Absus4 Suspended

The Absus4 chord is built from the notes Ab – Db – Eb.

Piano sound loads on first tap.

Also known as

Ab7(root,5,7)Absus4add11

Chord tones, one by one

AbRoot

Root

The fundamental note the chord is built on — Ab.

DbThird

Suspended 4th

A perfect 4th replaces the third — tense, wants to resolve (sus4).

EbFifth

Perfect fifth

Seven semitones — the most stable interval, reinforces the root.

🎼 Related scales

🎹 Modal analysis

This chord implies the Mixolydian scale; its characteristic note is the minor 7th (♭7).

🎸 Genres

Blues · Rock · Funk · Gospel

🎤 Artists who made it famous

The Who · Tom Petty

sus4 in every key

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