How do you play the F dim7/Ab chord?

To play the F dim7/Ab chord on piano, play the F dim7 chord (F, Ab, Cb and Ebb) 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 F dim7/Ab chord means a F dim7 chord with Ab in the bass.

F dim7/Ab

Q: What notes are in the F dim7/Ab chord?

The F dim7/Ab chord uses the 4 notes of the F dim7 chord — F (Perfect unison), Ab (Minor third), Cb (Diminished fifth) and Ebb (Major sixth) — with Ab played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The F dim7 chord consists of the F (Perfect unison), Ab (Minor third), Cb (Diminished fifth) and Ebb (Major sixth) notes, with Ab as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a F dim7/Ab chord

How to play the F dim7/Ab chord

Play Ab as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find F (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add Ab (Minor third) — 3 semitones above F
Add Cb (Diminished fifth) — 6 semitones above F
Add Ebb (Major sixth) — 9 semitones above F
Press all 5 notes simultaneously to sound the F dim7/Ab chord

Inversions with same root

G# dim7

Related chords with different root

D dim7
F dim7
B dim7

Related slash chords

B dim/G#