How do you play the Ab sus(#4)/Eb chord?

To play the Ab sus(#4)/Eb chord on piano, play the Ab sus(#4) chord (Ab, D and Eb) with Eb as the lowest bass note. Place the Eb 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 sus(#4)/Eb chord means a Ab sus(#4) chord with Eb in the bass.

Ab sus(#4)/Eb

Q: What notes are in the Ab sus(#4)/Eb chord?

The Ab sus(#4)/Eb chord uses the 3 notes of the Ab sus(#4) chord — Ab (Perfect unison), D (Diminished fifth) and Eb (Perfect fifth) — with Eb played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The Ab sus(#4) chord consists of the Ab (Perfect unison), D (Diminished fifth) and Eb (Perfect fifth) notes, with Eb as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Ab sus(#4)/Eb chord

How to play the Ab sus(#4)/Eb chord

Play Eb as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find Ab (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add D (Diminished fifth) — 6 semitones above Ab
Add Eb (Perfect fifth) — 7 semitones above Ab
Press all 4 notes simultaneously to sound the Ab sus(#4)/Eb chord

Related chords with different root

D Viennese trichord
Ab sus(#4)

Related slash chords

D dim(no3)/Eb
G# dim(no3)/D#