How do I read this guitar chord?

Question

Gsus2/F Gsus2/E
So open up your morn-ing light and


I understand how to play either a Gsus2 or an F but which one should I play? Then with the Gsus2/E what should I play? Why does it show two different chords for the same verse?

Why is there a slash between the two, does that mean I can choose which one to play or what? Thanks!

Answer 1

Gsus2/F means Gsus2 over F. Play an F as the bass note or lowest tone and play a Gsus2 chord over that. Or simply put add an F to the bottom of the Gsus2. Same with the Gsus2/E play E as the bass note.

Answer 2

Like the other people have said, play the chord after the slash, but add the note before the slash. By the way, "Wally", music IS a performing art. Why don't you try to be helpful and not try to be such an ignorant idiot.

Answer 3

While you are sustaining the second note of the scale in the Key of G, which is A, you're also providing an additional note, often in the bass realm, of either F or E--dependent on the name of the chord.

Check to see what predominate notes are played by the piano in the Grand Staff where your sustained second chord is played and play accordingly.

Answer 4

The chord after the slash probably means what the bass is playing.

Answer 5

You read the chords above the lyrics. Don't be too concerned with following them exactly. Part of being a guitarist is improvising. First establish a rythym that goes well... THEN, structure your singing towards that rythym. The mistake alot of beginners make is when they know a song's words and how to sing it. They try to usually structure the rythym around the voice, which can sometimes work, but usually it doesn't. Try practicing structuring your voice aroundt he rythym you establish.

Answer 6

By taking a twelfth grade reading level music theory course.

(re: a Gsus2 or an F; then with the Gsus2/E:

reading a guitar chord does not come from "understand"{ing}.)

edit addition: performing arts is theater and dance. Music is not a performing art. If you were not phishing, you would have known, and then it would not be obvious that you have not any basis or material for being a musician.

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