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

To play the Db 5(add9)/Cb chord on piano, play the Db 5(add9) chord (Db, Ab and Eb) 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 Db 5(add9)/Cb chord means a Db 5(add9) chord with Cb in the bass.

Db 5(add9)/Cb

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

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

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

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

Play Cb 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)/Cb chord

Related chords with different root

C# 7(sus2)
C# 9(sus2)
G# m(add11)

Related slash chords

Db sus2/Cb
Eb 11(sus4)/B
Ab sus4/Cb