F/G guitar chord
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About F/G
F/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 supplies the upper chord’s ninth from below. Hold the upper chord steady and move only the bass. That low line can connect nearby chords without jumping root to root.
Also written F over G or F with G in the bass.
How to use F/G
In which keys. Every note of F/G belongs to C major (the IV), D minor (the ♭III), F major (the I), G minor (the ♭VII), A minor (the ♭VI) and Bb major (the V).
What to play over F/G
Useful scales
- +BDE
Read F/G as a sus chord, written another way.
- +D
Contains F/G and adds sixth.
- +BbDE
Contains F/G and adds fourth, sixth and major seventh.
- +BDE
Contains F/G and adds sharp eleventh, sixth and major seventh.
- +BbDEb
Adds fourth, sixth and flat seventh. The flat seventh pushes the sound toward a dominant chord.
The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.