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slash chord

slash chord noun: a chord which has a bass note that is not the root note.

Noun

slash chord (plural slash chords)

  1. A chord which has a bass note that is not the root note.
    • Contemporary popular music tends to be specific in indicating slash cords, while older fake books generally indicate only root chord names.1986, Michael Esterowitz, How to Play from a Fake Book, Ekay Music, →ISBN, page 34

Forms of slash chord

pluralslash chords

Origin of slash chord

So called from being written with a slash, such as Em/G (E minor with a G bass).

Questions about slash chord

What does slash chord mean?
Slash chord means a chord which has a bass note that is not the root note.
What part of speech is slash chord?
Slash chord is a noun.
What is the plural of slash chord?
The plural of slash chord is slash chords.

Words near slash chord in the dictionary

  1. SLAs
  2. slash
  3. slash and burn
  4. slash bunt
  5. slash bunts
  6. slash chord
  7. slash chords
  8. slash dupe
  9. slash dupes
  10. slash fiction
  11. slash fictions

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