How do you play the Ab m6/Cb chord?

To play the Ab m6/Cb chord on piano, play the Ab m6 chord (Ab, Cb, Eb and F) with Cb as the lowest bass note. Place the Cb 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 m6/Cb chord means a Ab m6 chord with Cb in the bass.

Ab m6/Cb

Q: What notes are in the Ab m6/Cb chord?

The Ab m6/Cb chord uses the 4 notes of the Ab m6 chord — Ab (Perfect unison), Cb (Minor third), Eb (Perfect fifth) and F (Major sixth) — with Cb played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The Ab m6 chord consists of the Ab (Perfect unison), Cb (Minor third), Eb (Perfect fifth) and F (Major sixth) notes, with Cb as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Ab m6/Cb chord

How to play the Ab m6/Cb chord

Play Cb as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find Ab (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add Cb (Minor third) — 3 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 m6/Cb chord

Inversions with same root

B 6(b5)

Related chords with different root

F m7(b5)
Ab m6
Ab m(add13)

Related slash chords

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