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jtj  
15 Oct 2007 20:57 | Quote
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ok...im kinda new i have playin simple stuff with choreds...but i dont know wat the chords tha have a slash in tem
like
Em7/10
C9/12
D4/F#
and others with slashes in them
any thing i should know?
blackholesun  
16 Oct 2007 08:16 | Quote
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A chord that is written like Am/E means you play an A minor chord, but with an E in the bass. The E can either be played by you, or by a bassist while you play Am over the top. The end result is just an A minor chord because E is the perfect 5th of A. If the chord was Am/F then it would give the overall tonality of a Fmaj7 chord. It's useful to write chords like this when you have a riff like the intro of "Mr Brightside" by The Killers, where the chord progression could be written as: G#sus4/C#, G#sus4/C, G#sus4/F#, G#sus4/F#, because in each bar G#, C# and D# are played, but with a different bass note each time (except for the last two bars). Although I'm not particually a fan of The Killers, that is the best, well-known example I can think of at the moment.

I don't think those chords you said above exist, because slash chords look like [chord name]/[bass note]. Slashes can also be used, however, to show notes in a chord that have be raised or flattened, for example: Am/5+ is A minor but with an augmented 5th, which creates an F major chord. These chords look like [chord name]/[note which is altered][how it's been altered], and appear quite a bit in internet-based tabs, because there is no flat button on a keyboard.

Hope this helps.
jtj  
16 Oct 2007 20:03 | Quote
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i kinda get it.....but like i said im new
i am wanting to play this song
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H6dbgJI9uNI&mode=related&search=
...and one of the links i found had those chords in it
i am wanting to play it for my church...i know i need a capo..i just dont know the chords
and i dont know wat those chords ment..and thanx

and if you could find a more acurate tab/chord site for the song i would really aprecciate it
jtj  
16 Oct 2007 20:13 | Quote
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here is wat they mostley sound like
if you could help with chords i thank you

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PB53ImmIn3E&mode=related&search=
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZGCubB920_w&mode=related&search=(this one i dont think he has a capo)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=I2iO-8z23sQ&mode=related&search=
blackholesun  
17 Oct 2007 07:45 | Quote
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is this any good? http://www.911tabs.com/link/?319049

there aren't any slash chords in that tab.
REDSTRAT  
26 Oct 2007 22:33 | Quote
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jtj says:
Copy and Paste quote here!
WHATS THE BANDS NAME I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO ALL THAT.I'LL FIND IT WITH THE BAND NAME ON YOU TUBE.


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