How do you play the Eb 11(sus4)/Ab chord?

To play the Eb 11(sus4)/Ab chord on piano, play the Eb 11(sus4) chord (Eb, Ab and Db) with Ab as the lowest bass note. Place the Ab 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 Eb 11(sus4)/Ab chord means a Eb 11(sus4) chord with Ab in the bass.

Eb 11(sus4)/Ab

Q: What notes are in the Eb 11(sus4)/Ab chord?

The Eb 11(sus4)/Ab chord uses the 3 notes of the Eb 11(sus4) chord — Eb (Perfect unison), Ab (Perfect fourth) and Db (Minor seventh) — with Ab played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The Eb 11(sus4) chord consists of the Eb (Perfect unison), Ab (Perfect fourth) and Db (Minor seventh) notes, with Ab as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Eb 11(sus4)/Ab chord

How to play the Eb 11(sus4)/Ab chord

Play Ab as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find Eb (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add Ab (Perfect fourth) — 5 semitones above Eb
Add Db (Minor seventh) — 10 semitones above Eb
Press all 4 notes simultaneously to sound the Eb 11(sus4)/Ab chord

Inversions with same root

Ab sus4

Related chords with different root

Db sus2
Db 5(add9)
Eb 11(sus4)

Related slash chords

Eb 7(no3)/Ab