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E♭ suspended fourth chord

E♭sus4

E♭ suspended fourth

Piano root position

  • Root
  • 4
  • 5

Guitar standard tuning

Fret 1

No barre: each note has its own finger.

E×A×DGBe12345E♭B♭E♭A♭

Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little

Notation treble clef

𝄞♭♭♭

Intervals

12 semitones
  1. E♭1
  2. ♭2
  3. 2
  4. ♭3
  5. 3
  6. A♭4
  7. ♭5
  8. B♭5
  9. ♯5
  10. 6
  11. ♭7
  12. 7
  • E♭ Root
  • A♭ Perfect 4th
  • B♭ Perfect 5th

About this chord

What is an E♭ suspended fourth chord?

E♭sus4 is built from 3 notes: E♭ (the root), A♭ (the 4), B♭ (the 5). The fourth hangs in place of the third and wants to fall back to it.

Notes
E♭ · A♭ · B♭
Formula
1 · 4 · 5
Also written
E♭sus
Found in
Outside the major and minor keys

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