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Fig. 1 · G7sus4 · open

ukulele chord

G7sus4

G1C4D5F♭7

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

on guitaron pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

001x

open · no 5

Fig. 3

0013

open · no 5

Fig. 4

0213

open

Fig. 5

0533

easy · no 5

7
Fig. 6

x788

easy · no 5

What is true of it

G7sus4 is G, C, D and F — 1, 4, 5 and b7 counted from G.

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

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 001x: one finger, held at the 1st fret.

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

It leaves out the 5. 4 strings cannot carry 4 notes, and the 5 is the one this chord can lose without changing what it is.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

3
first inversion

G7sus4/C

5535

7
second inversion

G7sus4/D

7788

10
third inversion

G7sus4/F

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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.

G in other shapes

Gsus2suspended secondGsus4suspended fourthGmajorGmminorGdimdiminished

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