E♭7sus4
7sus4 · E♭ – A♭ – B♭ – D♭
- E♭R
- A♭4
- B♭5
- D♭♭7
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Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the E♭7sus4 chord
The E♭7sus4 chord (7sus4) is made up of 4 notes — E♭ is the root, A♭ the perfect fourth, B♭ the perfect fifth and D♭ the minor seventh. It is a sus4 chord with a minor seventh added, doubling up the unresolved feel.
On guitar, E♭7sus4 chords sit higher up the neck: x66646, around the 4th fret. Leave the low E string out and strum the rest. 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 E♭7sus4 chord?
- The E♭7sus4 chord contains the notes E♭, A♭, B♭ and D♭.
- How do you play E♭7sus4 on guitar?
- A common shape is x66646. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings you can strum or hear.
- What intervals make up the E♭7sus4 chord?
- The E♭7sus4 chord is built from the root (E♭), a perfect fourth (A♭), a perfect fifth (B♭) and a minor seventh (D♭).
- Is E♭7sus4 the same as D♯7sus4?
- Yes — E♭ and D♯ are two names for the same pitch (enharmonic equivalents), so E♭7sus4 and D♯7sus4 are the same chord. MobileChords spells it E♭7sus4.
More than a chord chart
The chart above is just the start. Open E♭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.