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August 28, 2013 By Richie Leave a Comment

Dominant thirteenth suspended fourth chord

A dominant thirteenth suspended fourth chord is composed using a root/1st, perfect 4th, perfect 5th, minor 7th, major 9th major 13th (or R/1-4-5-♭7-9-13) intervals played simultaneously. Generally written as C13sus4 or C13sus, it is good practice to simply use an uppercase C with the number 13 followed by a super scripted sus4 to represent it in writing (ie: C13sus4) however it is also common to see it written as C13sus with the presumption of a suspended 4th and not suspended 2nd.


Dominant thirteenth suspended fourth chord profile

Intervals root/1st, perfect 4th, perfect 5th, minor 7th, major 9th, major 13th or R/1-4-5-♭7-9-13
Stability Consonant, unresolved
Grouping class Hexad (commonly played as a Pentad or Tetrad on guitar)
Common names (examples in C) C13sus4, C13sus


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C Dominant thirteenth suspended fourth chord voicing #2 https://www.ricguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/dominant-thirteenth-suspended-fourth-chord/c-dominant-thirteenth-suspended-fourth-chord-voicing-2.mp3




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