B♭sus4
Sus4 · B♭ – E♭ – F
- B♭R
- E♭4
- F5
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Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the B♭sus4 chord
The B♭sus4 chord (sus4) is made up of 3 notes — B♭ is the root, E♭ the perfect fourth and F the perfect fifth. The third is replaced by the fourth, building tension that wants to resolve back down to the major.
On guitar, B♭sus4 chords sit higher up the neck: 663346, around the 3rd 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 B♭sus4 chord?
- The B♭sus4 chord contains the notes B♭, E♭ and F.
- How do you play B♭sus4 on guitar?
- A common shape is 663346. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings you can strum or hear.
- What intervals make up the B♭sus4 chord?
- The B♭sus4 chord is built from the root (B♭), a perfect fourth (E♭) and a perfect fifth (F).
- Is B♭sus4 the same as A♯sus4?
- Yes — B♭ and A♯ are two names for the same pitch (enharmonic equivalents), so B♭sus4 and A♯sus4 are the same chord. MobileChords spells it B♭sus4.
More than a chord chart
The chart above is just the start. Open B♭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.