E♭sus4
Sus4 · E♭ – A♭ – B♭
- E♭R
- A♭4
- B♭5
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Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the E♭sus4 chord
The E♭sus4 chord (sus4) is made up of 3 notes — E♭ is the root, A♭ the perfect fourth and B♭ the perfect fifth. The third is replaced by the fourth, building tension that wants to resolve back down to the major.
On guitar, E♭sus4 chords sit higher up the neck: x66344, around the 3rd fret. Leave the low E string out and strum the rest. 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 E♭sus4 chord?
- The E♭sus4 chord contains the notes E♭, A♭ and B♭.
- How do you play E♭sus4 on guitar?
- A common shape is x66344. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings you can strum or hear.
- What intervals make up the E♭sus4 chord?
- The E♭sus4 chord is built from the root (E♭), a perfect fourth (A♭) and a perfect fifth (B♭).
- Is E♭sus4 the same as D♯sus4?
- Yes — E♭ and D♯ are two names for the same pitch (enharmonic equivalents), so E♭sus4 and D♯sus4 are the same chord. MobileChords spells it E♭sus4.
More than a chord chart
The chart above is just the start. Open E♭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.