Dominant family
C seventh suspended fourth chord
C7sus4C seventh suspended fourth
Piano root position
- Root
- 4
- 5
- ♭7
Guitar standard tuning
Open chord
Uses open strings, no barre.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- C1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- 3
- F4
- ♭5
- G5
- ♯5
- 6
- B♭♭7
- 7
- C Root
- F Perfect 4th
- G Perfect 5th
- B♭ Minor 7th
About this chord
What is a C seventh suspended fourth chord?
C7sus4 is built from 4 notes: C (the root), F (the 4), G (the 5), B♭ (the ♭7). A dominant that floats instead of pushing.
- Notes
- C · F · G · B♭
- Formula
- 1 · 4 · 5 · ♭7
- Also written
- C7sus
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain C7sus4
Neighbours
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