Guitar chords · Suspended 4th
Asus4 chord on guitar
Asus4 (A A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th) has three notes: A, D and E, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4 and 5.
Shapes
How to play Asus4
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
Asus4 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5. A movable shape keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
Open
E shape · fret 5
Notes and formula
What makes Asus4 suspended 4th
A sus4 chord replaces the 3rd with the 4th. The 4th wants to fall back to the 3rd, so a sus4 chord usually resolves to the major chord on the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7..
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 4th makes Asus4 a A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- ARroot
- D4essential
- E5optional
- A, the root
- Other chord tones
Asus4 usually resolves to A, as the 4th falls to the 3rd.
Keys
Keys with Asus4
Asus4 belongs to ten keys: C major (VIsus4), G major (IIsus4), D major (Vsus4), A major (Isus4), F major (IIIsus4), A minor (Isus4), E minor (IVsus4), B minor (VIIsus4), F♯ minor (IIIsus4) and D minor (Vsus4).
- VIsus4C major
- IIsus4G major
- Vsus4D major
- Isus4A major
- IIIsus4F major
- Isus4A minor
- IVsus4E minor
- VIIsus4B minor
- IIIsus4F♯ minor
- Vsus4D minor
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
Asus4 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps Asus4 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Asus4/E
Asus4 with its 5th, E, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on A
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- A major
- Am minor
- A7 dominant 7th
- Amaj7 major 7th
- Am7 minor 7th
- Asus2 suspended 2nd
- A6 major 6th
- Am6 minor 6th
- Aadd9 add 9
- A9 dominant 9th
- Amaj9 major 9th
- Am9 minor 9th
- A13 dominant 13th
- Amaj13 major 13th
- Am11 minor 11th
- A° diminished
- Am7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- A°7 diminished 7th
- A+ augmented
- A5 power chord
- A7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Am(maj7) minor major 7th
- A6/9 six-nine
- Am(add9) minor add 9
- A7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Asus4, in short
- What notes are in the Asus4 chord?
- Asus4 (A A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th) has three notes: A, D and E, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4 and 5.
- How do you play Asus4 on guitar?
- Asus4 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5.
- What key is Asus4 in?
- Asus4 belongs to ten keys: C major (VIsus4), G major (IIsus4), D major (Vsus4), A major (Isus4), F major (IIIsus4), A minor (Isus4), E minor (IVsus4), B minor (VIIsus4), F♯ minor (IIIsus4) and D minor (Vsus4).