Igor (strojnik)

You are correct! A G/F is not a G7.

Mostly, guitarists ought not to concern themselves with what's on the right side of the slash. So if you want the guitarist to play a G7th and there is to be an F bass.. it ought to be presented as G7/F.

I play both guitar and keyboards and when playing guitar I only pay attention to the right side of the slash when it's convenient to do so, such as was mentioned earlier the C/G and D/F# are easy and convenient. But a G/F or G7/F is not easy and as a guityar player will just forget the F bass completely. Now the Bass player ought to make sure he pays complete attention to the right side of the slash.

When playing keys I pay attention to both sides of the slash. If I saw a G/F, you would not hear me play a G7th. You'd hear a G with an F bass note.

Peace
Bob
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[This message has been edited by RW (edited 06-14-2005).]