How do you play the Ab 6/Db chord?

To play the Ab 6/Db chord on piano, play the Ab 6 chord (Ab, C, Eb and F) 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 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/Db chord means a Ab 6 chord with Db in the bass.

Ab 6/Db

Q: What notes are in the Ab 6/Db chord?

The Ab 6/Db chord uses the 4 notes of the Ab 6 chord — Ab (Perfect unison), C (Major third), Eb (Perfect fifth) and F (Major sixth) — with Db played as the bass note in the lowest register.

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

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Ab 6/Db chord

How to play the Ab 6/Db chord

Play Db as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find Ab (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add C (Major third) — 4 semitones above Ab
Add Eb (Perfect fifth) — 7 semitones above Ab
Add F (Major sixth) — 9 semitones above Ab
Press all 5 notes simultaneously to sound the Ab 6/Db chord

Inversions with same root

Db maj9

Related chords with different root

F m7(b13)

Related slash chords

F m7/C#
F m7(#9)/C#
Ab add13/Db