Hobbies Playing Music Suspended 4th Piano Chords Share PINTEREST Email Print Stanton j Stephens / Getty Images Playing Music Playing Piano Piano Chords Tutorials Buying Advice Music Education Playing Guitar Home Recording By Brandy Kraemer Updated May 21, 2017 01 of 07 C Suspended 4th Piano Chords Image © Brandy Kraemer, 2016 C Suspended 4th Inversions | View as Bass Chord Root Note: C Perfect Fourth: F Perfect Fifth: G A suspended 4th chord differs from a major or minor chord in that its third has been removed and replaced by a perfect fourth. If the third and fourth are both present, the chord is an add4: CADD4: C – E – F – G CminADD4: C – E♭ – F – G Note that a sus4 chord also doubles as an inversion of a sus2. For example, the first inversion of the Csus4 triad (F – G – C) is the root position of Fsus2. Switch Chord Type: ▪ Cmajor | Cmajor6 | Cmajor7 | Cmajor9 ▪ Cminor | Cminor6 | Cminor7 | Cminor9 ▪ C diminished | C diminished 7th ▪ C augmented | C augmented 7th ▪ C sus 2nd ▪ C sus 4th Back to Master Chord Index 02 of 07 D Suspended 4th Piano Chords Image © Brandy Kraemer, 2016 D Suspended 4th Inversions | View as Bass Chord Root Note: D Perfect Fourth: G Perfect Fifth: A A suspended 4th chord differs from a major or minor chord in that its third has been removed and replaced by a perfect fourth. If the third and fourth are both present, the chord is an add4: DADD4: D – F♯ – G – A DminADD4: D – F – G – A Note that a sus4 chord also doubles as an inversion of a sus2. For example, the first inversion of the Dsus4 triad (G – A – D) is the root position of Gsus2. Switch Chord Type: ▪ Dmajor | Dmajor6 | Dmajor7 | Dmajor9 ▪ Dminor | Dminor6 | Dminor7 | Dminor9 ▪ D diminished | D diminished 7th ▪ D augmented | D augmented 7th ▪ D sus 2nd ▪ D sus 4th Back to Master Chord Index 03 of 07 E Suspended 4th Piano Chords Image © Brandy Kraemer, 2016 E Suspended 4th Inversions | View as Bass Chord Root Note: E Perfect Fourth: A Perfect Fifth: B A suspended 4th chord differs from a major or minor chord in that its third has been removed and replaced by a perfect fourth. If the third and fourth are both present, the chord is an add4: EADD4: E – G♯ – A – B EminADD4: E – G – A – B Note that a sus4 chord also doubles as an inversion of a sus2. For example, the first inversion of the Esus4 triad (A – B – E) is the root position of Asus2. Switch Chord Type: ▪ Emajor | Emajor6 | Emajor7 | Emajor9 ▪ Eminor | Eminor6 | Eminor7 | Eminor9 ▪ E diminished | E diminished 7th ▪ E augmented | E augmented 7th ▪ E sus 2nd ▪ E sus 4th Back to Master Chord Index 04 of 07 F Suspended 4th Piano Chords Image © Brandy Kraemer, 2016 F Suspended 4th Inversions | View as Bass Chord Root Note: F Perfect Fourth: B♭ Perfect Fifth: C A suspended 4th chord differs from a major or minor chord in that its third has been removed and replaced by a perfect fourth. If the third and fourth are both present, the chord is an add4: FADD4: F – A – B♭ – C FminADD4: F – A♭ – B♭ – C Note that a sus4 chord also doubles as an inversion of a sus2. For example, the first inversion of the Fsus4 triad (B♭ – C – F) is the root position of B♭sus2. Switch Chord Type: ▪ Fmajor | Fmajor6 | Fmajor7 | Fmajor9 ▪ Fminor | Fminor6 | Fminor7 | Fminor9 ▪ F diminished | F diminished 7th ▪ F augmented | F augmented 7th ▪ F sus 2nd ▪ F sus 4th Back to Master Chord Index 05 of 07 G Suspended 4th Piano Chords Image © Brandy Kraemer, 2016 G Suspended 4th Inversions | View as Bass Chord Root Note: G Perfect Fourth: C Perfect Fifth: D A suspended 4th chord differs from a major or minor chord in that its third has been removed and replaced by a perfect fourth. If the third and fourth are both present, the chord is an add4: GADD4: G – B – C – D GminADD4: G – B♭ – C – D Note that a sus4 chord also doubles as an inversion of a sus2. For example, the first inversion of the Gsus4 triad (C – D – G) is the root position of Csus2. Switch Chord Type: ▪ G major | Gmajor6 | Gmajor7 | Gmajor9 ▪ G minor | Gminor6 | Gminor7 | Gminor9 ▪ G diminished | G diminished 7th ▪ G augmented | G augmented 7th ▪ G sus 2nd ▪ G sus 4th Back to Master Chord Index 06 of 07 A Suspended 4th Piano Chords Image © Brandy Kraemer, 2016 A Suspended 4th Inversions | View as Bass Chord Root Note: A Perfect Fourth: D Perfect Fifth: E A suspended 4th chord differs from a major or minor chord in that its third has been removed and replaced by a perfect fourth. If the third and fourth are both present, the chord is an add4: AADD4: A – C♯ – D – E AminADD4: A – C – D – E Note that a sus4 chord also doubles as an inversion of a sus2. For example, the first inversion of the Asus4 triad (D – E – A) is the root position of Dsus2. Switch Chord Type: ▪ A major | Amajor6 | Amajor7 | Amajor9 ▪ A minor | Aminor6 | Aminor7 | Aminor9 ▪ A diminished | A diminished 7th ▪ A augmented | A augmented 7th ▪ A sus 2nd ▪ A sus 4th Back to Master Chord Index 07 of 07 B Suspended 4th Piano Chords Image © Brandy Kraemer, 2016 B Suspended 4th Inversions | View as Bass Chord Root Note: B Perfect Fourth: E Perfect Fifth: F♯ A suspended 4th chord differs from a major or minor chord in that its third has been removed and replaced by a perfect fourth. If the third and fourth are both present, the chord is an add4: BADD4: B – D♯ – E – F♯ BminADD4: B – D – E – F♯ Note that a sus4 chord also doubles as an inversion of a sus2. For example, the first inversion of the Bsus4 triad (E – F♯ – B) is the root position of Esus2. Switch Chord Type: ▪ B major | Bmajor6 | Bmajor7 | Bmajor9 ▪ B minor | Bminor6 | Bminor7 | Bminor9 ▪ B diminished | B diminished 7th ▪ B augmented | B augmented 7th ▪ B sus 2nd ▪ B sus 4th Back to Master Chord Index