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Slash Chord notation

Slash chord notation is easy to understand! Just play left note as chord on right hand, and right note as bass on left hand! (haha flipped notes)

Often times, slash chords are actually used to make reading progressions simpler, you need to figure this out by context.

  • Sus 4 resolution
  • Add2 ups and downs
  • Line cliches.

Anyway, slash chord has multiple purposes. The main purpose this page wants to document down is the fact that slash chords are alternative notations to complicated chords. Sometimes slash chords are used to indicate progressions. (Line cliches), use your judgement! Table |Slash Chord|Interpretation 1| Interpretation 2| |------|------| |C/D | CAdd2 |