How do you play the Db sus4/A chord?

To play the Db sus4/A chord on piano, play the Db sus4 chord (Db, Gb and Ab) 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 sus4/A chord means a Db sus4 chord with A in the bass.

Db sus4/A

Q: What notes are in the Db sus4/A chord?

The Db sus4/A chord uses the 3 notes of the Db sus4 chord — Db (Perfect unison), Gb (Perfect fourth) and Ab (Perfect fifth) — with A played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The Db sus4 chord consists of the Db (Perfect unison), Gb (Perfect fourth) and Ab (Perfect fifth) notes, with A as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Db sus4/A chord

How to play the Db sus4/A chord

Play A as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find Db (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add Gb (Perfect fourth) — 5 semitones above Db
Add Ab (Perfect fifth) — 7 semitones above Db
Press all 4 notes simultaneously to sound the Db sus4/A chord

Related chords with different root

F# m(add2)
F# m(add9)

Related slash chords

Gb sus2/Bbb
Gb 5(add9)/Bbb
Ab 11(sus4)/Bbb