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September 2, 2013 By Richie Leave a Comment

Suspended fourth chord

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A suspended fourth chord is composed using a root/1st, perfect 4th and a perfect 5th (or R/1-4-5) intervals played simultaneously. Generally written as Csus4 or Csus, it is good practice to simply use an uppercase C with a super scripted sus4 to represent it in writing (ie: Csus4).


Suspended fourth chord profile

Intervals root/1st, perfect 4th, perfect 5th or R/1-4-5
Stability Consonant, unresolved
Grouping class Triad
Common names (examples in C) Csus4, Csus


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Audio sample(s)

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




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