Guitar chords · Suspended 4th
B♭sus4 chord on guitar (Bbsus4)
B♭sus4 (B♭ 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: B♭, E♭ and F, 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 B♭sus4
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.
B♭sus4 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 1 or the E shape at fret 6. A 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. 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.
A shape · fret 1
E shape · fret 6
Notes and formula
What makes B♭sus4 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 B♭sus4 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.
- B♭Rroot
- E♭4essential
- F5optional
- B♭, the root
- Other chord tones
B♭sus4 usually resolves to B♭, as the 4th falls to the 3rd.
B♭sus4 and A♯sus4 are the same chord with two names: same The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step., same sound. Which one you see depends on the key the song is written in.
Keys
Keys with B♭sus4
B♭sus4 belongs to ten keys: G♭ major (IIIsus4), D♭ major (VIsus4), A♭ major (IIsus4), E♭ major (Vsus4), B♭ major (Isus4), E♭ minor (Vsus4), B♭ minor (Isus4), F minor (IVsus4), C minor (VIIsus4) and G minor (IIIsus4).
- IIIsus4G♭ major
- VIsus4D♭ major
- IIsus4A♭ major
- Vsus4E♭ major
- Isus4B♭ major
- Vsus4E♭ minor
- Isus4B♭ minor
- IVsus4F minor
- VIIsus4C minor
- IIIsus4G 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
B♭sus4 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 B♭sus4 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- B♭sus4/F
B♭sus4 with its 5th, F, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on A♯ / B♭
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.
- B♭ major
- B♭m minor
- B♭7 dominant 7th
- B♭maj7 major 7th
- B♭m7 minor 7th
- B♭sus2 suspended 2nd
- B♭6 major 6th
- B♭m6 minor 6th
- B♭add9 add 9
- B♭9 dominant 9th
- B♭maj9 major 9th
- B♭m9 minor 9th
- B♭13 dominant 13th
- B♭maj13 major 13th
- B♭m11 minor 11th
- A♯° diminished
- A♯m7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- A♯°7 diminished 7th
- B♭+ augmented
- B♭5 power chord
- B♭7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- B♭m(maj7) minor major 7th
- B♭6/9 six-nine
- B♭m(add9) minor add 9
- B♭7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
B♭sus4, in short
- What notes are in the B♭sus4 chord?
- B♭sus4 (B♭ 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: B♭, E♭ and F, 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 B♭sus4 on guitar?
- B♭sus4 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 1 or the E shape at fret 6.
- What key is B♭sus4 in?
- B♭sus4 belongs to ten keys: G♭ major (IIIsus4), D♭ major (VIsus4), A♭ major (IIsus4), E♭ major (Vsus4), B♭ major (Isus4), E♭ minor (Vsus4), B♭ minor (Isus4), F minor (IVsus4), C minor (VIIsus4) and G minor (IIIsus4).
- Is B♭sus4 the same as A♯sus4?
- Yes: same frets, same sound, different name. B♭sus4 is the spelling in G♭ major, D♭ major, A♭ major, E♭ major, B♭ major, E♭ minor, B♭ minor, F minor, C minor and G minor; A♯sus4 only in F♯ major, C♯ major, D♯ minor and A♯ minor.