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G nine suspended four chord
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About the G nine suspended four chord

G nine suspended four is used in F Major, where every note it holds is a scale tone. Think of it as a G ninth suspended fourth chord.

Its notes are G, C, D, F, and A. The intervals are a perfect fourth, a perfect fifth, a minor seventh, and a major ninth.

Also called 9sus.

Learn more about the G9sus4 chord

Positions

Position 1 of 4

Notes and intervals

1GGRoot
2CCPerfect 4th
3DDPerfect 5th
4FFMinor 7th
5AAMajor 9th

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 G chords

Simpler triads

G five chordG major chordG minor chordG diminished chordG augmented chord

Suspended

G suspended two chordG suspended four chordG seven suspended four chordG thirteen suspended four chord

Sixths and sevenths

G six chordG minor six chordG minor flat six chordG seven chordG major seven chordG minor seven chordG minor seven flat five chordG diminished seven chordG minor major seven chordG major seven flat five chordG major seven sharp five chordG minor major seven flat five chord

Extensions

G nine chordG add nine chordG major nine chordG minor nine chordG eleven chordG thirteen chordG six nine chordG minor add nine chordG major eleven chordG major thirteen chordG minor eleven chordG minor thirteen chordG minor six nine chordG minor major nine chordG minor major eleven chord

Altered

G seven sharp five chordG seven flat five chordG seven flat nine chordG seven sharp nine chordG nine flat five chordG nine sharp eleven chordG nine sharp five chord

Functional relationships

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

Dominant

D 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

C 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

C sharp nine 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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