Suspended 4th Bass Piano Chords

By Brandy Kraemer, About.com Guide

F Suspended 4th Bass Triads | Switch to Treble View

◊ 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:

• F^ADD4: F – A – B♭ – C


• Fm^ADD4: F – A♭ – B♭ – C

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


_{♫ More Bass Chords:  
Fmaj ▪ Fma7 ▪ Fma9  |  Fmin ▪ Fm7 ▪ Fm9  |  Fdim ▪ F°7  |  Faug ▪ F+7  |  Fsus2 ▪ Fsus4}



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