Suspended 4th Bass Piano Chords

By Brandy Kraemer, About.com Guide

C Suspended 4th Bass Triads | Switch to Treble View

◊ 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:

• C^ADD4: C – E – F – G


• Cm^ADD4: C – E♭ – F – G

Note that a sus4 chord also doubles as an inversion of a sus2. For example, the first inversion of the C^sus4 triad (F – G – C) is the root position of F^sus2.


_{♫ More Bass Chords:  
Cmaj ▪ Cma7 ▪ Cma9  |  Cmin ▪ Cm7 ▪ Cm9  |  Cdim ▪ C°7  |  Caug ▪ C+7  |  Csus2 ▪ Csus4}



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