A♭sus4
Sus4 · A♭ – D♭ – E♭
- A♭R
- D♭4
- E♭5
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Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the A♭sus4 chord
The A♭sus4 chord (sus4) is made up of 3 notes — A♭ is the root, D♭ the perfect fourth and E♭ the perfect fifth. The third is replaced by the fourth, building tension that wants to resolve back down to the major.
On guitar, A♭sus4 chords sit higher up the neck: 441124, around the 1st fret. All six strings sound. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings in all.
Suspended-fourth chords swap the third for a fourth, creating tension that wants to fall back to the major.
Common questions
- What notes are in the A♭sus4 chord?
- The A♭sus4 chord contains the notes A♭, D♭ and E♭.
- How do you play A♭sus4 on guitar?
- A common shape is 441124. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings you can strum or hear.
- What intervals make up the A♭sus4 chord?
- The A♭sus4 chord is built from the root (A♭), a perfect fourth (D♭) and a perfect fifth (E♭).
- Is A♭sus4 the same as G♯sus4?
- Yes — A♭ and G♯ are two names for the same pitch (enharmonic equivalents), so A♭sus4 and G♯sus4 are the same chord. MobileChords spells it A♭sus4.
More than a chord chart
The chart above is just the start. Open A♭sus4 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.