Sheet music chords over chords South American Getaway Burt Bacharach

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Hi guys, OK this week I'm into a bit of Burt Bacharach and been trying to noodle along to some his tunes....wow this guy writes some tough tunes, dissonent jazzy chords, varing tempo's, unusual chord changes, great stuff.


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So onto South American Getway, you may of heard this in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. I've found the sheet music and see something I've not seen before....Bm 7-5 underscore F....is the same as a slash chord when I see a G/B where the bass would play the B for example?

thanks guys

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[ras52]

Yep, the "dots" show it's a B half-diminished 7th with the F in the bass. Enjoy!

[Bilbo]

Slash chords are generally (but not always) simple the first chord with a defined choice of 'root'.

C/E is a C chord with the third in the bass

Cm7/Eb is a Cm chord with the flattened third in the bass

C/G is a C chord with a fifth in the bass

C/Bb has a flattened seventh in the bass and so on.


As Ras says, in this case, the Bm7b5 chord is played with the b5 in the bass.