How do you play the Eb m6/Ab chord?

To play the Eb m6/Ab chord on piano, play the Eb m6 chord (Eb, Gb, Bb and C) 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 m6/Ab chord means a Eb m6 chord with Ab in the bass.

Eb m6/Ab

Q: What notes are in the Eb m6/Ab chord?

The Eb m6/Ab chord uses the 4 notes of the Eb m6 chord — Eb (Perfect unison), Gb (Minor third), Bb (Perfect fifth) and C (Major sixth) — with Ab played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The Eb m6 chord consists of the Eb (Perfect unison), Gb (Minor third), Bb (Perfect fifth) and C (Major sixth) notes, with Ab as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Eb m6/Ab chord

How to play the Eb m6/Ab chord

Play Ab as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find Eb (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add Gb (Minor third) — 3 semitones above Eb
Add Bb (Perfect fifth) — 7 semitones above Eb
Add C (Major sixth) — 9 semitones above Eb
Press all 5 notes simultaneously to sound the Eb m6/Ab chord

Inversions with same root

Ab 9

Related slash chords

C m7(b5)/G#
Eb m(add13)/Ab
F# 6(b5)/G#