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B seven suspended four chord
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About the B seven suspended four chord

B seven suspended four is used in A Major, where every note it holds is a scale tone. Think of it as a B dominant seventh suspended fourth chord.

Its notes are B, E, F♯, and A. The intervals are a perfect fourth, a perfect fifth, and a minor seventh.

Also called 7sus.

Learn more about the B7sus4 chord

Inversions

Position 1 of 4

B seven suspended four (root position)

Notes and intervals

1BBRoot
2EEPerfect 4th
3F#F♯Perfect 5th
4AAMinor 7th

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Other B chords

Simpler triads

B five chordB major chordB minor chordB diminished chordB augmented chord

Suspended

B suspended two chordB suspended four chordB nine suspended four chordB thirteen suspended four chord

Sixths and sevenths

B six chordB minor six chordB minor flat six chordB seven chordB major seven chordB minor seven chordB minor seven flat five chordB diminished seven chordB minor major seven chordB major seven flat five chordB major seven sharp five chordB minor major seven flat five chord

Extensions

B nine chordB add nine chordB major nine chordB minor nine chordB eleven chordB thirteen chordB six nine chordB minor add nine chordB major eleven chordB major thirteen chordB minor eleven chordB minor thirteen chordB minor six nine chordB minor major nine chordB minor major eleven chord

Altered

B seven sharp five chordB seven flat five chordB seven flat nine chordB seven sharp nine chordB nine flat five chordB nine sharp eleven chordB nine sharp five chord

Functional relationships

These chords are where this one most naturally comes from and resolves to inside a key.

Dominant

F sharp major chord Learn more about Dominant

The dominant is a fifth above the root, and it builds tension that pulls strongly back to this chord.

Subdominant

E major chord Learn more about Subdominant

The subdominant is a fourth above the root (a fifth below), and it usually leads on to the dominant or back home.

Tritone substitution

F seven suspended four chord Learn more about Tritone substitution

The tritone substitution is a dominant chord a tritone away that shares the same tension, so it can stand in for this chord and resolve the same way.

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