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What notes are played for the notation G7/B and similarly designated chords? I have Googled on it and am now mostly confused by all the many explanations !
Is the "slash" notation meant mostly for guitar?
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the slash usually indicates either chord can be used was how it was explained to me during guitar lesson 40 years ago
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OK, but if I begin using the lower chord(s) should I stay with that for the whole song?
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The way I understood it was it was to accomidate the singer, so Id say yes
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G7/B means to play a G7 chord but use one of the voicings that has the B as the lowest note.
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DanielB said
G7/B means to play a G7 chord but use one of the voicings that has the B as the lowest note.
that could be, i was told different but that dont make it right
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Barry said
that could be, i was told different but that dont make it right
Same here, Barry. All any of us has got is what we were told/taught. I was taught it is how to show which "inversion" or voicing of the chord to use and the part after the / was what note should be in the bass. But I can't 100% guarantee that is right, either.
"This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in 5 or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development." ~ Itzhak Perlman
Yeah, I think I saw the word "inversion" in my surfing.
I'm surprised that the topic is a bit fuzzy.
Is this notation exclusive to guitar ?
Does "bass" simply mean the lowest string ?
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I may have seen it used in "easy piano" as well, not sure, Oliver. But yeah, I only recall seeing it for certain for guitar.
And yes, by bass I mean the lowest pitch being played in the chord.
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