What Are 'SLASH CHORDS' On Guitar?

Have you ever heard of 'slash chords' and want to learn what they are? (and no, it's not any chord played by Slash from Guns'n'Roses)

Well, look no further. Stay tuned, and I'll explain what they are, provide a few examples, and show you how you can play them on your guitar, enjoy!

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[arpeggioblues]

Tomasso; the description of the bass harmonics and the over-laying chords; honestly, I love hearing about those things, when looking at the interraction of notes and their respective registers.

[carltaylor]

Thank you, Tomas. Wonderfully clear explanation as always! I'm self-taught and I've been subscribed for a few months now. Love all your lessons - I always learn something from you and you inspire me to try out new ideas.

[davidfiola]

Your a great teacher bro!! Theory has never been so easy and sweet your on it man. Please keep up the fantastic work!!

[davidmaki]

You're a great teacher, Tomas. I've been getting so much out of your lessons, being a self taught guitarist. Thank you.

[NigelDorrtech]

lovely to watch and easy to learn, keep up the good work.

[SombraDeLaMosca]

You are a great motivating teacher, I new practically all the stuff since I play guitar and bass, but I stayed until the end just because it was so much fun to watch. =) Loved the D/A chord!

[Bubba-zuyr]

Inversions open up a whole new world to guitarist. Great topic to dissect! Thank you!

[JereToikka]

I sometimes like to write 7th chords as "upper structure/bass" instead of the normal notation.
E.g. instead of Gm7 I might write Bb/G.
One reason would ve as a reminder to myself when playing piano to only play Bb triad with my right hand instead of playing all the notes of Gm7 with my right.
Or similarly if I arrange for a band and want to clarify to the guitarist to play a Bb chord instead of a Gm7 :)

[Eldon_is_The_Best]

I like to use 1/3 chords as a substitute for dim7 passing chords. For example: Ebmaj -> C/E (include G on B string) -> Fmin

[ryanlee]

True fact: When Slash plays slash chords they're just called chords.

[EclecticEccentricOne]

Good stuff as always.

Here is a good time to point out to those who need to read it: A 5 interval is always an inverse 4 interval and vice versa.

So you could see G/C as a 4th, adding the 4th of G as the bass.

m2 is M7, M2 is m7, m3 is M6, M3 is m6, P4 is P5, root is tritone of tritone.

[riverstone]

Damn I really thought you was talking about slash the guitarist

[vin]

7:25 Instructions unclear. Played it while I'm high.

[ardmoremooney]

When notating the Steely Dan cord, when does an A/D become a Dmaj9.
In 'Josie' I refer to them with the / notation but i have heard people refer to them as major 9ths

[mekayyoutube]

I tried cmaj7th then a ab on bass with cmaj7 with an f on top then a7 with g on top to dminor. It sounds very sad.

[jolu]

Perfect timing. 👍
One question: What if i want to play arpeggios. Would you call it e.g. G/ A arppegio or. A9sus4 ?

[lavryk]

I believe slash chords also allow easy notation for some walking bass lines, like Am, Am/G, Am/F, E etc.

[nicolasforfant]

Maybe worth mentioning (and demonstrating, obviously) in an upcoming video /#2 that it allows to build melodic bass lines, smoothly descending or ascending behind an otherwise bumpy chord progression.
Cheers,

[shannonsx]

aaah thank you so much, finaly I get it after so much fog around it

[magusking]

What Music theory lesson isn't instantly made better by having an English speaking teacher 
with an Italian accent !!? ( It is an Italian accent, isn't it ? )