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G♭ suspended fourth chord

G♭sus4

G♭ suspended fourth

Piano root position

  • Root
  • 4
  • 5

Guitar standard tuning

Barre · fret 2

Lay your index flat across all six strings at fret 2.

EADGBe12345Barre at fret 2G♭D♭G♭C♭D♭G♭

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

Notation treble clef

𝄞♭♭♭

Intervals

12 semitones
  1. G♭1
  2. ♭2
  3. 2
  4. ♭3
  5. 3
  6. C♭4
  7. ♭5
  8. D♭5
  9. ♯5
  10. 6
  11. ♭7
  12. 7
  • G♭ Root
  • C♭ Perfect 4th
  • D♭ Perfect 5th

About this chord

What is a G♭ suspended fourth chord?

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

Notes
G♭ · C♭ · D♭
Formula
1 · 4 · 5
Also written
G♭sus
Found in
Outside the major and minor keys

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