Guitar chords · Dominant 7th suspended 4th
A7sus4 chord on guitar
A7sus4 (A A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th) has four notes: A, D, E and G, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4, 5 and ♭7.
Shapes
How to play A7sus4
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
A7sus4 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5. A movable shape keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
Open
E shape · fret 5
Notes and formula
What makes A7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
A 7sus4 chord is a A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. chord with the 4th in place of the 3rd. It keeps the 7th's pull but softens it, and resolves to the plain A triad with one more 3rd on top, the 7th, which makes four notes: G7, Cmaj7 and Am7 are seventh chords. as the 4th falls to the 3rd, or straight to the chord a 5th below. It is common in folk, pop and soul.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 4th and the ♭7th make A7sus4 a A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- ARroot
- D4essential
- E5optional
- G♭7essential
- A, the root
- Other chord tones
A7sus4 resolves to A7 as the 4th falls to the 3rd, or straight to D.
Keys
Keys with A7sus4
A7sus4 belongs to eight keys: C major (vi7sus4), G major (ii7sus4), D major (V7sus4), F major (iii7sus4), A minor (i7sus4), E minor (iv7sus4), B minor (VII7sus4) and D minor (v7sus4).
- vi7sus4C major
- ii7sus4G major
- V7sus4D major
- iii7sus4F major
- i7sus4A minor
- iv7sus4E minor
- VII7sus4B minor
- v7sus4D minor
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
A7sus4 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps A7sus4 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- A7sus4/E
A7sus4 with its 5th, E, in the bass.
- A7sus4/G
A7sus4 with its ♭7th, G, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on A
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- A major
- Am minor
- A7 dominant 7th
- Amaj7 major 7th
- Am7 minor 7th
- Asus2 suspended 2nd
- Asus4 suspended 4th
- A6 major 6th
- Am6 minor 6th
- Aadd9 add 9
- A9 dominant 9th
- Amaj9 major 9th
- Am9 minor 9th
- A13 dominant 13th
- Amaj13 major 13th
- Am11 minor 11th
- A° diminished
- Am7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- A°7 diminished 7th
- A+ augmented
- A5 power chord
- Am(maj7) minor major 7th
- A6/9 six-nine
- Am(add9) minor add 9
- A7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
A7sus4, in short
- What notes are in the A7sus4 chord?
- A7sus4 (A A major chord with a minor 7th added, such as G7. It is the V7 of a key and pulls strongly to the I chord. A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th) has four notes: A, D, E and G, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4, 5 and ♭7.
- How do you play A7sus4 on guitar?
- A7sus4 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5.
- What key is A7sus4 in?
- A7sus4 belongs to eight keys: C major (vi7sus4), G major (ii7sus4), D major (V7sus4), F major (iii7sus4), A minor (i7sus4), E minor (iv7sus4), B minor (VII7sus4) and D minor (v7sus4).