Help Reading The Chords

[poocritter43]

Hi yall. I was wondering if you could help me understand these chords diagrams. For example , in center of my joy. The first line says [C/G-C-E]
What does that mean when theres a slash in the middle? I know notes and chords i just dont understand the notation given here. Thank you very much.

[ddw4e]

Hi yall. I was wondering if you could help me understand these chords diagrams. For example , in center of my joy. The first line says [C/G-C-E]
What does that mean when theres a slash in the middle? I know notes and chords i just dont understand the notation given here. Thank you very much.

THE SLASH IS JUST TO SEPERATE THE LEFT HAND FROM THE RIGHT HAND.

LH / RH IS USUALY THE FORMAT WHEN PEOPLE SHORD SONGS HERE

[BBoy]

And that is really important to notice. Here, when people post chords, the slash usually means left hand verses right hand. However, there IS such a thing as "slash chords" . . . in which case C/G means play G chord with your left hand and a C chord with your right. So that was a great question on a couple of different levels.

Be Blessed  :lol:

[bug]

poo you bring up a good question. Bboy and ddw have answered your question. the slash here represents LH seperation from RH. Left hand seperation from right hand. This was a new one on me at first. Most of us see the slash as being A. a passing bass seperated from the chord. B.an inversion of the chord C. a compound chord or D. a polytonal chord or polychord. The contemporary gospel players on this site use a lot of compound chords=reflect a simplified voicing of extended chords. Typically, the 3rd and 5th are left out, leaving the chord tones that define the harmony. They put importance on the 7th, 9th, 11th, and 13th.