CHORD REFERENCE

A♯sus4

A♯ – D♯ – E♯1 4 5

Also written B♭sus4 — the same pitches spelled the other way.

The A♯ Suspended 4th chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
A♯1D♯4E♯5

A♯sus4 is A#, D#, E# — the 1, 4 and 5 above the root A♯.

Piano
E♯A♯D♯
Guitar

Ways to play it

E-shape barre — 6th fret
6fr
A-shape barre — 1st fret
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Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eE♯A♯D♯BD♯E♯A♯GA♯D♯E♯DD♯E♯A♯AA♯D♯E♯EE♯A♯D♯

Root notes are red. The shapes above are movable — an E-shape has its root on the low E string, an A-shape on the A string. any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AA♯D♯E♯EE♯A♯D♯CD♯E♯A♯GA♯D♯E♯

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only A#, D#, E# plays the chord.

In which keys

A♯sus4 is a colour chord — it is not diatonic to a plain major or minor key, which is what gives it its character. It shows up as a borrowed chord, an altered dominant, or a passing sound.

Other A♯ chords

Triads

A♯MajorA♯mMinorA♯5Power Chord (5)A♯dimDiminishedA♯augAugmentedA♯sus2Suspended 2nd

Sixths & sevenths

A♯6Major 6thA♯m6Minor 6thA♯7Dominant 7thA♯maj7Major 7thA♯m7Minor 7thA♯m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thA♯dim7Diminished 7thA♯m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)A♯7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

A♯7♭57♭5A♯7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)A♯7♭97♭9A♯7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

A♯add9Added 9thA♯6/96/9A♯9Dominant 9thA♯maj9Major 9thA♯m9Minor 9thA♯11Dominant 11thA♯13Dominant 13th
Suspended 4th on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

Work out the chords of a whole key with the Scale & Chord Finder, name a chord from its notes with the Chord Identifier, or browse every chord tool. The theory behind how chords are built is in the free Cloud Atelier music guides.