Tutorial
Playing Slash Chords
Instructor: Mike Salow
Topic(s): Chords
Style(s): Any Style
Level(s): Intermediate
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Playing Slash Chords: Intro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hello once again!
I recently had a discussion with a colleague about the importance of being a solid rhythm guitarist.
Chord vocabulary, among other things, is big part of developing as a rhythm guitarist so I thought this would be a great opportunity to discuss slash chords.
A slash chord is any regular chord with something other than the root note as ...
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Playing Slash Chords: Basic Shapes
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
So the first step is to take our basic open chords (C, A, G, E, D) and move the 3rd to the bass.
The expectation is that once you've seen how to move the 3rd to the bass you can then move the 5th to the bass on your own.
Once we've moved the 3rd we then have the following chords:
C/E, A/C#, G/B, E/G#, D/F#
Always keep in mind that the first note in the a...
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Playing Slash Chords: Other Shapes
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
So I thought I'd go ahead and give you guys another shape I use quite often when composing fusion tunes.
You could say that these chords are Major 9no7 chords with the 9th in the bass. So basically a major triad with the 9th (2nd) in the bass.
For example: G/A, D/E, F#/G#
These chords can sometimes come off as sus2 chords and it's a very good idea to appr...