A little help?
- BlackOak
- new member
- Registered: 2007-03-27
- Posts: 3
Hey everyone. Thanks for reading my first post. And for answering my question.
I can find most chords on this site. But I don't understand chords that read:
F/A (Is it an F ... or is it an A)
or C7sus4/G (what's the "G" mean?)
Eb/F ???
Am/C
Thanks again for your help!
- Old Tele man
- senior member

- From: Tucson, AZ, USA
- Registered: 2006-11-02
- Posts: 994
...the "first" (before the "slash") letter is the CHORD triad to be played, and the "seoond" (after the "slash") letter is the bass NOTE to be played...thus, F/A, means play an F major triad chord, with an A-note as the bass note, here are two possible examples:
F/A = X 0 3 2 1 1...where the A-note is the open A5-string and the F-triad is the standard cowboy "F"-chord at fret 1.
F/A = X X 7 5 6 5...where the A-note is on the D4-string and the "C-shape" F-triad is on strings G3-E1 at fret 5.
- BlackOak
- new member
- Registered: 2007-03-27
- Posts: 3
Thanks! This is a big help. This site is going to be a lifesaver since I can customize the chords on this site and hear how they sound.

