CHORD REFERENCE

G♭7sus4

G♭ – C♭ – D♭ – F♭1 4 5 b7

Also written F♯7sus4 — the same pitches spelled the other way.

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
G♭1C♭4D♭5F♭b7

G♭7sus4 is Gb, Cb, Db, Fb — the 1, 4, 5 and b7 above the root G♭.

Piano
C♭F♭G♭D♭
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eF♭G♭C♭D♭F♭BC♭D♭F♭G♭C♭GC♭D♭F♭G♭DF♭G♭C♭D♭AC♭D♭F♭G♭EF♭G♭C♭D♭F♭

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)

357912AC♭D♭F♭G♭EF♭G♭C♭D♭F♭CD♭F♭G♭C♭GC♭D♭F♭G♭

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only Gb, Cb, Db, Fb plays the chord.

In which keys

G♭7sus4 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

G♭MajorG♭mMinorG♭5Power Chord (5)G♭dimDiminishedG♭augAugmentedG♭sus2Suspended 2ndG♭sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

G♭6Major 6thG♭m6Minor 6thG♭7Dominant 7thG♭maj7Major 7thG♭m7Minor 7thG♭m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thG♭dim7Diminished 7thG♭m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)

Altered dominants

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

Extended & added

G♭add9Added 9thG♭6/96/9G♭9Dominant 9thG♭maj9Major 9thG♭m9Minor 9thG♭11Dominant 11thG♭13Dominant 13th
7sus4 on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

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