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(9 replies, posted in Acoustic)

I am learning a few new songs and I have a question about how to read certain chords.  Here are some examples.

Gmaj7/E
Bm/D
G/F#

I do know that the G/F# works as a step down from G to Em, but is it that why everytime it is on all songs?

Are all of these step down or up notes?

Is the Gmaj7 the chord but played from the E string?

Is the Bm/D the same, a Bm chord, played from the D string?

Any help would be appreciated.  I am just starting on guitar and Iam haveing some good success with music that just has the chords listed, then I came across these.

Thanks in advance.

Pete