Suspended & power

E♭ dominant 7th suspended 4th chord

A dominant 7th with a suspended 4th — common in funk, soul and gospel.

Spell as D♯7sus4
Notes
E♭A♭B♭D♭
Formula
145♭7
Built from
root · perfect 4th · perfect 5th · minor 7th

How to play E♭7sus4

About the E♭ dominant 7th suspended 4th chord

Playing it

There’s no open-string way to play E♭7sus4 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 11th fret (11-11-11-13-11-11).

On piano, every note of E♭7sus4 is a black key.

On ukulele the usual E♭7sus4 shape is 3344, using four fingers.

Related chords

Move a single note and E♭7sus4 becomes a different chord: lower A♭ to G for E♭7, swap A♭ for G♭ for E♭m7 and drop the D♭ for E♭sus4.

E♭7sus4 chord (E♭ dominant 7th suspended 4th) on guitar, ukulele and piano
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