Some chord symbols can be pretty funny. Check out this lesson to learn more of them: ruclips.net/video/YW0FsV5CI_U/видео.html Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:17 What is a slash chord? 1:06 Why slash chords are used 1:40 Diving deeper into inversions 2:17 Weird-looking slash chords (walking basslines) 3:21 Summary & practice
Pianote videos are also very useful coming from classical background. Lead sheets are probably the furthest away from classical piano sheets and I didn't know how to read them properly until I stumbled upon Pianote. Improv is the other thing classical pianists can't do very well and Pianote helps a lot there too.
I love slash chords they add so much richness to the music and can bring out more emotion than a regular major chord. I’m definitely an amateur pianist but a lot of times I play slash chords as inversions. I’m a guitarist but while the guitar is fun I’d say guitar is has always been my mistress. Fun and exciting for short periods of time but my heart has always truly belonged to the piano. It consistently makes me happy when I play and brings me peace.
Thanks a bunch,...another thing I like about your videos is that it gives pointers on how to come up with melodies for music composition...GOD Bless you abundantly.
Ahh...once again Pianote puts out a video that takes any beginner to intermediate in 5 minutes! God Bless you all and thank you for sharing this love with us! I'm so grateful!!!
I want to thank you for your videos. I haven’t played a musical instrument in over 42 years. I just started to learn how to play the Lap Steel guitar and found out I really need to refresh on my music theory. Watching your videos has helped me tremendously. I may also try to pick up the piano in tandem. If so, I will be joining your site. Thanks again.
The B sounds good with the D major chord because It is the relative minor of D. There is use for that kind of slash chord. You just have to feel it. Great video!
I got a paid subscription from you guys last Christmas best decision I made. No one online compares... And believe me I've tried a lot of paid online content.
Wow awesome, Lisa maam. Thank you so much for this beautiful lesson. I was also confused when I see the slash chords. I don't even know the name slash chords till now. I thought both the chords can be used that part, and I used to play the easiest one that part 😂, just like in case of G/B when I saw it I thought either G-major, or B-major can apply that place, and I used to play G-major chord that part, bcoz B-major is a little hard for me to hold, sometimes my fingers may slip from the black keys. Actually my fingering of the chords is not proper. I'm using my first 3 fingers to hold a chord. It's not a problem while I am playing triads, but when I play 7th chords, it's difficult 😁😊. Do you know any way to correct my fingering position?
Correcting your fingering will just take practice! But it will be SO worth it. Try practicing your chords slowly and be really mindful of what fingers you're using. Use the thumb, middle finger, and pinky for your root position chords. We have a lesson on practicing chords that should help your fingering: ruclips.net/video/gBvFGkwqWEI/видео.html
Can't believe I've been learning piano for years and only just had the revelation today that the bass note in a slash chord is usually the 3rd of the right hand chord. 🤪 Thanks Lisa.👍🏻 Learn something new every day with music. I think my favourite is ooo I don't know. Luv them all except F#/A#. Can never get my head around that one😫😃 Really enjoy a walking bass line too that you sorta touched on. That's up there with my faves. 🥰
I'm a clarinet player, classically trained along with playing marches in a military band. I have recently (re)started piano lessons. I want to compose original songs. Playing a wind instrument has not allowed me to explore concepts like slash chords. The covid crisis has somewhat limited any opportunity I have to play in ensembles, so I find the piano more self-sufficient. Plus I want to know more about chords, along with the bass clef.
Hitomi no Jyuunin from L'arc en ciel is one of my most favorite song, the refrain start the IV (C) to the V/IV (D/C), it creates a nice tension and to this day i always loves a V/IV chords
I guess one possible way to see C/B as an inversion would be as bringing the major 7th down in a CMaj7. I'm not sure that's a super useful way to think about it, but it came to mind.
Can you recommend a keyboard or digital piano for me? I am a guitar player and singer with 35 years' experience so I know my way around music and pick things up easily. I want to learn piano finally to play small gigs in the future and to alternate piano and guitar. I figure I could be proficient enough to play some simple Beatles songs or other stuff in 2 years , BUT, what keyboard to get? Thanks for any ideas.
This is really really cool ... In the song "whiter shade of pale" But if you notice B is the 7th of C. And I do this a lot adding the 7th or maybe the 9th in the bass and most of the time it's sounds stunning Much love ... 💕
Awesome! I did not know you can choose other notes from a scale to play in your left hand😀. That D/B at the end was really a B minor 7th chord:) I also love that outro music. Very upbeat
If you're playing a chord with your right hand, are you playing the tune with your right hand too? How do you do that? I've been playing the tune with my right hand and the chord with my left. So this is confusing to me, as you're showing the chord with your right hand. If you reply to this, how do I know and where can I find the reply? Thanks
haha this lights up all the light bulbs!! I thought you had to play both full chords - one with each hand. I was so confused when it often sounded terrible lol. Thanks for this
This is so helpful ! Btw, I have problem Sometimes when I try to hit a black key with my pinky (spesialy the left hand), my pinky just trembling and slip to the white key. Is there any spesific training to develop my pinky??
Hey, not really a piano professional but I actually had the same problem and a teacher of mine gave me a trick to solve it. Practice articulation: play scales in a low speed but extremely articulated (play like in fortíssimo). That will develop some finger independence as well as more strength in your pinky. The scale doesn't have to have black keys, although they are good to practice hand positioning. Repeat chords where the 5th finger ir in a black key (like Ab major- Ab/C/Eb/Ab) but like one finger at time. When you press a key don't let the finger leave the keyboard: focus on articulation once again, and not on wrist motion. That way, your fingers will get used to that position. I hope it helps!
Practice! Search the "warm up " and " home practice routine " videos from this channel. Repeat . Start very slow and concentrate on every movement and note you hit . Hit it with purpose. Muscle memory.
Mariana has provided a wonderful tip to help you! It's a super common problem (our pinky never wants to listen). Working on finger independence should make things easier though. These videos have some great exercises that should help you! Hanon - ruclips.net/video/AjBg2aYsJvU/видео.html Finger Independence Challenge - ruclips.net/video/Hq5st0vxH4I/видео.html
Do 7ths and 4ths work well as the slash cord. Example you are playing in the key of c and your playing a G chord in the right hand would a F or C in the left sound good?
7ths are very commonly used as the bass note in slash chord to create a "walking bass" pattern. 4ths are not nearly as common. 4ths are often used in the right hand to create a "suspended" sound. So if you were going to use a 4th in your left hand, I would probably remove the 3rd from the right hand, so there isn't that clashy sound.
@@PianoteOfficial thank you so so much. Not one but two of them. Should have looked at previous videos before asking. You are awesome. Thanks as always for helping.
When I play melody in the C Major scale, any time I reach the note B, I don’t play it with the B diminished which is ( B-D-F), instead, I play chord G Major which is (G-B-D) with adding another (B) as a base note. B(base) G-B-D(chord) B(melody) Is this B/G ? and is this the right way to get rid of the diminished chord with the melody?
This would still be a G/B chord because the chord is a G chord (the B melody note is still a part of the G chord). It's a much more harmonically pleasing chord than the B diminished though!
It's funny... I give up every week and then i see one of your videos and i absolutely have to try that technique.. Piano is hard so thank you for making it so much fun.. It's quite encouraging..
Hang in there! If you need more encouragement and support we have it all at www.pianote.com Remember you don't have to learn everything in one sitting. A little bit every day makes a big difference over time!
It sure is a journey. I gave up so many times thinking I'm never going to get the hang of this piano stuff but hang in there and it will be worth it. Took a long time but I'm really enjoying it now and so glad I stuck with it. 😀🎹🎼
I get the inverted chord when the note forms part of the chord, but how do you determine the other notes to play in a bass chord where the slash note isn’t part of the root chord?
I did something strange I played is C E G (C chord) in my Right hand and change to B E G (Another chord and idk what name is this) And last I change to B# E G (Last chord I Played but didn't even know the name of a chord) And I was learning Super Mario Bros 3 Ending to play the chorus part. And I realized it's also a Slash chords on a right hand. So this video was been pop up and uploaded to my recommendation. so thank you and I'm gonna learn this one.
Awesome! That first thing you did would be a C major 7 chord with a rootless voicing, because the B is the bottom note and not the C. That's the fancy name :) The last one if it had a B# would just be a normal C chord, because B# is the same note as C! If you meant Bb then you would be playing a C7 chord also with rootless voicing! 7th chords are amazing, and we have a lesson on them here: ruclips.net/video/AKSMzmjCTN8/видео.html That's so great you're experiment and playing around. Keep doing that and finding out what sounds good to you!
@@PianoteOfficial oh thank you. I'm gonna do another experiment if I play a chord and people don't know the chord names. I will figure out something and I have to learn new chords in hardest songs.
@@PianoteOfficial Thanks for your reply But while playing inversions from left hand if we use 1-5 left hand method then it sound weird comparatively in root chord 1-5 left hand method Am I right ? Pls guide me
I'm not really sure what you mean by 1-5 left hand method. Do you mean playing the root and 5th in the left hand? We have a lesson on open chords that might help get you thinking about different chord voicings: ruclips.net/video/NL2FUEPcST0/видео.html
You always seem to play the chord with your right hand. I'm not sure how you get the tune that way. I've been playing the chord with my left hand and the tune with my right hand. What's the scoop? Thanks
Some chord symbols can be pretty funny. Check out this lesson to learn more of them: ruclips.net/video/YW0FsV5CI_U/видео.html
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:17 What is a slash chord?
1:06 Why slash chords are used
1:40 Diving deeper into inversions
2:17 Weird-looking slash chords (walking basslines)
3:21 Summary & practice
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I'm actually restarting learning piano.. And stumbled across this channel.. Now I love watching every video...
Pianote videos are also very useful coming from classical background. Lead sheets are probably the furthest away from classical piano sheets and I didn't know how to read them properly until I stumbled upon Pianote. Improv is the other thing classical pianists can't do very well and Pianote helps a lot there too.
same, i haven't played piano in 20 years.
@@zachsaw78 ikr
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I love slash chords they add so much richness to the music and can bring out more emotion than a regular major chord. I’m definitely an amateur pianist but a lot of times I play slash chords as inversions. I’m a guitarist but while the guitar is fun I’d say guitar is has always been my mistress. Fun and exciting for short periods of time but my heart has always truly belonged to the piano. It consistently makes me happy when I play and brings me peace.
Thanks for simplifying so many piano notations and mysteries.
You definitely are the most effervescent and inspiring piano teacher!🦋
D/F# is such a stunning transition chord to me 💕
Thanks a bunch,...another thing I like about your videos is that it gives pointers on how to come up with melodies for music composition...GOD Bless you abundantly.
Nicely explained ! I love the way you explain things with your hands....Thanks Lisa!
Lisa is such an inspiration. Thank you ! :)
I interpret the slash as an 'over'. Ex G/B = G chord over B in the bass.
You always make things easy to understand. 🙏
best piano teacher online!! More power!!!!!
Ahh...once again Pianote puts out a video that takes any beginner to intermediate in 5 minutes! God Bless you all and thank you for sharing this love with us!
I'm so grateful!!!
I want to thank you for your videos. I haven’t played a musical instrument in over 42 years. I just started to learn how to play the Lap Steel guitar and found out I really need to refresh on my music theory. Watching your videos has helped me tremendously. I may also try to pick up the piano in tandem. If so, I will be joining your site. Thanks again.
Everytime i come to pianote i know i am gonna get heaps of knowledge.
Thanks pianote so much!! I really learned a lot
The B sounds good with the D major chord because It is the relative minor of D. There is use for that kind of slash chord. You just have to feel it. Great video!
Yeahs, In fact this Chord is Bm7
It makes a Bm7 chord and minor 7 chords are beautiful they're my favorite
Everytime something new to learn lots of love from India...God bless u ❤️❤️
Wow straight to the point. This was wonderful informative. I love this format .
Thanks so much, i'm having a blast playing with different combinations of slash chords.
Your videos are absolutely amazing !!
I got a paid subscription from you guys last Christmas best decision I made. No one online compares... And believe me I've tried a lot of paid online content.
Thank you Lisa! Very helpful!
As a pretty much beginner this channel is offering some solid info. Pretty bite size and always open ended so I could get creative with it
Thanks for sharing, I love your energy 🤙🏽
Love your videos! Thanks so much!
Omg u are sooooo perfect for this channel
Love this, instructions for playing an inversion is such a powerful way of thinking about it. Awesome!
Wow awesome, Lisa maam. Thank you so much for this beautiful lesson. I was also confused when I see the slash chords. I don't even know the name slash chords till now. I thought both the chords can be used that part, and I used to play the easiest one that part 😂, just like in case of G/B when I saw it I thought either G-major, or B-major can apply that place, and I used to play G-major chord that part, bcoz B-major is a little hard for me to hold, sometimes my fingers may slip from the black keys. Actually my fingering of the chords is not proper. I'm using my first 3 fingers to hold a chord. It's not a problem while I am playing triads, but when I play 7th chords, it's difficult 😁😊. Do you know any way to correct my fingering position?
Correcting your fingering will just take practice! But it will be SO worth it. Try practicing your chords slowly and be really mindful of what fingers you're using. Use the thumb, middle finger, and pinky for your root position chords. We have a lesson on practicing chords that should help your fingering: ruclips.net/video/gBvFGkwqWEI/видео.html
Just love your creative lessons.
Another great video. Straight and to-the-point, easy to understand AND fun! Thank you.
Can't believe I've been learning piano for years and only just had the revelation today that the bass note in a slash chord is usually the 3rd of the right hand chord. 🤪 Thanks Lisa.👍🏻
Learn something new every day with music.
I think my favourite is ooo I don't know. Luv them all except F#/A#. Can never get my head around that one😫😃
Really enjoy a walking bass line too that you sorta touched on. That's up there with my faves. 🥰
I'm a clarinet player, classically trained along with playing marches in a military band. I have recently (re)started piano lessons. I want to compose original songs. Playing a wind instrument has not allowed me to explore concepts like slash chords.
The covid crisis has somewhat limited any opportunity I have to play in ensembles, so I find the piano more self-sufficient. Plus I want to know more about chords, along with the bass clef.
That’s for the clear and concise instruction! Your videos are very helpful.
love your videos. You never fail to make this stuff easy to understand!
Thank you.
It is very helpful.❤
Thank you for helping me to understand slash chords. Much appreciated.
This has been very helpful. Thanks!
One of the Best piano learning channel
Hitomi no Jyuunin from L'arc en ciel is one of my most favorite song, the refrain start the IV (C) to the V/IV (D/C), it creates a nice tension and to this day i always loves a V/IV chords
Best piano tutorial channel ever!
Thank you. I'm always learning from this channel! Interesting you mention Whiter Shade of Pale. I have spent hours teaching myself that song!
Excellent explanation thumbs up
great video.. very helpful. can you do a video on writing a melodies that tell a story?
Weird. I just wondered about this today. Thanks!
Thanks for simplifying the theory of these chords.
Good stuff. Thanks.
Wow, I learned something new again: its terminology and correct interpretation. I am ignoring it before as I thought we can select which one to play.
You are brilliant. I wish I had a teacher like you.
You do!!!
Come join me at Pianote! We have so many lessons to help you get better, plus weekly live lessons with me :)
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I guess one possible way to see C/B as an inversion would be as bringing the major 7th down in a CMaj7. I'm not sure that's a super useful way to think about it, but it came to mind.
Mind blowing lesson.
My Fav Slash Chord is in E Maj Like E/D# - C# - B .... It feels Amazing To me!!💘
Can you recommend a keyboard or digital piano for me? I am a guitar player and singer with 35 years' experience so I know my way around music and pick things up easily. I want to learn piano finally to play small gigs in the future and to alternate piano and guitar. I figure I could be proficient enough to play some simple Beatles songs or other stuff in 2 years , BUT, what keyboard to get? Thanks for any ideas.
This is really really cool ... In the song "whiter shade of pale" But if you notice B is the 7th of C. And I do this a lot adding the 7th or maybe the 9th in the bass and most of the time it's sounds stunning
Much love ... 💕
Excellent observation!! Thanks for the 9th tip!
The Best teacher ever! 😀
What kind of bench you are sitting on? Trying to buy a bench for myself, can't decide lol
Oh! It just came with the piano I think, so it would be a Roland bench!
Awesome! I did not know you can choose other notes from a scale to play in your left hand😀. That D/B at the end was really a B minor 7th chord:) I also love that outro music. Very upbeat
Yes, great observation!!
this is a much easier way to think about it :))) thank youuuu
Thanks for ur lessons mam ❤️🎶🎼
The thumbnail is so cool. Hands off to the editor.
Thank you!! I'll pass it on :)
@@PianoteOfficial :)
Thank you Lisa!!!
3rd comment. I actually wanted to hear pianote's own version of teaching slash chords thank God you made the video. God bless you.
My favorite slash chord is F/G. It simply sounds like G11 chords. Transition to C if i am modulating from key of B to C
Yooo sameee, cuz it sounds really jazzy lolll
Mystery solved!
Thank you!
If you're playing a chord with your right hand, are you playing the tune with your right hand too? How do you do that? I've been playing the tune with my right hand and the chord with my left. So this is confusing to me, as you're showing the chord with your right hand. If you reply to this, how do I know and where can I find the reply? Thanks
haha this lights up all the light bulbs!! I thought you had to play both full chords - one with each hand. I was so confused when it often sounded terrible lol. Thanks for this
I like using the third as a pickup note then I go to the first. I am trying to use more slash notes so I don't get too predictable in my playing.
Huh, and I thought slash chords meant that you could choose from those chords
Yea same here
Me too!😁
haha! , i thought they were that you had to play both chords 😂😂
Ha ha, glad I am not the only one. But I have an excuse; I am teaching myself.
Haha I thought I was the only one who thought that !
But, I am not alone...
A minor / G sounds good 👍🏻
Very helpful lisa. Can you do modes? its confusing.
Sam did a lesson on modes recently that might help! ruclips.net/video/sP5lKJg2HEY/видео.html
@@PianoteOfficial oh thank you so much.
Can you please do a tutorial on “let it all go” by Birdy? ☺️
This is so helpful !
Btw, I have problem
Sometimes when I try to hit a black key with my pinky (spesialy the left hand), my pinky just trembling and slip to the white key.
Is there any spesific training to develop my pinky??
Hey, not really a piano professional but I actually had the same problem and a teacher of mine gave me a trick to solve it.
Practice articulation: play scales in a low speed but extremely articulated (play like in fortíssimo). That will develop some finger independence as well as more strength in your pinky. The scale doesn't have to have black keys, although they are good to practice hand positioning.
Repeat chords where the 5th finger ir in a black key (like Ab major- Ab/C/Eb/Ab) but like one finger at time. When you press a key don't let the finger leave the keyboard: focus on articulation once again, and not on wrist motion. That way, your fingers will get used to that position.
I hope it helps!
I have the same problem!
Practice! Search the "warm up " and " home practice routine " videos from this channel. Repeat . Start very slow and concentrate on every movement and note you hit . Hit it with purpose. Muscle memory.
@@marzi9753 This is a great tip thank you for sharing!
Mariana has provided a wonderful tip to help you! It's a super common problem (our pinky never wants to listen). Working on finger independence should make things easier though. These videos have some great exercises that should help you!
Hanon - ruclips.net/video/AjBg2aYsJvU/видео.html
Finger Independence Challenge - ruclips.net/video/Hq5st0vxH4I/видео.html
Because of this video, I'm liking chords and stuff again....
Very insightful and helpful ..... my fav slash chord is a D/C ☺️
Thanks so much for this! Your videos always helped me learning the piano by myself.
Do 7ths and 4ths work well as the slash cord. Example you are playing in the key of c and your playing a G chord in the right hand would a F or C in the left sound good?
7ths are very commonly used as the bass note in slash chord to create a "walking bass" pattern. 4ths are not nearly as common. 4ths are often used in the right hand to create a "suspended" sound. So if you were going to use a 4th in your left hand, I would probably remove the 3rd from the right hand, so there isn't that clashy sound.
After watching this video I am no longer scared of slash chords .
Good thanks!
Your playing reminds me of Air on G strings by Bach
Hi can we have a video on dark melodies
Try: | G Gdim/Bb | | Am7 G |
Beautiful slash chord and progression! :)
Thanks for the video
Pianote and Lisa, could you please do some video on sus chords? Thank you for all the help.
Here you go! ruclips.net/video/XfSdJiXqCCY/видео.html
This video also shows an amazing way to use them: ruclips.net/video/0D10E5fCD8Q/видео.html
@@PianoteOfficial thank you so so much. Not one but two of them. Should have looked at previous videos before asking. You are awesome. Thanks as always for helping.
F/G, Bb/C, Ab/Bb 4/5
When I play melody in the C Major scale, any time I reach the note B, I don’t play it with the B diminished which is ( B-D-F), instead, I play chord G Major which is (G-B-D) with adding another (B) as a base note.
B(base) G-B-D(chord) B(melody)
Is this B/G ?
and is this the right way to get rid of the diminished chord with the melody?
This would still be a G/B chord because the chord is a G chord (the B melody note is still a part of the G chord). It's a much more harmonically pleasing chord than the B diminished though!
you're a good teacher!
Thank you! 😃
@@PianoteOfficial you don't by chance give private lessons, do you?
I love those "nugget" style videos!
Keep them coming!
Side note: love that hairstyle.
Love all your videos. Will watch them many time over with my baby
Seriously the ending music was damn good !
Good lesson .
Beautiful...
need a topic on mode-Phrygian scale and chords
It's funny... I give up every week and then i see one of your videos and i absolutely have to try that technique.. Piano is hard so thank you for making it so much fun.. It's quite encouraging..
Hang in there! If you need more encouragement and support we have it all at www.pianote.com
Remember you don't have to learn everything in one sitting. A little bit every day makes a big difference over time!
It sure is a journey. I gave up so many times thinking I'm never going to get the hang of this piano stuff but hang in there and it will be worth it. Took a long time but I'm really enjoying it now and so glad I stuck with it. 😀🎹🎼
Life saver
I get the inverted chord when the note forms part of the chord, but how do you determine the other notes to play in a bass chord where the slash note isn’t part of the root chord?
I did something strange I played is C E G (C chord) in my Right hand and change to B E G (Another chord and idk what name is this)
And last I change to B# E G (Last chord I Played but didn't even know the name of a chord) And I was learning Super Mario Bros 3 Ending to play the chorus part.
And I realized it's also a Slash chords on a right hand.
So this video was been pop up and uploaded to my recommendation.
so thank you and I'm gonna learn this one.
Awesome! That first thing you did would be a C major 7 chord with a rootless voicing, because the B is the bottom note and not the C. That's the fancy name :)
The last one if it had a B# would just be a normal C chord, because B# is the same note as C!
If you meant Bb then you would be playing a C7 chord also with rootless voicing! 7th chords are amazing, and we have a lesson on them here: ruclips.net/video/AKSMzmjCTN8/видео.html
That's so great you're experiment and playing around. Keep doing that and finding out what sounds good to you!
@@PianoteOfficial oh thank you. I'm gonna do another experiment if I play a chord and people don't know the chord names. I will figure out something and I have to learn new chords in hardest songs.
"we're going on a wonderful adventure." 💙
F chord route position C in the base 😊
Can we use inversions from left hand OR is only for right hand?
You can absolutely use inversions in your left hand! Most jazz music uses inversions in BOTH hands!
@@PianoteOfficial
Thanks for your reply
But while playing inversions from left hand if we use 1-5 left hand method then it sound weird comparatively in root chord 1-5 left hand method
Am I right ?
Pls guide me
I'm not really sure what you mean by 1-5 left hand method. Do you mean playing the root and 5th in the left hand? We have a lesson on open chords that might help get you thinking about different chord voicings: ruclips.net/video/NL2FUEPcST0/видео.html
Wow thank u
You always seem to play the chord with your right hand. I'm not sure how you get the tune that way. I've been playing the chord with my left hand and the tune with my right hand. What's the scoop? Thanks
Very nice