What does it mean when it says, for example C/D what do i do, go from C to D quickley or something? im not sure what it means... thanks
2006-11-04 08:06:13 · 6 answers · asked by field hippy 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
That is called an inversion in music.
Take a C chord, C-E-G
Playing it written C/E is called first inversion, meaning play E as the lowest note in the chord.
There are many ways to construct, or voice a chord.
http://www.chrisbsmusic.com/chordtheory.html
Goos site about how chords are built.
http://www.chrisbsmusic.com/guitchorfint.html
online chord finder.
I would also suggest Berklee Modern method for Guitar as a great book to learn chords
2006-11-06 01:36:15 · answer #1 · answered by cb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you play a C chord but with a D note as the Bass note. It's like a Cadd9 or a Cadd2. You basicly play a C chord but leave the D string open. Hope that was helpful.
2006-11-04 16:10:05 · answer #2 · answered by Marionette 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means play a C chord over a D bass note. Its all one chord, its just a way of telling you what note should be on the bottom. Don't worry that D isn't in a C chord either. Its just a way of writing "C chord with D in the bass."
2006-11-04 16:10:07 · answer #3 · answered by tamesbadger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probobly is a bar chord, and the / indicates a slid. So you would play the C in bar-chord form, and slide it to the D of that form.
Or C with a D base. It depends on who decided to write it. If it is a tab, I'd say slide, but if it is real sheet music, go with the base note theory.
Play it and see what sounds best.
2006-11-04 16:08:43 · answer #4 · answered by Katie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That means you play a C chord but D is your base note.
2006-11-04 16:10:22 · answer #5 · answered by kirbaliscious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends, but it usually means to slide when your playing full chords, otherwise i dunno
2006-11-04 16:09:39 · answer #6 · answered by afireinsideme [DF] 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋