How do you play the Ab 5/Db chord?

To play the Ab 5/Db chord on piano, play the Ab 5 chord (Ab and Eb) with Db as the lowest bass note. Place the Db note below the other chord tones. Slash chords specify a particular bass note different from the chord root.

What notes are in the Ab 5/Db chord?

The Ab 5/Db chord uses the 2 notes of the Ab 5 chord — Ab (Perfect unison) and Eb (Perfect fifth) — with Db played as the bass note in the lowest register.

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/Db chord means a Ab 5 chord with Db in the bass.

Ab 5/Db

The Ab 5 chord consists of the Ab (Perfect unison) and Eb (Perfect fifth) notes, with Db as the bass note.

How to play the Ab 5/Db chord

Play Db as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find Ab (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add Eb (Perfect fifth) — 7 semitones above Ab
Press all 3 notes simultaneously to sound the Ab 5/Db chord

Inversions with same root

Db sus2
Db 5(add9)

Related chords with different root

Eb 11(sus4)
Ab sus4