A♭7sus4
7sus4 · A♭ – D♭ – E♭ – G♭
- A♭R
- D♭4
- E♭5
- G♭♭7
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Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the A♭7sus4 chord
The A♭7sus4 chord (7sus4) is made up of 4 notes — A♭ is the root, D♭ the perfect fourth, E♭ the perfect fifth and G♭ the minor seventh. It is a sus4 chord with a minor seventh added, doubling up the unresolved feel.
On guitar, A♭7sus4 chords sit higher up the neck: 441122, around the 1st fret. All six strings sound. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings in all.
Seventh suspended-fourth chords give a funky, unresolved sound common in soul and gospel.
Common questions
- What notes are in the A♭7sus4 chord?
- The A♭7sus4 chord contains the notes A♭, D♭, E♭ and G♭.
- How do you play A♭7sus4 on guitar?
- A common shape is 441122. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings you can strum or hear.
- What intervals make up the A♭7sus4 chord?
- The A♭7sus4 chord is built from the root (A♭), a perfect fourth (D♭), a perfect fifth (E♭) and a minor seventh (G♭).
- Is A♭7sus4 the same as G♯7sus4?
- Yes — A♭ and G♯ are two names for the same pitch (enharmonic equivalents), so A♭7sus4 and G♯7sus4 are the same chord. MobileChords spells it A♭7sus4.
More than a chord chart
The chart above is just the start. Open A♭7sus4 in the finder to hear it on guitar and piano and browse every playable voicing side by side. Or switch to Name my chord — tap frets or keys and MobileChords identifies the chord you're playing, inversions and slash chords included.