A/F# guitar chord
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About A/F#
A/F# gives the bass its own instruction: keep the upper chord, but make the lowest note. The slash separates those two jobs.
F# is not in the upper triad; it turns the pitch set into a major sixth chord with its sixth lowest. Hold the upper chord steady and move only the bass. That low line can connect nearby chords without jumping root to root.
Also written A over F# or A with F# in the bass.
How to use A/F#
In which keys. Every note of A/F# belongs to C# minor (the ♭VI), D major (the V), E major (the IV), F# minor (the ♭III), A major (the I) and B minor (the ♭VII).
What to play over A/F#
Useful scales
- +G#BD#
Read A/F# as a minor 7th chord, written this way only in a run of slash chords.
- +B
Contains A/F# and adds second.
- +BDG#
Contains A/F# and adds second, fourth and major seventh.
- +BD#G#
Contains A/F# and adds second, sharp eleventh and major seventh.
- +BDG
Adds second, fourth and flat seventh. The flat seventh pushes the sound toward a dominant chord.
Chords near A/F#
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The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.