How did you get the naming of those chords? Nothing on the notes (assuming only top 3 strings played) reeeeally dictates /G or /A.Why is this chord (C/G);
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the same or interchangeable with this chord (C/A)?
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I presume they're both C chords, but what does the /G and /A mean?
How did you get the naming of those chords? Nothing on the notes (assuming only top 3 strings played) reeeeally dictates /G or /A.
Why is this chord (C/G);
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the same or interchangeable with this chord (C/A)?
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I presume they're both C chords, but what does the /G and /A mean?
I say 2 notes = interval... (captious nonsense )In your first example, as Cliff mentioned, the diagrams spell triad chords. The interesting thing about triads is that they can be used against a backdrop of moving chords and sound good. The triad is the simplest chord. One note = note. Two notes = harmony. Three notes = chord (triad). Once you add a 4th note to the triad, you more clearly define the chord. For example your bottom example in the original post spells Am. If you put an E note on the bottom, it still spells Am. If on the other hand you put an F on the bottom, it spells Fmaj7. One note can make a huge difference. The 2 chords in the op are related Diatonically (Key of C).
A slash with a note indicates the lowest note
So if I say play C/G
you would play a C major chord but have the lowest note- a G in the bass in that chord
You could also indicate an out of key note too- like freebird
G G/F# Em
There are barre chords right?
Most people know two
The E form one
and if you move it up a string- it's the A form
BUT if you think about it- there are 5 types of barre chords
E/A/D/G/C for each of the open chords
SO your C/G is a barre chord- D form the root would be on the 4th string at the 10th fret
NOW there are also open minor chords
Emi Ami Dmi
The second chord what you call C/A
is an A minor chord
the lowest note is an A which is the root so it's not C/A
It's just "a"
A Minor
and that's the Aminor form barre chord at the 12 fret/up an octave from the open chord
They're not really interchangeable- they're not really the same at all
Listen to the beatles NORWEGIAN WOOD
It is mostly a D chord where the bottom/bass note changes
Writing that song would be D/A D/B D/A D/G
and so on
I agree with all of that, except the first sentence. You are talking about major and minor TRIADS only. There are many major and minor chords with more than 3 notes.All major/minor chords consist of only 3 notes. A C chord is C-E-G. Am is A-C-E.
If the lowest note of a chord is anything other than the root (same note as the letter name of the chord), you have a slash chord (technically called an inversion), so C/G, or Am/C.
A C/A chord is not technically a logical chord, unless it was written C6/A (the 6 meaning the 6th note from C, which is an A). A C6 chord is essentially an Am chord, except that the feel of the chord will be different, more major than minor. So, C/A could simply mean, keep your fingers where they were, but hit the 5th string open. It will then be the same as an Am7 chord.
One note = note. Two notes = harmony. Three notes = chord (triad)
As you can tell by my question, I know absolutely nothing about guitar theory. I'm a moneky-see, monkey-do 'player'.
I tabbed the chords into Powertab, then used the Chord Identification Tool to find the name of the chord.
I'll back up a bit. I learned how to play In God's Country by U2. In the early days, (ie. Live in Paris from 87) Edge played the intro. riff like this;
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On the JT 2017 tour, he played the intro. riff like this;
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I was just wondering why the difference, ie. is he basically playing the same chord just in another voicing (if that's the correct term)?
(the bass mostly plays the root... mostly).