Suspended & power
A suspended 4th chord
Hanging tension that usually resolves to a major or minor chord.
- Notes
- ADE
- Formula
- 145
- Built from
- root · perfect 4th · perfect 5th
How to play Asus4
About the A suspended 4th chord
Asus4 is usually heard right before A: the D “suspends” the C♯ and then resolves back down to it. Rocking between A and Asus4 is a classic way to add movement to a single chord.
Playing it
On guitar, Asus4 is one of the friendlier shapes: x00230 needs just two fingers and lets the open strings ring. Don’t strum the low E string.
On piano, Asus4 sits entirely on white keys.
On ukulele the usual Asus4 shape is 2200, using two fingers.
