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Topic: Chord question

One of those slash chords I love so much.

Is Am7/G the same as C/G with a spare G on the high e (1 string)?   If not, is sounds OK in the song.  It's passing between Am and F.  The song is in C (I think). 

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Re: Chord question

Zurf since Ami is the relative minor of Cmajor both chords share the same notes but a Ami/G is not the same as a C/G, a C major chord is C E G (135) and a Ami is A C E (135) so in a C/G chord your adding the 5th(G) as a root or lowest note in the chord the same with the Ami/G only the G in a Ami chord is the 7th tone in a normal A major chord the G is a G# but making a natural out of it is in line with a minor or dimished (flated 7th) hope this makes some sense smile

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Re: Chord question

Nope.  No sense at all.  I'm sure Jerome followed it.  Mostly I'm just curious about how to play an Am7/G. 

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Re: Chord question

002013???????? That'd be my guess. How's it sound to your ear?

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Re: Chord question

English please Russell, English.

Am7/G - 302010

check this out:
http://www.chorderator.com

Good luck with that chord


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Re: Chord question

AHA!  Am7/G does have the same chord fingering as C/G!  (but doesn't play the high e)  So to get between Am and Am7/G, I just lift my index finger from the G string and move it to the G on the low E string and don't play the high e string.  Beautiful. 

Chorderator.  My new best friend. 

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Re: Chord question

Zurf wrote:

AHA!  Am7/G does have the same chord fingering as C/G!

I always thought that C/G was 332010 whereas Am7/G is 302010.

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Re: Chord question

Roger it is smile

Roger Guppy wrote:
Zurf wrote:

AHA!  Am7/G does have the same chord fingering as C/G!

I always thought that C/G was 332010 whereas Am7/G is 302010.

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Re: Chord question

Well, see?  It's ALMOST the same. 

Man, I could really use some more fingers on my left hand.  I've got a couple toes I don't really use all that much.  Maybe a plastic surgeon could do something for me. 

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Re: Chord question

You know, just thinking about this for a second, the part that's really funny is that I got the Am7/G which I have never seen before correct in the song I was playing (Three Wooden Crosses), but I've been playing C/G wrong all this time and it's in everything! 

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