How do you play the Ab 6(sus)/F chord?

To play the Ab 6(sus)/F chord on piano, play the Ab 6(sus) chord (Ab, Eb and F) with F as the lowest bass note. Place the F 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 6(sus)/F chord means a Ab 6(sus) chord with F in the bass.

Ab 6(sus)/F

Q: What notes are in the Ab 6(sus)/F chord?

The Ab 6(sus)/F chord uses the 3 notes of the Ab 6(sus) chord — Ab (Perfect unison), Eb (Perfect fifth) and F (Major sixth) — with F played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The Ab 6(sus) chord consists of the Ab (Perfect unison), Eb (Perfect fifth) and F (Major sixth) notes, with F as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Ab 6(sus)/F chord

How to play the Ab 6(sus)/F chord

Play F 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 F (Major sixth) — 9 semitones above Ab
Press all 4 notes simultaneously to sound the Ab 6(sus)/F chord

Inversions with same root

F m7(no5)
F m7(#9)(no5)

Related chords with different root

Ab 6(sus)

Related slash chords

Ab 5/F