How do you play the F m(add13)/Ab chord?

To play the F m(add13)/Ab chord on piano, play the F m(add13) chord (F, Ab, C and D) 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 m(add13)/Ab chord means a F m(add13) chord with Ab in the bass.

F m(add13)/Ab

Q: What notes are in the F m(add13)/Ab chord?

The F m(add13)/Ab chord uses the 4 notes of the F m(add13) chord — F (Perfect unison), Ab (Minor third), C (Perfect fifth) and D (Major thirteenth) — with Ab played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The F m(add13) chord consists of the F (Perfect unison), Ab (Minor third), C (Perfect fifth) and D (Major thirteenth) notes, with Ab as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a F m(add13)/Ab chord

How to play the F m(add13)/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 C (Perfect fifth) — 7 semitones above F
Add D (Major thirteenth) — 21 semitones above F
Press all 5 notes simultaneously to sound the F m(add13)/Ab chord

Inversions with same root

G# 6(b5)

Related chords with different root

D m7(b5)
F m6
F m(add13)

Related slash chords

D m7(no5)/Ab
D m7(#9)(no5)/Ab
F 6(sus)/Ab