Suspended & power
C♯ dominant 7th suspended 4th chord
A dominant 7th with a suspended 4th — common in funk, soul and gospel.
- Notes
- C♯F♯G♯B
- Formula
- 145♭7
- Built from
- root · perfect 4th · perfect 5th · minor 7th
How to play C♯7sus4
About the C♯ dominant 7th suspended 4th chord
Playing it
On guitar, C♯7sus4 has an open-position shape, x44402, using four fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the low E string.
On piano, C♯7sus4 has three black keys (C♯, F♯ and G♯) and one white key.
On ukulele the usual C♯7sus4 shape is 1122, using four fingers.
