How do you play the Db 5/Abb chord?

To play the Db 5/Abb chord on piano, play the Db 5 chord (Db and Ab) 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 notes are in the Db 5/Abb chord?

The Db 5/Abb chord uses the 2 notes of the Db 5 chord — Db (Perfect unison) and Ab (Perfect fifth) — with Abb played as the bass note in the lowest register.

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/Abb chord means a Db 5 chord with Abb in the bass.

Db 5/Abb

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

How to play the Db 5/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
Press all 3 notes simultaneously to sound the Db 5/Abb chord

Inversions with same root

G Viennese trichord

Related chords with different root

Db sus(#4)