Dominant family
B♭ seventh suspended fourth chord
B♭7sus4B♭ seventh suspended fourth
Piano root position
- Root
- 4
- 5
- ♭7
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 1
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 1.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- B♭1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- 3
- E♭4
- ♭5
- F5
- ♯5
- 6
- A♭♭7
- 7
- B♭ Root
- E♭ Perfect 4th
- F Perfect 5th
- A♭ Minor 7th
About this chord
What is a B♭ seventh suspended fourth chord?
B♭7sus4 is built from 4 notes: B♭ (the root), E♭ (the 4), F (the 5), A♭ (the ♭7). A dominant that floats instead of pushing.
- Notes
- B♭ · E♭ · F · A♭
- Formula
- 1 · 4 · 5 · ♭7
- Also written
- B♭7sus
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain B♭7sus4
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