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F seven suspended four chord
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About the F seven suspended four chord

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

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

Also called 7sus.

Learn more about the F7sus4 chord

Positions

Position 1 of 4

Notes and intervals

1FFRoot
2BbB♭Perfect 4th
3CCPerfect 5th
4EbE♭Minor 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 F chords

Simpler triads

F five chordF major chordF minor chordF diminished chordF augmented chord

Suspended

F suspended two chordF suspended four chordF nine suspended four chordF thirteen suspended four chord

Sixths and sevenths

F six chordF minor six chordF minor flat six chordF seven chordF major seven chordF minor seven chordF minor seven flat five chordF diminished seven chordF minor major seven chordF major seven flat five chordF major seven sharp five chordF minor major seven flat five chord

Extensions

F nine chordF add nine chordF major nine chordF minor nine chordF eleven chordF thirteen chordF six nine chordF minor add nine chordF major eleven chordF major thirteen chordF minor eleven chordF minor thirteen chordF minor six nine chordF minor major nine chordF minor major eleven chord

Altered

F seven sharp five chordF seven flat five chordF seven flat nine chordF seven sharp nine chordF nine flat five chordF nine sharp eleven chordF nine sharp five chord

Functional relationships

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

Dominant

C 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

B flat 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

B 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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