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Fig. 1 · Absus4 on the keyboard

piano chord

A♭sus4

A♭1D♭4E♭5

The third replaced by the fourth, which leans on the third it is standing in for.

Written the other way round it is G♯sus4 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

A♭sus4 is A♭, D♭ and E♭ — 1, 4 and 5 counted from A♭.

These are also the notes of D♭sus2/A♭ and C♯sus2/A♭. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

A♭ in other shapes

A♭sus2suspended secondA♭7sus4dominant seventh suspended fourthA♭majorA♭mminorA♭dimdiminished

Csus4C♯sus4D♭sus4Dsus4D♯sus4E♭sus4Esus4Fsus4all 374