CHORD REFERENCE

G7sus4

G – C – D – F1 4 5 b7

The G 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
G1C4D5Fb7

G7sus4 is G, C, D, F — the 1, 4, 5 and b7 above the root G.

Piano
GCDF
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eFGCDBCDFGGGCDFGDDFGCDACDFGEFGCD

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)

357912ACDFGEFGCDCCDFGCGGCDFG

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only G, C, D, F plays the chord.

In which keys

G7sus4 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 G chords

Triads

GMajorGmMinorG5Power Chord (5)GdimDiminishedGaugAugmentedGsus2Suspended 2ndGsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

G6Major 6thGm6Minor 6thG7Dominant 7thGmaj7Major 7thGm7Minor 7thGm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thGdim7Diminished 7thGm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)

Altered dominants

G7♭57♭5G7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)G7♭97♭9G7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Gadd9Added 9thG6/96/9G9Dominant 9thGmaj9Major 9thGm9Minor 9thG11Dominant 11thG13Dominant 13th
7sus4 on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
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