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    Bringing some life

    to your LEFT hand!

    ‘SLASH’ chords
    and BASS RUNS

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    SLASH CHORDS
    Very often you will see chord symbols written like this

    F/G or F
    G
    Both these indicate that you are to play (in THIS case) an F CHORD in the
    RIGHT hand and a G NOTE in the left hand (at the SAME time)

    So F/G = RH CHORD / LH NOTE

    OR F = RH CHORD
    G LH NOTE

    It helps if you say what it means out loud

    For instance, if you see F/G say...”F OVER G”


    (Right Hand being Top of piano and Left Hand the bottom)

    So what are they all about?

    Very often slash chords indicate that the left hand is going to play a BASS RUN
    which will lead to the next chord. Imagine you are playing the part of the BASS
    player

    Try it out and you’ll see for yourself how much interest slash chords and bass
    runs ADD to your piano playing.

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    SLASH CHORD PRACTICE
    Try the following chord sequence which uses a ‘SLASH CHORD’ bass line

    C F G
    CHORDS
    USED

    SLOW - HALF BEAT BOUNCE RHYTHM

    C C/B C/A C/G

    1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and

    C B A G

    F F/E F/D F/C

    1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and

    F E D C

    G G/F G/E G/D

    1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and

    G F E D

    C C/B C/A C/G

    1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and

    C B A G
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    SLASH CHORDS PRACTICE PROGRESSIONS

    Rhythm - Split Chord (FREEBIRD - Lynyrd Skynyrd)

    G D/F# Em Em/D F C D D7 Repeat

    Rhythm - Split Chord (WHITER SHADE OF PALE - Procul Harum)

    C C/B C/A C/G F F/E F/D F/C G G/F G/E G/D


    etc

    Rhythm - Half Beat bounce (DON’T THINK TWICE IT’S ALRIGHT - Bob Dylan)

    G D/F# Em Em/D C G D

    Rhythm - Straight beat (SUNNY AFTERNOON - The Kinks)

    Intro Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb A A/G A/F A/E


    Verse Dm C F C A A/G
    A/F A/E Dm

    Rhythm - SLOW Split Chord (YOU LOOK WONDERFUL TONIGHT - Eric Clapton)

    G D/F# C/E D Repeat

    *The above progressions are for improvisational purposes only.


    You can purchase sheetmusic (and view the first page for free)
    at www.sheetmusicdirect.com or www.musicnotes.com or www.musicroom.com
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    SLASH CHORDS PRACTICE PROGRESSIONS

    Rhythm - Half Beat Bounce (DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER - Oasis)

    verse C G/B Am C/G F G C

    Rhythm - Half Beat Bounce (MIND GAMES - John Lennon)

    verse C G/B Am C/G F C D

    Rhythm- Split Chord or Half Beat Bounce (MANDY - Barry Mannilow)

    C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Dm Dm7


    Bbmaj7 F/G G

    Rhythm - Half Beat Bounce (HELLO - Lionel Richie)

    Em Em/D Em/C Em/D Repeat

    *The above progressions are for improvisational purposes only.


    You can purchase sheetmusic (and view the first page for free)
    at www.sheetmusicdirect.com or www.musicnotes.com or www.musicroom.com
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