A7sus4

A1D4E5G♭7

A dominant seventh with the fourth standing in for the third.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x00030

open

Fig. 3

500030

easy

Fig. 4

x02030

open

Fig. 5

x00033

open · no 5

Fig. 6

x0003x

open · no 5

What is true of it

A7sus4 is A, D, E and G — 1, 4, 5 and b7 counted from A.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x00030: one finger, held at the 3rd fret.

4 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are A, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

A7sus4/D

x50035

second inversion

A7sus4/E

000030

third inversion

A7sus4/G

300030

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

A in other shapes

Asus2suspended second Asus4suspended fourth Amajor Amminor Adimdiminished

C7sus4 C♯7sus4 D♭7sus4 D7sus4 D♯7sus4 E♭7sus4 E7sus4 F7sus4 all 374