Slash Chords Part 1

A very common sight when reading chord charts is seeing slash chord symbols. By learning how to decipher these ambiguous chords and incorporating them into you playing, you will be able to expand your harmony and create new and unique sounds while maintaining the overall harmonic structure of the song. In this lesson, you’ll get the scoop on a versatile and easy to play slash chord that can function both as a tonic chord as well as a dominant, when slightly altered, of course.