Easy slash chords tutorial on the piano!
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- Опубліковано 19 лип 2024
- Easy slash chords tutorial on the piano!
• Easy slash chords tuto...
In today's tutorial, Scott will be covering some common music theory and teaching you about playing slash chords on the piano. Slash chords are a pretty easy concept and take no time at all to learn!
Scott first goes over how you would typically see a slash chord on piano music sheets. Even though they look complicated, they aren't that tough! However, before Scott digs any deeper, he'll need to cover what the "root" of a chord is.
The root is the lowest note of the chord. For example, if you are playing a C chord, the lowest note you would play is a C. If you are playing with your left hand, your pinky would land on the C. However, what a slash chord does is override that default root and give you a new root to play.
When you see a slash chord, here is how to interpret it - whatever is to the left of the slash, that is the chord you are supposed to play. But whatever is to the right of the slash, that is the single note that needs to be the new root of that chord; you will need to hear that note on the bottom.
Scott then shows you a G / A slash chord. Your right hand plays the G chord (his thumb is playing the G, the lowest note) while your left hand plays the single note A as the bass. A great way to simplify slash chords is to think of them as fractions - for example, instead of reading the next example as a B flat major 7 / C, think of it as a fraction and think of it as a B flat over C; that can mentally help you think of it as the chord over a different base note.
A great question students ask is "what do you do if you are having to play the whole chord with your left hand?" In this situation, it does get a little tougher. In the case with the B flat major 7 / C, reach down and play a C with your left hand, hold the pedal, and then come back up and play the chord with your left hand as well.
The last example Scott uses is an F / A. You play an F chord, but the A has to be the lowest note you hear. However, in this chord, the A note is already in the chord you play, so instead of playing it like a traditional slash chord, you could feasibly make it an inversion and play the F on top.
So, why do they use slash chords in playing the piano? There are some chord theory reasons, but in practical terms, it is a way that a composer can tell you to play a particular bass, especially when a bass is a very critical component to the song.
To summarize how to easily understand and play slash chords on the piano, whatever is to the left of the slash is the chord you play, and whatever is to the right is the single note you play as the bass.
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Easy slash chords tutorial on the piano!
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Thank you! Finally, a video that at least touches on playing a slash chord with the left hand only. For example, if you want to play the Melody with the right hand and have to play a slash chord with the left hand.
I think I’ve finally decided on the Piano Tutorial channel I’ll mainly stick to. Your explanations are not only straight forward and easy to follow, but there’s also the calm, friendly way you teach that makes lessons fun. Good job.
Thanks! Glad to be of some help...
Wonderful and most clear explanation! Thank you very much Scott.
You're welcome!
Slash chords have a lot of character. They are used frequently in James Bond music. Thanks, Scott, for the video.
I've been confused about this, great video with explanation and now I get it! Thanks so much.
You're so welcome...
Great lesson, thanks👍👍👍
never knew this. Thanks. Also one of the clearest, sharpest videos I've seen. Nice recording
Excellent video tutorial mate. Thanks heaps. Subscribed.
Lot of work went into a great explanation. Got it! Thank you Scott! :-)
Glad it helped Penny! :-)
Have always had trouble with this. Thanks for the clear concise demonstration.
I love slash chords... it adds a lot of character to my music. :D
Simplified and vulgarized this really well! Thank you!
Excellent Lesson Scott!!!!!! Thanks so much!!! I’m Totally CLEAR on what “SLASH CHORDS” are for now……I was not good in math….So i always thought of them as fractions….to be avoided. But now I’m clear! Appreciate it!😍
Terrific! Glad it made sense and cleared something up for you... Have fun!
The best explanation I've found. Thank you
Thank you! Great man!
This helped s lot. Thanks..
I have wondered about this a long time - very helpful explanation!
Now you know Wayne :-)
Newly subscribed your channel nice explained slash chords .tq
Beautiful Details and lot of Information...
THANK YOU SIR!
Thank you for your explanation.
You're welcome Deb!
Thx sir nice
Thanks for another clear explanation! I'm taking your course and am in Course 4. I'm having a wonderful time, actually playing the piano!
Great work Barbara! I'm so happy for you! ... but not surprised :-)
One of the lessons make reference to "Over the Rainbow," but that song is not in either Gig book. Is there a 3rd Gig book available?
No - but you should try to figure it out yourself :-) Start the melody on a C, then jump up an octave to the higher C and figure out the rest of the melody hunting and pecking from there. Then to give you a start on figuring out the chords by ear, the first few in the changes progress similar to this: C, Amin, Emin (then Edim passing to...) F, C
Just relax and let your ears tell you when you should move from chord to chord - I bet you'll shock yourself, and it is GREAT ear training practice now that you are in Course 4 where we are doing all the interval training. Have fun!
Thanks...I'll try that!!
Whatever happened to this channel? This man is a good teacher.
Thanks for the help, I understand it now. I don't like it, but I understand it. C/B just bugs me. It sounds wrong to my ear. But I'll trust you.
Can we make any slash chords pattern ? Or there is certain pattern to make it ?
I am learning to play Bad Day by Daniel Powter it has a slash cord c/e the c/e is over the cord g what does that mean
What is that Triangle icon when you wrote the Bflat7 Mr Scott?? By the way, your Learning Piano in a Flash is a super great book. I read it about three times or more and am currently learning to play from it, I just aced Row Row You Boat, Jingle Bells, & Joy to the world last night - Going to the section on Blues Scales next. Many Thanks for being, probably the best piano teacher around (The World Yeah).
First off, thanks for the nice words! I'm really happy my stuff is helping you have fun on a piano ... That triangle is just another way to designate "Major 7". and to add... for folks that use those triangles (like me when I am hurriedly writing down changes) they will usually also use a dash to designate "minor" - so a C-7 = C Minor 7
I am playing a song called Bad day it has slash C/E over G what does that mean
Great lesson, as always thanks. One thing though - is it just me and my iPad, or are all louder parts in the video accompanied by a low crackling noise? Gave the whole thing a vinyl vibe ...
Ha! No clue... Maybe it was clipping (levels too hot) when we recorded it and we missed it in post? Who knows... No intentional "throw-back" vibe though I assure you. :-)
I think it might be your iPad. We aren't getting any crackling on our end
I double checked on the PC and still get crackling, e. g. at 1:55 when playing the F-chord
hmm I heard something very small that time at 1:55. I'll look into it. Thanks!
I only play chords with my left hand, yet mostly ALL that show how to play a slash chord show the chord played with the right hand with the slash played with the left hand. How does all this work in with the tune played with the right hand, usually?
That's a very good point John ... Guilty as charged. Ha! The answer is that it takes a "little" more advanced technique that would mostly fall into two categories. 1) Use the sustain pedal this way: Reach down and play the bass note (to the right of the slash), "grab" it with the sustain pedal so it keeps sounds, then come up where you normally would play your chords and play the chord that is to the left of the slash. 2) Play just bass note in your LH, then, while playing the melody note as the highest note you hear, fill in some of the chord tones with the remaining fingers of your right hand. i.e. play the chord in your right, but add the melody note as the top note. Hope that helps...
How does one use the slash chord when playing the chord with the left hand, expecially C/A. I usually play the tune with the right hand, and you're showing the chord played with the right hand and play the A in the bass. Confusing!
how do you play a D2 chord?
That's usually another way to say Dsus2 in chord symbology. You replace the third in a triad with a second. So in this case it would be D,E,A (the normal F# 3rd of a D chord slides down to the 2nd, or E). Hope that helps :-)
Any reason why I can't see the video?
Gotta be something on your end Karen - it's good to go on YT. Sorry ...
What kind of device are you using and/or what browser?
WAAAAAAY too complicated for this beginner.