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April 18th, 2006
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Hiya All, just joined!
Hi folks, my name is Paul,
New to this so I hope I`ve posted this in the right place. Been messing around with guitars for a little while now and I`ve noticed occasionally in tabs two chords together with a foward slash like this... A/B, for example. can`t find anything that explains what you`re supposed to do with this, play A then B, slide from A to B ?? or what? Anyone could tell me I would be able to sleep at night again!
Many thanks, Paul.
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Hi Paul ... welcome to GfB&B.
Those are called 'slash' chords, for obvious reasons.
The first letter is the chord, the second is the bass note to play under the chord.
A/B would not be one, really, but A/C# would. Or A/E. Usually, the 'non-root- bass note is one of the other two chord tones (the 3 or 5) but you can also put the 7 (A/G#) or flat 7 (A/G) under the chord too. What happens there is that the bass note actually turns the chord into a new chord: AMaj7 and A7 respectively, in this case.
Nothing to it!
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Howdy Paul
Welcome aboard! This is a great site and I'm sure you'll really enjoy it here.
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Hi Paul, Welcome.
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Hi Paul, glad you asked that question. Now we both know ....  
(yeah, I know Kirk, I should have known that by now ....  )
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Hiya Everyone,
Had a little think about the explanation, yep, makes sense now.... yes it wasnt A/B in the "beware of darkness" tab, it was B/A, which does work!
Many thanks Kirk, Coldethyl, Allthumbs and 737blues!
Cheers, Paul.
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Hi Paul, welcome to the forum 
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Originally Posted by hugh jengine
Hiya Everyone,
Had a little think about the explanation, yep, makes sense now.... yes it wasnt A/B in the "beware of darkness" tab, it was B/A, which does work!
Many thanks Kirk, Coldethyl, Allthumbs and 737blues!
Cheers, Paul.
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OK; B/A is really B7, with the b7 (the A note) acting as bass note in this inversion. Usually you see this when the bass note is part of a descending bass line.
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Greetings Paul welcome aboard
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Hi there Paul
Welcome to the best guitar forum on the net..!!
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A/B is a common way to voice an 11th chord - for instance Robben Ford's versiopn of 'Help the Poor uses this harmony in it - though from memory it is Ab/Bb. John McLaughin and Scott Henderson both use that convention at times for an 11th chord.
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