Slash Chords (Guitar Lesson CH-007) How to play
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0:11 - 0:14Hola, people. How' re you doing.
Justin here. -
0:14 - 0:15In this little lesson today
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0:15 - 0:18we're going to be having a chat
about slash chords. -
0:18 - 0:22Now, I'm sure many of you
have seen things like D/F# -
0:22 - 0:23and wondered what it meant,
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0:23 - 0:24may be it was two chords at the same time.
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0:24 - 0:27Well, luckily for you,
I'm here to explain it to you, -
0:27 - 0:29and it's really, really simple.
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0:29 - 0:30All slash chords are,
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0:30 - 0:33are indicating a different
base note for the chord -
0:33 - 0:37and a lot of the times, you don't even have to
worry about playing that base note -
0:37 - 0:38because the bass player will be playing it.
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0:38 - 0:42So, if you see, say, the chord D/F#
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0:42 - 0:47all it's meaning is it's a D chord,
"slash", with an F# base note. -
0:47 - 0:48That's all it is.
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0:48 - 0:50Chord, "/", base note.
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0:50 - 0:53Now, sometimes,
this can be incredibly easy. -
0:53 - 0:56If we took, say, a regular Em chord
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0:56 - 0:58♪
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0:58 - 1:01Now, if it was Em/B,
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1:01 - 1:02all you'd have to do
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1:02 - 1:05is play it with starting
from the 5th string, -
1:05 - 1:06♪
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1:06 - 1:09and just leave off that thickest string,
which was the note E. -
1:09 - 1:12Because now the lowest note,
the bass note of the chord, -
1:12 - 1:13is the note B.
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1:13 - 1:15.♪
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1:15 - 1:16Now, that's the principle of it
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1:16 - 1:18and it's really, really, really that simple.
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1:18 - 1:21Of course, in order to be able
to find your own slash chords, -
1:21 - 1:23you need to know what the notes are
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1:23 - 1:25at least on the thickest two strings,
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1:25 - 1:27because that's usually
where you'd put that base note -
1:27 - 1:28is on one of those two strings, so
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1:28 - 1:29making...
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1:30 - 1:32an essential skill really
for all of you guys -
1:32 - 1:34would be knowing the notes
on the bottom two strings, -
1:34 - 1:36because you need that
for your power chords, -
1:36 - 1:38your barre chords, your scales
and everything. So, -
1:38 - 1:39make sure you get that down
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1:39 - 1:42and you can kind of make up
your slash chords yourself. -
1:42 - 1:44Just pick any chord and then
try and figure out -
1:44 - 1:46what it sounds like
with a different base note. -
1:46 - 1:48You might go: "Well, here's a D chord."
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1:48 - 1:49♪
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1:49 - 1:51"I wonder what it sounds like
if I put a C base note on it." -
1:51 - 1:55"Where's the C? OK, there's a C there
on the 5th string there." -
1:55 - 1:57So, if I move my third finger
over to play that -
1:57 - 1:59and put my little finger
back where it was before: -
1:59 - 2:01♪
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2:01 - 2:03Pretty funky sounding chord:
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2:03 - 2:05♪
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2:05 - 2:07Not a very common one, probably,
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2:07 - 2:09but it's a slash chord,
and you can really do -
2:09 - 2:11any chord with any base note.
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2:11 - 2:13A lot of more complex jazz stuff
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2:13 - 2:17has some pretty outrageous slash chords in it
that sound pretty dissonant. -
2:17 - 2:20You get your D#/C, or
whatever it sounds a bit, here -
2:20 - 2:22♪
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2:22 - 2:23Things like that, you know.
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2:23 - 2:25They sound pretty outside, you know,
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2:25 - 2:27But... And they're not really that common.
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2:27 - 2:28For a beginner guitar player,
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2:28 - 2:31which I'm guessing you are
if you're not so sure what slash chords are, -
2:32 - 2:33or maybe you're a great guitar player
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2:33 - 2:36and you just never discovered
slash chords before, -
2:36 - 2:38there are a few really common ones
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2:38 - 2:39which I wanna go through with you now and,
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2:39 - 2:42I'll explain it in a bit of a
close-up for you, I think. -
2:42 - 2:45So, let's go CLOSE.
Let's get closer! -
2:47 - 2:48Regular D chord,
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2:48 - 2:52and one of the most common
slash chords is D/F# -
2:52 - 2:54Now, hopefully some of you know already,
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2:54 - 2:56but that note there is the note F#.
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2:56 - 2:58So, if we've got a D chord
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2:58 - 2:59♪
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2:59 - 3:00And we want to put a F# base on it,
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3:00 - 3:01there's a couple of ways of doing it.
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3:01 - 3:04First of all, you could
wrap your thumb around -
3:04 - 3:08♪
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3:08 - 3:11Now, you can play that 5th string there if you want.
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3:11 - 3:12♪
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3:12 - 3:14I usually let the thumb mute that string.
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3:14 - 3:15I think it sounds a bit sweeter,
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3:15 - 3:17but that's really your call.
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3:17 - 3:19But the getting the thumb over
can be quite a hard technique, -
3:19 - 3:22and a much more common way of
playing that chord -
3:22 - 3:24is like this:
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3:24 - 3:26with first finger on the F#.
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3:26 - 3:28That also mutes the fourth...
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3:28 - 3:31This string is muted
by the underneath of the first finger. -
3:31 - 3:33The D string is open.
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3:33 - 3:35Second finger on the 2nd fret
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3:35 - 3:36And third finger on the 3rd fret.
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3:36 - 3:37♪
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3:37 - 3:39And that thinnest string is also muted.
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3:39 - 3:40♪
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3:40 - 3:41This is a really common way of playing it.
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3:41 - 3:44Now, one of the most common movements
is to go from G: -
3:44 - 3:46♪
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3:46 - 3:48to D with an F# base:
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3:48 - 3:49♪
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3:49 - 3:51to Em:
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3:51 - 3:52♪
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3:52 - 3:55and back again maybe to D with an F# base.
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3:55 - 3:56♪
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3:56 - 3:58G
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3:58 - 4:00D with an F# base.
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4:00 - 4:03You can see that coming from the G
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4:03 - 4:05the third finger is staying where it is,
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4:05 - 4:07second finger is going down,
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4:07 - 4:09first finger is going over to the base:
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4:09 - 4:10♪
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4:10 - 4:11and then to Em,
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4:11 - 4:13The first finger comes back over,
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4:13 - 4:15second finger goes up,
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4:15 - 4:16and third finger comes off:
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4:16 - 4:17♪
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4:17 - 4:19Sometimes it sounds nice
to leave that one there as well: -
4:19 - 4:20♪
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4:20 - 4:21Then you get an Em7.
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4:21 - 4:22But that's a really common...
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4:22 - 4:26♪
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4:26 - 4:30Really common song...
or movement in songs, I should say. -
4:30 - 4:32So that's your D with an F# base.
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4:32 - 4:33Either like that...
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4:33 - 4:35You can play it like that as well.
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4:35 - 4:36It's not an uncommon way to play it,
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4:36 - 4:39you could play it just with your 1st finger
reaching over, (♪) -
4:39 - 4:40or like that (♪).
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4:40 - 4:42It doesn't really matter
what fingers you use, to be honest, -
4:42 - 4:45you'd use different fingers
in different circumstances. -
4:45 - 4:48That's a D/F#, really common one.
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4:48 - 4:51Now, another common one is G with a B base.
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4:51 - 4:52So there's a regular G chord:
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4:52 - 4:53♪
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4:53 - 4:56and this note here with your first finger,
that's the note B. -
4:56 - 4:59So, if you're using the tip of your
1st finger there to mute the 6th string, -
4:59 - 5:01♪
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5:01 - 5:03You've now got a G with a B base.
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5:03 - 5:06Now, that's a good way of playing
it if it's by itself, -
5:06 - 5:09but usually, it's found
in between the chords -
5:09 - 5:11G (♪)
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5:11 - 5:12Sorry!
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5:12 - 5:14C (♪)
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5:14 - 5:15G/B (♪)
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5:15 - 5:17and Am (♪).
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5:17 - 5:18So, if you're going to do it that way,
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5:18 - 5:20it's a lot easier to finger it:
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5:20 - 5:21This is C chord,
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5:21 - 5:23now, second finger moves over to the B,
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5:23 - 5:26third finger comes off
and little finger goes down on the note D -
5:26 - 5:27♪
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5:27 - 5:29making sure that the 6th string is muted.
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5:29 - 5:34The tip of that second finger is pressing up there
to mute the 6th string. -
5:34 - 5:35Little finger is also muting the first string.
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5:35 - 5:37♪
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5:37 - 5:39Although, it doesn't hurt really, to...
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5:39 - 5:40♪
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5:40 - 5:42If you want to have that open E string open,
it often sounds nice, -
5:42 - 5:44but it's not officially part of the chord,
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5:44 - 5:48and then you can see your
hand's already kind of in position (♪) -
5:48 - 5:49for the Am (♪).
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5:49 - 5:52And then back to G/B,
second finger steps over, -
5:52 - 5:54other two fingers lift off,
little finger goes down. -
5:54 - 5:55♪
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5:55 - 5:57There's your G/B (♪)
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5:57 - 5:59C (♪)
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5:59 - 6:01G/B (♪)
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6:01 - 6:02Am (♪)
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6:02 - 6:04G/B (♪)
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6:04 - 6:05♪
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6:05 - 6:06Can make a nice little song out there
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6:06 - 6:08C (♪)
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6:08 - 6:09G/B (♪)
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6:09 - 6:11Am (♪)
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6:11 - 6:13Now, here's a common one as well:
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6:13 - 6:15♪
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6:15 - 6:16Am with a G base.
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6:16 - 6:20♪
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6:20 - 6:22So, just reaching over
with the little finger there -
6:22 - 6:23to hit the note G.
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6:23 - 6:25♪
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6:25 - 6:28So, that would be an Am/G.
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6:28 - 6:29Not that hard, really. Is it?
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6:29 - 6:31Or, instead of that, you might go:
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6:31 - 6:33♪
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6:33 - 6:34G/B (♪)
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6:34 - 6:36Am (♪)
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6:36 - 6:38Then you might go G (♪)
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6:38 - 6:41D/F# (♪)
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6:41 - 6:43Em (♪)
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6:43 - 6:44Often follows vocals.
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6:44 - 6:47♪
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6:47 - 6:50It's used in "Wonderwall" and
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6:51 - 6:52and "Miss American Pie"
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6:52 - 6:55There's hundreds of songs
that use these kind of movements. -
6:55 - 6:58♪
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6:58 - 7:00Now, another really nice little one
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7:00 - 7:02that you might experiment with is A chord.
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7:02 - 7:05Now, maybe a lot of you've learned A chord
like this, or like this, -
7:05 - 7:06or whatever.
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7:06 - 7:09If you're going to do slash chords,
generally you play A with a little barre. -
7:09 - 7:11♪
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7:11 - 7:13Making sure the thinnest string again,
that one up there, is muted -
7:13 - 7:15with the underneath of your first finger.
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7:15 - 7:16♪
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7:16 - 7:18So you're pressing down just three strings.
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7:18 - 7:22Now, a really nice common one
is to reach over with that third finger -
7:22 - 7:23♪
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7:23 - 7:25I'm playing A with a C# base.
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7:25 - 7:28♪
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7:28 - 7:29It's just a really nice sound
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7:29 - 7:30♪
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7:30 - 7:32D (♪)
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7:32 - 7:34A/C# (♪)
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7:34 - 7:35E.
That's a common movement. -
7:35 - 7:40♪
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7:40 - 7:42There's lots and lots of songs
that use these things. -
7:42 - 7:44So, that's A with a C# base,
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7:44 - 7:47but we could have, say,
A chord with a G base: -
7:47 - 7:55♪
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7:55 - 7:56See? It's just really...
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7:56 - 7:58It's an A chord
and you can put on whatever bass you want, -
7:58 - 7:59you could put an F# base.
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7:59 - 8:01Play the A with your third finger:
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8:01 - 8:03♪
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8:03 - 8:07Do that, that would be an A/F#
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8:07 - 8:11Also called F#min7, but you could call it
A/F#, so it'd be cool. -
8:11 - 8:13You could put an F base on it.
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8:13 - 8:14♪
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8:14 - 8:16Pretty wacky sounding chord, but it still works.
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8:16 - 8:19You can really...
You can go mad with these things. -
8:19 - 8:21Another really common one
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8:21 - 8:23-- I'm just trying to get you
as many common ones as I can here -- -
8:23 - 8:24This is C chord
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8:24 - 8:25♪
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8:25 - 8:28C with a G base, C/G.
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8:28 - 8:29There's your G note.
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8:29 - 8:32So, you just move that finger from the C
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8:32 - 8:34pluck it on the old G there.
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8:34 - 8:36Now the 5th string is muted.
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8:36 - 8:40♪
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8:40 - 8:42C with a G base. C/G.
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8:42 - 8:44Really common in country.
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8:44 - 8:45♪
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8:45 - 8:47C
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8:47 - 8:49C/G
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8:49 - 8:51You kind of do that for
another reason, but it still... -
8:51 - 8:53That's what it is.
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8:53 - 8:55C. C/G.
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8:55 - 8:57You can really go mad with them.
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8:58 - 9:02So, I hope after that
you are not scared of seeing slash chords anymore. -
9:02 - 9:05It does take a little while to get used
to learning all of the different shapes. -
9:05 - 9:09Because there's so many
variations possible, -
9:09 - 9:11There are kind of a lot
of slash chords to learn, -
9:11 - 9:12but what I'd recommend is
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9:12 - 9:15having a little bit of an
experiment yourself and -
9:15 - 9:17seeing, you know, what chord
you can put what base note with -
9:17 - 9:20And see if you can come up
with some funky chords, you know. -
9:20 - 9:22Especially if you're a song writer,
and you can really get... -
9:22 - 9:25It's a nice way of kind of
getting a bit creative with a simple idea. -
9:25 - 9:27So, I hope you enjoyed that.
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9:27 - 9:29Please subscribe, if you haven't already,
to the channel -
9:29 - 9:31and go and check out the web site
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9:31 - 9:34where I'll stick some little chord boxes
and stuff like that -
9:34 - 9:36up for this lesson.
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9:36 - 9:37So, I hope you're all good,
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9:37 - 9:38take of yourselves,
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9:38 - 9:40See you later from sunny London.
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9:40 - 9:41Later, bye!
- Title:
- Slash Chords (Guitar Lesson CH-007) How to play
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Justin's Completely Free, Guitar Chords Lessons. This is Lesson CH-007.
In this lesson we look at Slash Chords. What they are and how to play them.
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