Hey guys - I am very new to guitar. I have been reading some sheet music and I have been seeing chords that are put together like this:

(Am/G)

(C/B)

Are these some kind of new chord, or something else entirely?

Sorry, but I have completely no idea what to do, and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Mr. Chocolate

these are split chords. visit http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/index.php?ch=Am/C to see examples of split chords. hope this helps.

ok so i'm prbably not going to explain this very well and a bit of serching the tinterweb will probably make it make more sense.

ok so they are inversion chords!

lets take the c chord as our example

c major is made up of C E G and a high C this if it is played in order is called an agpegio and if played together is a major chord

the low C is the lowest note in the chord

ok you with me up till now????

C/E would have the same notes in it but the e would be the lowest note in the chord....it is still the same chord but with a slight change in tone

ie C/E
would be E C G C

C/G
would be G C E C

hope this helps with the theory...but like the chap above said your best bet is just to find a good quality chord chart on the 'tinterweb

take care Jamjar Jacob
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i call them inversion chords but the chappie is quite right they are also often called split chords!

Thank you guys so very much.

I can actually finish learning the song now!

(Have You Ever Seen the Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Thanks again,
Mr. Chocolate

LOL. This is funny because, i went on the internet to find out what split chords are as well to figure out waht it meant on Have you ever seen the rain? By Creedence Clearwater Revival as well! this helped me a lot and i thank all of you