How do you play the F 11(sus4)/Bb chord?

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

F 11(sus4)/Bb

Q: What notes are in the F 11(sus4)/Bb chord?

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

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

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a F 11(sus4)/Bb chord

How to play the F 11(sus4)/Bb chord

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

Inversions with same root

Bb sus4

Related chords with different root

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

Related slash chords

F 7(no3)/Bb