Guitar chord · Suspended 4th
Asus4 chord (A Suspended 4th)
Replaces the 3rd with a 4th, suspending major/minor feeling with open tension.
Notes ADE
Formula 1 4 5
Shapes 3 on this page
Asus4 chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, A.
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 Asus4
These scales start on A and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Asus4 is the chord of the moment.
A Major A Minor A Minor Pentatonic A Blues A Dorian A Phrygian A Mixolydian A Harmonic Minor A Phrygian Dominant A Melodic Minor A Bebop Dominant A Dorian b2 A Mixolydian b6 A Harmonic Major A Double Harmonic Major A Neapolitan Minor A Neapolitan Major A Bebop Major A Bebop Dorian A Yo A In A In Sen A Mixolydian b2 A Bebop Melodic Minor A Bebop Harmonic Minor A Egyptian Pentatonic
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Questions
- What notes are in a Asus4 chord?
- Asus4 is A, D, E: the 1, 4, 5 of A.
- How do you play Asus4 on guitar?
- Esus4 Open / Barre Shape: 5 7 7 7 5 5; Asus4 Open / Barre Shape: x 0 2 2 3 0; Dsus4 Open Shape: x x 7 9 10 10 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Asus4?
- Scales on A that contain every note of Asus4: A Major, A Minor, A Minor Pentatonic, A Blues, A Dorian, A Phrygian.
Suspended 4th chords in every key
More A chords
A Am Adim A5 A7 Amaj7 Am7 Am(maj7) Amaj9 A9 Am9 Am11 A6 Am6 Aadd9 Asus2 A7sus4 A7#9 Aaug Amaj7#5 Adim7 Am7b5 A7b9 A13 A6/9 A11 A9sus4 Amadd9 Aadd11 Am6/9 A7#5 A7b5 A7#11 Amaj13 Am13 Amaj11 A9#11 Amaj9#11 Amaj7#11 Am9b5 A7sus4b9 Am(maj9) A9#5 A9b5 A7b5b9 A7#5b9 A7#5#9 A7b5#9 A7b13 A13b9 A13#11 Am7#5 Amaj7b5 Adim(maj7) Amadd11