How do you play the Ab add13/C chord?

To play the Ab add13/C chord on piano, play the Ab add13 chord (Ab, C, Eb and F) with C as the lowest bass note. Place the C 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 add13/C chord means a Ab add13 chord with C in the bass.

Ab add13/C

Q: What notes are in the Ab add13/C chord?

The Ab add13/C chord uses the 4 notes of the Ab add13 chord — Ab (Perfect unison), C (Major third), Eb (Perfect fifth) and F (Major thirteenth) — with C played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The Ab add13 chord consists of the Ab (Perfect unison), C (Major third), Eb (Perfect fifth) and F (Major thirteenth) notes, with C as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Ab add13/C chord

How to play the Ab add13/C chord

Play C 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 thirteenth) — 21 semitones above Ab
Press all 5 notes simultaneously to sound the Ab add13/C chord

Related chords with different root

F m7
F m7(#9)
Ab 6
Ab add13

Related slash chords

F m7(no5)/C
F m7(#9)(no5)/C
Ab 6(sus)/C