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slash chords

slash chords is the plural of slash chord.

Meaning of slash chord

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

Questions about slash chords

What is slash chords the plural of?
Slash chords is the plural of slash chord.

Words near slash chords in the dictionary

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

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