CHORD REFERENCE

B7sus4

B – E – F♯ – A1 4 5 b7

The B 7sus4 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
B1E4F♯5Ab7

B7sus4 is B, E, F#, A — the 1, 4, 5 and b7 above the root B.

Piano
BEAF♯
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eEF♯ABEBBEF♯ABGABEF♯DEF♯ABAABEF♯AEEF♯ABE

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AABEF♯AEEF♯ABECEF♯ABGABEF♯

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

In which keys

B7sus4 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 B chords

Triads

BMajorBmMinorB5Power Chord (5)BdimDiminishedBaugAugmentedBsus2Suspended 2ndBsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

B6Major 6thBm6Minor 6thB7Dominant 7thBmaj7Major 7thBm7Minor 7thBm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thBdim7Diminished 7thBm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)

Altered dominants

B7♭57♭5B7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)B7♭97♭9B7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Badd9Added 9thB6/96/9B9Dominant 9thBmaj9Major 9thBm9Minor 9thB11Dominant 11thB13Dominant 13th
7sus4 on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
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