How do you play the Gb add13/Abb chord?

To play the Gb add13/Abb chord on piano, play the Gb add13 chord (Gb, Bb, Db and Eb) with Abb as the lowest bass note. Place the Abb 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 Gb add13/Abb chord means a Gb add13 chord with Abb in the bass.

Gb add13/Abb

Q: What notes are in the Gb add13/Abb chord?

The Gb add13/Abb chord uses the 4 notes of the Gb add13 chord — Gb (Perfect unison), Bb (Major third), Db (Perfect fifth) and Eb (Major thirteenth) — with Abb played as the bass note in the lowest register.

The Gb add13 chord consists of the Gb (Perfect unison), Bb (Major third), Db (Perfect fifth) and Eb (Major thirteenth) notes, with Abb as the bass note.

Piano keyboard showing the notes for a Gb add13/Abb chord

How to play the Gb add13/Abb chord

Play Abb as the lowest bass note in the left hand
Find Gb (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add Bb (Major third) — 4 semitones above Gb
Add Db (Perfect fifth) — 7 semitones above Gb
Add Eb (Major thirteenth) — 21 semitones above Gb
Press all 5 notes simultaneously to sound the Gb add13/Abb chord

Related chords with different root

Eb 7(#9)

Related slash chords

Eb m7/G
Eb m7(#9)/G
Gb 6/Abb