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Casio’s fantastic (and free!) Chordana Play app

By / July 16th, 2019 / There are currently 0 comments

When someone offers you something good for free, it’s only natural to be suspicious. “What’s the catch?”, your mind may wonder. Well, fortunately the generous folks at Casio believe that just because something is free, doesn’t mean there has to be some hidden horror lurking in the shadows, waiting to prise every penny from your wallet. And with that, we present the fantastic (and absolutely free) Chordana Play app.

So what is it? Well, in short, it’s an app that makes learning and playing the piano a lot easier, and more fun too. You can use your device to read music (and even get a brief history lesson on the composer of the music if you’d like), use the MIDI player to learn specific songs and track your improvement in your maestro-level piano skills, use the Audio Player section to play along with your favourite songs (and even loop specific parts that you’re struggling with), or you can always use it to further tweak the parameters of your piano’s on-board sounds.

The app is compatible with most of Casio’s digital piano range, and here’s a bit more about the features!

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Piano Remote Controller

Connect your smartphone or tablet to a compatible Casio digital piano to control various settings.

Select tone, play internal songs and more from the screen on your device.

Casio Chordana App

Use the easy-to-understand icons for intuitive control.

Casio Chordana App

You can also check settings not directly visible on the instrument itself, such as the tuning frequency readout (Hz) and temperament type.

Casio Chordana App

PDF Score Viewer

The viewer can display the PDF sheet music of 60 songs in the Music Library. It can also be used as a regular PDF file viewer.

Casio Chordana App

Connecting the smart device via a USB cable enables CDP-S100, CDP-S150, CDP-S350, PX-S1000 and PX-S3000 users to use the 3-pedal unit (SP-34) or the damper pedal (SP-3 single-pedal unit) as a page turner.

Casio Chordana App

Users of models that do not support page turning can still access page-turning capability by using a third-party Bluetooth page turner.

Casio Chordana App

Descriptions of Built-in Songs

You can view descriptions for the app’s built-in songs and for the composers.
Users of the models listed below can listen to the music library built into the piano.
AP-470, AP-270, PX-870, PX-770, PX-S1000

Casio Chordana App
Casio Chordana App

MIDI Player

Visually check the next key or keys to be played, and display them in the piano roll window. Play at your own pace using the tempo adjustment and AB repeat features. Keep track of your improving skills and make practicing more fun with the in-built scoring system.

Casio Chordana App
Casio Chordana App
The app includes a music library with a collection of 60 songs that even beginners can enjoy listening to and playing, as well as Beyer’s Vorschule im Klavierspiel Op. 101 (106 songs), Burgmüller’s Easy and Progressive 25 Studies Op. 100 (25 songs), Bach’s Inventions (15 songs), and Hanon Le Pianiste Virtuose en 60 Exercices (3 songs). You can also add your own MIDI files to supplement the internal song collection. Either search for MIDI files using your smartphone or tablet, or import MIDI files that you already own into the app.
*201 songs: Number excluding duplicates
Casio Chordana App

Audio Player

Play back audio on your device with musical tools such as key shift and tempo change, looping, and melody cancel.* With some audio files, melody cancel may not be able to cancel the entire melody.

Casio Chordana App

Supported Casio Digital Piano models: AP-470, AP-270, PX-870, PX-770, CDP-S100, CDP-S150, CDP-S350, PX-S1000, PX-S3000