How do you play the Db add13/Fb chord?

To play the Db add13/Fb chord on piano, play the Db add13 chord (Db, F, Ab and Bb) with Fb as the lowest bass note. Place the Fb 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 add13/Fb chord means a Db add13 chord with Fb in the bass.

Db add13/Fb

Q: What notes are in the Db add13/Fb chord?

The Db add13/Fb chord uses the 4 notes of the Db add13 chord — Db (Perfect unison), F (Major third), Ab (Perfect fifth) and Bb (Major thirteenth) — with Fb played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The Db add13 chord consists of the Db (Perfect unison), F (Major third), Ab (Perfect fifth) and Bb (Major thirteenth) notes, with Fb as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Db add13/Fb chord

How to play the Db add13/Fb chord

Play Fb 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 Bb (Major thirteenth) — 21 semitones above Db
Press all 5 notes simultaneously to sound the Db add13/Fb chord

Related chords with different root

Bb m7(#11)

Related slash chords

Db 6/Fb
Bb m7/Fb
Bb m7(#9)/Fb