Ep93 Using Slash Chords on Guitar

In this free guitar lesson, I explain what slash chords are in
music, why composers use them, and when you might choose to skip
them while reading a chart. Slash chords do not refer to the
guitarist known as Slash of Guns N’ Roses fame. The term slash
refers to the use of a forward slash in a chord name such as G/B,
C/G, or D/F#. Whenever a chord name includes a forward slash, the
letter before the slash is the basic chord and the letter after
the slash is the alternate bass note. Normally, when you play a G
chord, you have a G note in the lowest or bass position. The
chord G/B is a G chord but with a B note in the bass position.
This means you would begin strumming on B and leave the G note
below it (as well as the 6th string) out. You would call any
version of a G chord with B in the bass “G with B in the bass” or
“G over B” or “G/B.”


 


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