How do you play the A add11/D chord?

To play the A add11/D chord on piano, play the A add11 chord (A, C#, E and D) with D as the lowest bass note. Place the D note below the other chord tones. Slash chords specify a particular bass note different from the chord root.

What is a slash chord?

A slash chord (or compound chord) is written as Chord/Bass and specifies both a chord and a bass note. The note to the right of the slash is played as the lowest note. The A add11/D chord means a A add11 chord with D in the bass.

A add11/D

Q: What notes are in the A add11/D chord?

The A add11/D chord uses the 4 notes of the A add11 chord — A (Perfect unison), C# (Major third), E (Perfect fifth) and D (Perfect eleventh) — with D played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The A add11 chord consists of the A (Perfect unison), C# (Major third), E (Perfect fifth) and D (Perfect eleventh) notes, with D as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a A add11/D chord

How to play the A add11/D chord

Play D as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find A (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add C# (Major third) — 4 semitones above A
Add E (Perfect fifth) — 7 semitones above A
Add D (Perfect eleventh) — 17 semitones above A
Press all 5 notes simultaneously to sound the A add11/D chord

Inversions with same root

D maj7(sus2)
D maj9(sus2)

Related chords with different root

A add11

Related slash chords

C# m(#5)/D
A major/D