How do you play the Db 5(add9)/Abb chord?

To play the Db 5(add9)/Abb chord on piano, play the Db 5(add9) chord (Db, Ab and Eb) with Abb as the lowest bass note. Place the Abb 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 Db 5(add9)/Abb chord means a Db 5(add9) chord with Abb in the bass.

Db 5(add9)/Abb

Q: What notes are in the Db 5(add9)/Abb chord?

The Db 5(add9)/Abb chord uses the 3 notes of the Db 5(add9) chord — Db (Perfect unison), Ab (Perfect fifth) and Eb (Major ninth) — with Abb played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The Db 5(add9) chord consists of the Db (Perfect unison), Ab (Perfect fifth) and Eb (Major ninth) notes, with Abb as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Db 5(add9)/Abb chord

How to play the Db 5(add9)/Abb chord

Play Abb as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find Db (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add Ab (Perfect fifth) — 7 semitones above Db
Add Eb (Major ninth) — 14 semitones above Db
Press all 4 notes simultaneously to sound the Db 5(add9)/Abb chord

Related chords with different root

Eb 7(add11)(no5)

Related slash chords

Db sus2/Abb
Eb 11(sus4)/G
Ab sus4/G