A/G# guitar chord
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About A/G#
A/G# gives the bass its own instruction: keep the upper chord, but make the lowest note. The slash separates those two jobs.
G# is not in the upper triad; it completes a major seventh chord with its seventh 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 G# or A with G# in the bass.
How to use A/G#
In which keys. Every note of A/G# belongs to C# minor (the ♭VI), E major (the IV, the subdominant), F# minor (the ♭III) and A major (the I, the tonic).
What to play over A/G#
Useful scales
- +BD#F#
Read A/G# as a major 7th chord on the bass note, with the 7th underneath.
- +BDF#
Read A/G# as a major 7th chord on the bass note, with the 7th underneath.
- +BDF#
Contains A/G# and adds ninth, eleventh and thirteenth.
- +BD#F#
Contains A/G# and adds ninth, sharp eleventh and thirteenth.
Chords near A/G#
Change one note
6th in bass
The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.