a fingered chord, so full chords work in BASIC too. Source: Manual, pp. 21, 54
In BASIC mode, the LEFT part, the left hand’s own sound, is silent in the factory setting. Source: Manual, p. 55
Full chords (FINGERED)
Play all the notes of the chord, at least three, left of the split point. Source: Manual, p. 54
To see how to play a chord, press MODE and choose CHORD FINDER. It draws the keys for a chosen chord in FINGERED or PIANIST mode, and can play it. EXIT leaves it. Source: Manual, p. 57
The whole keyboard (PIANIST)
- Chords are read from the whole keyboard, as in FINGERED mode. The keyboard doesn’t split, and the RIGHT part plays on every key. Source: Manual, pp. 39, 54
- A key a perfect fifth (seven semitones) or more below the chord’s lowest note makes the bass part play from that key. Source: Manual, p. 54
- With SYNCHRO & BREAK on, keys left of the split point start the style, in PIANIST mode too. Source: Manual, p. 58
- A foot switch (sold separately) set to APC HOLD keeps the band on the current chord while it’s pressed. Source: Manual, p. 54
The split point
- SPLIT POINT moves the split point: G2, C3, G3, then a key of the player’s choice. The key at the split point is the lowest key of the right-hand section. Source: Manual, p. 40
- To choose the key, hold SPLIT POINT for a few seconds, then press the key. Source: Manual, p. 40
Options
- With ON BASS on, in FINGERED or PIANIST mode, the bass plays the lowest note of the chord as played. G, C and E then give C with G in the bass. Source: Manual, p. 55
- A community report says that loading a song recorded in one-finger mode switches the keyboard to that mode, and that full chords then come out as other chords: C, E and G played as G7. Source: Community report This doesn’t match the manual, which says BASIC mode reads three or more keys as a full chord. Check the mode after loading a song. Source: Manual, p. 54
Manual pages
KN7000 owner's manual, pp. 54–55.
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Guide R5 · last checked 13 Nov 2026