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81.29Level 10 — polychord notation concept
You may sometimes see one chord written over another, conceptually:
D major / C major
rather than ordinary slash-bass notation.
The notation means:
upper chord
over
lower chord.
Do not confuse this with:
D/C
where C is merely a bass note.