How do you play the Ab 11(sus4)/Ebb chord?

To play the Ab 11(sus4)/Ebb chord on piano, play the Ab 11(sus4) chord (Ab, Db and Gb) with Ebb as the lowest bass note. Place the Ebb 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 Ab 11(sus4)/Ebb chord means a Ab 11(sus4) chord with Ebb in the bass.

Ab 11(sus4)/Ebb

Q: What notes are in the Ab 11(sus4)/Ebb chord?

The Ab 11(sus4)/Ebb chord uses the 3 notes of the Ab 11(sus4) chord — Ab (Perfect unison), Db (Perfect fourth) and Gb (Minor seventh) — with Ebb played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The Ab 11(sus4) chord consists of the Ab (Perfect unison), Db (Perfect fourth) and Gb (Minor seventh) notes, with Ebb as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Ab 11(sus4)/Ebb chord

How to play the Ab 11(sus4)/Ebb chord

Play Ebb as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find Ab (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add Db (Perfect fourth) — 5 semitones above Ab
Add Gb (Minor seventh) — 10 semitones above Ab
Press all 4 notes simultaneously to sound the Ab 11(sus4)/Ebb chord

Inversions with same root

D maj7(b5)

Related chords with different root

G# 11(b5)(sus4)

Related slash chords

Db sus4/Ebb
Gb sus2/D
Gb 5(add9)/D