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Seven Systems: Slash Chords and Alternate Bass
for example we could play a G major chord and below that G major chord we can add a b so we'd write this chord as G slash B this is called a slash chord the...
C Minor
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Slash Chords and Alternate Bass
for example we could play a G major chord and below that G major chord we can add a b so we’d write this chord as G slash B this is called a slash chord the G represents the chord and the letter after the slash represents the bass note the lowest note also notice the B is within our G chord it’s the three of the chord so we could also play an inversion of this chord where we move the G from down here to up here foreign [Music] we also have the notes of the G chord just with the B as the lowest note composers will use these slash chords if they want to emphasize the bass notes and create a melodic line in the bass for example we could have three chords C major chord that g slash B chord we just learned and an A minor chord so C major G over B a minor see how that creates this Baseline of C B A versus without the Slash this descending line that’s created from the chords is called a walk down it can also be called a line cliche next instead of the root as the bass note composers can use a different note of the chord to color a chord sound differently for example the notes of the G chord are g b d g slash B and G slash d feel less resolved less stable so composers can use slash chords for this effect now another way composers use slash chords is to make it easier for somebody to mentally process a chord for example you could have a B flat c chord this is pretty quick to understand you just play a B flat chord and a c below it this chord is also a C11 no 305. for many people B-flat C is a quicker way to process this chord