How do you play the Ab 5(add9)/Ebb chord?

To play the Ab 5(add9)/Ebb chord on piano, play the Ab 5(add9) chord (Ab, Eb and Bb) 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 5(add9)/Ebb chord means a Ab 5(add9) chord with Ebb in the bass.

Ab 5(add9)/Ebb

Q: What notes are in the Ab 5(add9)/Ebb chord?

The Ab 5(add9)/Ebb chord uses the 3 notes of the Ab 5(add9) chord — Ab (Perfect unison), Eb (Perfect fifth) and Bb (Major ninth) — with Ebb played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The Ab 5(add9) chord consists of the Ab (Perfect unison), Eb (Perfect fifth) and Bb (Major ninth) notes, with Ebb as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Ab 5(add9)/Ebb chord

How to play the Ab 5(add9)/Ebb chord

Play Ebb as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find Ab (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add Eb (Perfect fifth) — 7 semitones above Ab
Add Bb (Major ninth) — 14 semitones above Ab
Press all 4 notes simultaneously to sound the Ab 5(add9)/Ebb chord

Related chords with different root

Bb 7(add11)(no5)

Related slash chords

Eb sus4/D
Ab sus2/Ebb
Bb 11(sus4)/D