B♭7sus4
7sus4 · B♭ – E♭ – F – A♭
- B♭R
- E♭4
- F5
- A♭♭7
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Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the B♭7sus4 chord
The B♭7sus4 chord (7sus4) is made up of 4 notes — B♭ is the root, E♭ the perfect fourth, F the perfect fifth and A♭ the minor seventh. It is a sus4 chord with a minor seventh added, doubling up the unresolved feel.
On guitar, B♭7sus4 chords sit higher up the neck: 663344, around the 3rd 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 B♭7sus4 chord?
- The B♭7sus4 chord contains the notes B♭, E♭, F and A♭.
- How do you play B♭7sus4 on guitar?
- A common shape is 663344. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings you can strum or hear.
- What intervals make up the B♭7sus4 chord?
- The B♭7sus4 chord is built from the root (B♭), a perfect fourth (E♭), a perfect fifth (F) and a minor seventh (A♭).
- Is B♭7sus4 the same as A♯7sus4?
- Yes — B♭ and A♯ are two names for the same pitch (enharmonic equivalents), so B♭7sus4 and A♯7sus4 are the same chord. MobileChords spells it B♭7sus4.
More than a chord chart
The chart above is just the start. Open B♭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.