Hi,

I have just recently picked up guitar again after many years of not playing (I was never that good anyway!) and wondered whether anyone can help me with  the following chords I have in a song I would really like to be able to play?

G/B   F/A   C/E   F2    Am/G

Any help would be gratefully received.

Thanks a lot.
Oaksmere.

what are you asking oaksmere? if its the fingering look at virtual guitar & chordbook above and click on each note you want to see

if you cant find them there try here http://www.chordfind.com/

oaksmere wrote:

G/B   F/A   C/E   F2    Am/G

...the letter before the slash is the triad CHORD itself and the letter after the slash is the note to be played in the BASS...for example G/B would be a "G" triad  with a "B" note in the bass...together you end up with a 4-note chord: triad -plus- bass note.

What about the 'F2' chord OTM? I don't see that in 'chordbook' or in my 'Book of 1,000 chords'.

GuitarZen wrote:

What about the 'F2' chord OTM? I don't see that in 'chordbook' or in my 'Book of 1,000 chords'.

...F2 would be Fsus2, or notes F, G, C...where F = root, G = 2nd, C = 3rd.

Ah, ok OTM, thank you...I couldn't find 'F2' but I see 'Fsus2' ok.

I think this addresses the question I asked in a new post.

Old Tele man wrote:

oaksmere wrote:

G/B   F/A   C/E   F2    Am/G

...the letter before the slash is the triad CHORD itself and the letter after the slash is the note to be played in the BASS...for example G/B would be a "G" triad  with a "B" note in the bass...together you end up with a 4-note chord: triad -plus- bass note.

OKay Here is what I don't understand about that explanation - in the construction of a standard G chord (2nd/3rd Frets), the first note on the fifth string is a B, so why does G/B have to be differentiated from a standard G?

Oh by the way, I'm Raven, nice to meet you all! =o) I've been using Chordbook for about a year now, but only just realized there was a forum (little slow on the uptake) and I had to register JUST to ask this question. Oooohh...  my head....it burns! J/K, but I aaaaam extremely curious?

Raven

...they're just telling you to use the "inversion" of G-chord where the B-note is in the bass...rather than let you pick just ANY G-chord inversion.

...if you only want to play "close enuf" rhythm chords, simply use the Key-chord letters before the "slash" and ignore anything after the "slash."

Old Tele man wrote:

...they're just telling you to use the "inversion" of G-chord where the B-note is in the bass...rather than let you pick just ANY G-chord inversion.

...if you only want to play "close enuf" rhythm chords, simply use the Key-chord letters before the "slash" and ignore anything after the "slash."

See that's what I thought, but in this case B already is the bass note. So then by saying G/B, they actually meant don't use any other voicing but the standard G??? Seems a little convoluted, or am I the only monkey racing around the mulberry bush? =o)

Thanks Old Tele man, I am completely new here, but I can see you are the voice of experience on this board. Also thanks so much for the Chord Speller. It's the first one I have seen that doesn't give me a brain bleed when I look at it. Can't wait to try it out!

Raven

RavenZenSong wrote:

Old Tele man wrote:

...they're just telling you to use the "inversion" of G-chord where the B-note is in the bass...rather than let you pick just ANY G-chord inversion.

...if you only want to play "close enuf" rhythm chords, simply use the Key-chord letters before the "slash" and ignore anything after the "slash."

See that's what I thought, but in this case B already is the bass note. So then by saying G/B, they actually meant don't use any other voicing but the standard G??? Seems a little convoluted, or am I the only monkey racing around the mulberry bush? =o)

Thanks Old Tele man, I am completely new here, but I can see you are the voice of experience on this board. Also thanks so much for the Chord Speller. It's the first one I have seen that doesn't give me a brain bleed when I look at it. Can't wait to try it out!

Raven

...well, remember, most people would immediately think of a G-chord that started with its ROOT note in bass position, such as:

3 2 0 0 0 3 = G major at fret 3 with open strings.

...but, by naming it G/B, the arranger is directing you to the same "fingering" that the song writer used

...it's just a question of "how close" do you want to get.