How do you play the Eb minor/C chord?

To play the Eb minor/C chord on piano, play the Eb minor chord (Eb, Gb and Bb) with C as the lowest bass note. Place the C 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 minor/C chord means a Eb minor chord with C in the bass.

Eb minor/C

Q: What notes are in the Eb minor/C chord?

The Eb minor/C chord uses the 3 notes of the Eb minor chord — Eb (Perfect unison), Gb (Minor third) and Bb (Perfect fifth) — with C played as the bass note in the lowest register.

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

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Eb minor/C chord

How to play the Eb minor/C chord

Play C 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
Press all 4 notes simultaneously to sound the Eb minor/C chord

Inversions with same root

C m7(b5)

Related chords with different root

Eb m6
Eb m(add13)
F# 6(b5)