Guitar chord · Suspended 4th
Absus4 chord (Ab Suspended 4th)
Replaces the 3rd with a 4th, suspending major/minor feeling with open tension.
Notes AbDbEb
Formula 1 4 5
Shapes 3 on this page
Absus4 chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, Ab.
STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E
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Scales to play over Absus4
These scales start on Ab and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Absus4 is the chord of the moment.
Ab Major Ab Minor Ab Minor Pentatonic Ab Blues Ab Dorian Ab Phrygian Ab Mixolydian Ab Harmonic Minor Ab Phrygian Dominant Ab Melodic Minor Ab Bebop Dominant Ab Dorian b2 Ab Mixolydian b6 Ab Harmonic Major Ab Double Harmonic Major Ab Neapolitan Minor Ab Neapolitan Major Ab Bebop Major Ab Bebop Dorian Ab Yo Ab In Ab In Sen Ab Mixolydian b2 Ab Bebop Melodic Minor Ab Bebop Harmonic Minor Ab Egyptian Pentatonic
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Questions
- What notes are in a Absus4 chord?
- Absus4 is Ab, Db, Eb: the 1, 4, 5 of Ab.
- How do you play Absus4 on guitar?
- Esus4 Open / Barre Shape: 4 6 6 6 4 4; Asus4 Open / Barre Shape: x 11 13 13 14 11; Dsus4 Open Shape: x x 6 8 9 9 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Absus4?
- Scales on Ab that contain every note of Absus4: Ab Major, Ab Minor, Ab Minor Pentatonic, Ab Blues, Ab Dorian, Ab Phrygian.
Suspended 4th chords in every key
More Ab chords
Ab Abm Abdim Ab5 Ab7 Abmaj7 Abm7 Abm(maj7) Abmaj9 Ab9 Abm9 Abm11 Ab6 Abm6 Abadd9 Absus2 Ab7sus4 Ab7#9 Abaug Abmaj7#5 Abdim7 Abm7b5 Ab7b9 Ab13 Ab6/9 Ab11 Ab9sus4 Abmadd9 Abadd11 Abm6/9 Ab7#5 Ab7b5 Ab7#11 Abmaj13 Abm13 Abmaj11 Ab9#11 Abmaj9#11 Abmaj7#11 Abm9b5 Ab7sus4b9 Abm(maj9) Ab9#5 Ab9b5 Ab7b5b9 Ab7#5b9 Ab7#5#9 Ab7b5#9 Ab7b13 Ab13b9 Ab13#11 Abm7#5 Abmaj7b5 Abdim(maj7) Abmadd11