Need help in this kind of chord X/Y#
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billthegeek
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For example, look at C/D chord. The letter on the left the chord you are playing, the one on right is the lowest note in the chord to play.
In a normal C chord, the lowest bass note in the chord is an E note. However in a C/D chord (xx0010), the lowest bass note is a D instead.
In a normal C chord, the lowest bass note in the chord is an E note. However in a C/D chord (xx0010), the lowest bass note is a D instead.
cryingstatue
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Explaination
well personally i always describe C/D as "C slash D", you always describe the chord first then the change in bass note. sometimes people refer to it as C over D but you just have to get used to it being called both ways or the many variations i guess.
anyway heres my two cents worth: you will see some common chords like C/B, D/F#, G/F#, A/C#.
usually the common ones are based on this principle: inversions of four part or more voicings of a chord. to make it simple take Cmaj7, Cmaj7 is made up of three notes: C E G B, arranged from root to the 7th voicing. now if we were to invert it meaning put C as the top note instead you would get : E G B C. its not a different chord (well lets assume that for now) but now instead of C in the bass you have E in the bass so we call it C/E. because we inverted the bass note, its known as the first inversion.
and to cut it short, if we take the other preceding notes then we make different bass notes for the Cmaj7 chord. so therefore C/B would be the Cmaj7 chord in its third inversion.
thats the simple part of the common "slash chords".
the other ones like C/D or G/A could either be :
1)extended chords like D11 or A11 but notated differently.
2)other chords that because the voicings above the varying bassnote forms a triad is named so.
3)or just because to put a non-diatonic bass note over a triad just makes it sound cool
well personally i always describe C/D as "C slash D", you always describe the chord first then the change in bass note. sometimes people refer to it as C over D but you just have to get used to it being called both ways or the many variations i guess.
anyway heres my two cents worth: you will see some common chords like C/B, D/F#, G/F#, A/C#.
usually the common ones are based on this principle: inversions of four part or more voicings of a chord. to make it simple take Cmaj7, Cmaj7 is made up of three notes: C E G B, arranged from root to the 7th voicing. now if we were to invert it meaning put C as the top note instead you would get : E G B C. its not a different chord (well lets assume that for now) but now instead of C in the bass you have E in the bass so we call it C/E. because we inverted the bass note, its known as the first inversion.
and to cut it short, if we take the other preceding notes then we make different bass notes for the Cmaj7 chord. so therefore C/B would be the Cmaj7 chord in its third inversion.
thats the simple part of the common "slash chords".
the other ones like C/D or G/A could either be :
1)extended chords like D11 or A11 but notated differently.
2)other chords that because the voicings above the varying bassnote forms a triad is named so.
3)or just because to put a non-diatonic bass note over a triad just makes it sound cool
cryingstatue
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Positions
anyway, there really isnt any fixed way to play these chords, just find the chords and play around with the bass or root note of course you need to know your notes around the fretboard lah
anyway, there really isnt any fixed way to play these chords, just find the chords and play around with the bass or root note of course you need to know your notes around the fretboard lah
cryingstatue
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well just play the chord and then play the bass note below, to make things simple.
you need to know where the notes on your fretboard are. you don't have to memorise them yet, but at least know where they are. you can refer to one of the many websites on the internet to help you with this. like a G note can be found on your 6th string (Low E string) on the 3rd fret. so a C/G would be 332010. hope you understand.
yoruka19
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heres a great webby for u to chk out chords http://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/
they offer many chords n scales
