Guitar chords · Dominant 7th suspended 4th
E7sus4 chord on guitar
E7sus4 (E A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. 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 four notes: E, A, B and D, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4, 5 and ♭7.
Shapes
How to play E7sus4
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.
E7sus4 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 A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 7. 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
A shape · fret 7
Notes and formula
What makes E7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
A 7sus4 chord is a A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. chord with the 4th in place of the 3rd. It keeps the 7th's pull but softens it, and resolves to the plain A triad with one more 3rd on top, the 7th, which makes four notes: G7, Cmaj7 and Am7 are seventh chords. as the 4th falls to the 3rd, or straight to the chord a 5th below. It is common in folk, pop and soul.
- 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 and the ♭7th make E7sus4 a A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. 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.
- ERroot
- A4essential
- B5optional
- D♭7essential
- E, the root
- Other chord tones
E7sus4 resolves to E7 as the 4th falls to the 3rd, or straight to A.
Keys
Keys with E7sus4
E7sus4 belongs to eight keys: C major (iii7sus4), G major (vi7sus4), D major (ii7sus4), A major (V7sus4), A minor (v7sus4), E minor (i7sus4), B minor (iv7sus4) and F♯ minor (VII7sus4).
- iii7sus4C major
- vi7sus4G major
- ii7sus4D major
- V7sus4A major
- v7sus4A minor
- i7sus4E minor
- iv7sus4B minor
- VII7sus4F♯ 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
E7sus4 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 E7sus4 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- E7sus4/B
E7sus4 with its 5th, B, in the bass.
- E7sus4/D
E7sus4 with its ♭7th, D, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on E
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.
- E major
- Em minor
- E7 dominant 7th
- Emaj7 major 7th
- Em7 minor 7th
- Esus2 suspended 2nd
- Esus4 suspended 4th
- E6 major 6th
- Em6 minor 6th
- Eadd9 add 9
- E9 dominant 9th
- Emaj9 major 9th
- Em9 minor 9th
- E13 dominant 13th
- Emaj13 major 13th
- Em11 minor 11th
- E° diminished
- Em7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- E°7 diminished 7th
- E+ augmented
- E5 power chord
- Em(maj7) minor major 7th
- E6/9 six-nine
- Em(add9) minor add 9
- E7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
E7sus4, in short
- What notes are in the E7sus4 chord?
- E7sus4 (E A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. 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 four notes: E, A, B and D, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4, 5 and ♭7.
- How do you play E7sus4 on guitar?
- E7sus4 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 A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 7.
- What key is E7sus4 in?
- E7sus4 belongs to eight keys: C major (iii7sus4), G major (vi7sus4), D major (ii7sus4), A major (V7sus4), A minor (v7sus4), E minor (i7sus4), B minor (iv7sus4) and F♯ minor (VII7sus4).