Hi guys in this lesson we are taking a look at how to play some easy slash chords
now these have very little to do with the guy from Guns n' Roses in the top hat
and a lot more to do with adding some embellishments to your playing
and we are gonna be taking a look at the exact
chord sequences that these chords most commonly crop up in
they get used in a very specific way
and are starting to crop up in more and more songs
so this is our first slash chord, this is a G/Fsharp
so we have
essentially a G chord
but we have an F sharp root note
which is the lowest note of our chord
and we are playing this note
instead of
the two notes that would make up a G
so its like a G but we move our first finger up
1, 2,3
Third and little finger where they are on this alternate G chord
and our first finger here
this chord seuence would get used
this chord would get used in between a G and an E minor
most commonly, so our example chord sequence is
G
F sharp
E minor with our third and little finger still down
Back to the F sharp
and this is very much in the oasis
Ed Sheeran, Neil Young
style, even Bob Dylan uses this
it crosses over all genres certainly
and it adds an embellishment
rather then just playing G to E minor
This adds
a passing chord
if we can call it that
so this is our G slash F sharp one more time
and the example chord sequence is G
slash F sharp
E minor
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and the G/Fsharp again
The best song example of the G/F sharp
is certainly Hallelujah, the Jeff Buckley version
which uses that chord in the main riff of the song
our second slash chord, is again a G but its gonna be slash B
so rather then the G being the root note
its actually the second note of the chord
the B which is the root note
of G
G/B take our middle finger off and dont play this thickest string
which gives a totally different flavour to the chord
its lacking that sort of low end
and this would typically happen before
we get to the C chord and most commonly
Cadd9 have a listen to this sequence
one more time
much more subtle but it does happen and you can see the logic
happening here
our next slash chord is a C
C/B so we are using the same
B note 2nd fret on the A string
and we just need our first finger there for
at the first fret of the second string
and that is our C/F sharp, play those two notes
but again have them at an angle, on the top, nice and comfortable like your C chord
just take your third finger off of a C chord
and move your middle finger up one
and the chord sequence that this would be used in most commonly
C
/ the B chord then to A minor
and then back to that
c/b lets have a listen to this
hopefully you can hear the subtlety that that chord adds
and the song example with this chord will be Where You Will Go
by The Calling
so lets lay all these chords one more time the normal C chord
move your middle finger up one for the C/B
normal A minor chord
back to the C/B middle finger up one, first finger stays where it is
for the entire song
another slash chord of note just to finish up
would be a D/F sharp
so again we are using this F sharp but this time
you may prefer to play it with your thumb, so this is our normal D chord
and then we have our thumb added on top
which gives a new note to this chord
you could also play this with your first finger
here and kinda play it like this
totally different fingers, if you prefer that
but I do think its a good idea to just get used to playing
just this one note
with your thumb
we aren't gonna use your thumb an awful lot it is kind of
bad technique, even though Hendrix used it all the time, you need
bigger hands for this generally, I dont have
ginormous hands at all I actually have quite small hands
typically the players with bigger hands are more comfortable with using there thumb
over the top
like this
but your song example of this
is certainly, Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud
The big hit from last year
very much a important part to the song and again uses these slash chords
this final one, a normal D chord
slash the F sharp
in the base
so that finishes up this / chord lesson, these do get used
pretty much in those locations only where we have used
those example chord sequences or very similar ones
think about them as a passing note
and thats the best place where they get used
they do tend to be quite sporadic but its essential that we start to get to know
the single notes in chords a little bit
which goes hand in hand with the note finding
thats in this course as well
do check out my next lesson in this beginners course that I've made up for you guys
where we're covering the most common strumming pattern ever
certainly not one to be missed, I will see you in the next lesson, and you can try it with these
slash chords if you like in your practise time I will see you there, thanks for watching
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