How do you play the Db add11/A chord?

To play the Db add11/A chord on piano, play the Db add11 chord (Db, F, Ab and Gb) with A as the lowest bass note. Place the A 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 add11/A chord means a Db add11 chord with A in the bass.

Db add11/A

Q: What notes are in the Db add11/A chord?

The Db add11/A chord uses the 4 notes of the Db add11 chord — Db (Perfect unison), F (Major third), Ab (Perfect fifth) and Gb (Perfect eleventh) — with A played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The Db add11 chord consists of the Db (Perfect unison), F (Major third), Ab (Perfect fifth) and Gb (Perfect eleventh) notes, with A as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Db add11/A chord

How to play the Db add11/A chord

Play A as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find Db (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add F (Major third) — 4 semitones above Db
Add Ab (Perfect fifth) — 7 semitones above Db
Add Gb (Perfect eleventh) — 17 semitones above Db
Press all 5 notes simultaneously to sound the Db add11/A chord

Related chords with different root

F# m(maj9)

Related slash chords

Gb maj7(sus2)/Bbb
Gb maj9(sus2)/Bbb