How do you play the Ab add13/Db chord?

To play the Ab add13/Db chord on piano, play the Ab add13 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 add13/Db chord means a Ab add13 chord with Db in the bass.

Ab add13/Db

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

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

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

How to play the Ab add13/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 thirteenth) — 21 semitones above Ab
Press all 5 notes simultaneously to sound the Ab add13/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 6/Db