About the F nine suspended four chord
The F nine suspended four chord is a F ninth suspended fourth built from F, B flat, C, E flat, G. It sits outside the plain diatonic set, so it is borrowed to add color and tension.
Positions
(root position)
Notes and intervals
| 1 | F | Root |
| 2 | B flat | Perfect 4th |
| 3 | C | Perfect 5th |
| 4 | E flat | Minor 7th |
| 5 | G | Major 9th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Other F chords
Simpler triads
Suspended
Sixths and sevenths
F six F minor six F minor flat six F seven F major seven F minor seven F minor seven flat five F diminished seven F minor major seven F major seven flat five F major seven sharp five F minor major seven flat five
Extensions
F nine F add nine F major nine F minor nine F eleven F thirteen F six nine F minor add nine F major eleven F major thirteen F minor eleven F minor thirteen F minor six nine F minor major nine F minor major eleven
Altered
Functional relationships
These chords are where this one most naturally comes from and resolves to inside a key.
Dominant
The dominant is a fifth above the root, and it builds tension that pulls strongly back to this chord.
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
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.
