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A/F# — with the sixth in the bass

Also written A/Gb — the same chord, spelled the other way.

Notes in A/F#: F# – A – C# – EFormula: 1 – 3 – 5 / 13

In the formula, the numbers count steps of the major scale starting from the note that names the chord; "b" lowers a half step, "#" raises one — and a slash names the bass note.

Put an A underneath the C chord and you have exactly the notes of Am7Am7Am7Am7. What changes is which note the ear takes as home: written C/A, C is still in charge; written Am7, A takes over.

The same chord on all four instruments

A/F#, 2 0 2 2 2 0A/F#1234F#AEAC#E
Guitar
A/F#, 2 0 2 2 2 0A/F#1234F#AEAC#E
Electric guitar
A/F#, 4 2 2 2A/F#3111F#AC#E
Cavaquinho
A/F#, 6 6 5 7A/F#52314C#F#AE
Ukulele

Where to use it: The crossing between a major key and its relative minor, and descending bass lines generally.

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Part of the Inversions (slash) family.

Other chords in this family

A/C#A/EA/G#A/BA/D

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