split chords (G/A, C/G, D/F#, etc.)

[darthpony]

I play guitar and on a lot of chord sheets a see a ton of chords that are split, I begin to get frustrated because I don't know how to play them. Can anypony explain how to play split chords? I would appreciate any help anypony would be willing to give. Thanks in advance.

[thunderdash]

Split chords are played like this

The left note is what you play on the lower string of the guitar, and the upper note, is the upper triad or other chord you play on the upper strings of the guitar

Let's take the first one for instance: G/A

This means, you'll be playing the note G on the lower string, and on the upper strings, you'll play an A major triad. Split chords, often result in a new chord being made. Most of the time, it results in 7th chords being made.

If you need any more help I'll be happy to answer any questions.

[darthpony]

Thanks. I get it now. So, for instance the tab for a G/A chord would look 3 0 2 2 2 0.

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Makes sense now, thanks!

[mezzo forte]

Just to add a few things to what thunderdash said an inverted chord usually has something like for example a C major chord is composed of a Root, a major 3rd and a perfect 5th so we can just stack them in this order (in the case of a C major with C = root, E = M3, G = 5), C E G but in the case of something like a C/E (1st inversion of C major)and moving the C to the end of the triad making it E G C which puts E as the root. If you inverted again to the 2nd inversion you take the E and move it to the end in front of the C making a G C E or rather C/G and once again if you invert that chord you end up back at C major. Playing fingerstyle you'll see a lot of these like i've used F#dim/A (A C F#) now it's a bit more complicated than i just laid out when working with more than triads but that's the basic idea

my favourite inverted chord = G/B or Gdim/Bb