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Guitar Slash Chords
Altered Bass Note Guitar Chords
By Shawn Bradshaw

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Guitar Slash chords. Even though the name sounds violent, these chords are actually quite peaceful. A slash chord is just a guitar chord with bass note other than the root.

Suggested prerequisites for this lesson:

Notes on the neck or the guitar - Learn the names of the notes on every string, every fret.

Basic Chord Construction - learn the basic music theory behind chord construction and how it is applied to the guitar.

Decoding the
Guitar Chord Symbol

The way that you pronounce this chord is either "D slash F sharp" or "D with a F sharp in the bass".

The letter to the left of the slash is the name of the chord, so this is a D chord.

Slash

The letter you see to the right of the slash is the bass note, or lowest sounding note of the chord. Normally in a D chord the lowest sounding note is D. But in a D/F chord, the lowest sounding note is a F (F sharp).

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