Quick Links This Day in Music History Music Education @ DataDragon.com Music Education Forums Maintain Your Forum Information Bernadette Peters - Broadway's Best Sudoku (take a break for a puzzle!) Topic: notation From the Music Questions forum. Post a reply or begin a new topic. View other threads or jump to a different forum. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web datadragon.com Author Topic:   notation Anonymous Anonymous Poster From Internet Network: 67.164.139.x posted: 1/26/2010 at 2:26:49 AM ET Picked up some new music today and there was a forward slash (/) under a number of notes. What does this mean? PianoMan21 Registered User Registered: 5/2/2011 posted: 5/2/2011 at 2:26:20 AM ET If it's something like D/A then this means that it is a chord (D major) with an A note in the bass. So, if you're playing piano then you would play a D major chord in the right hand and an A in the bass. How To Read Sheet Music PianoMan21 Registered User Registered: 5/2/2011 posted: 5/2/2011 at 2:27:08 AM ET If it's something like "D/A" then this means that it is a chord (D major) with an A note in the bass. So, if you're playing piano then you would play a D major chord in the right hand and an A in the bass. How To Read Sheet Music Do you think this topic is inappropriate? Vote it down. After a thread receives a certain amount of negative votes it will be automatically locked. Please contact us with any concerns you might have.

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