Suspended & power

F dominant 7th suspended 4th chord

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

How to play F7sus4

111311 · Barre · 1st fret

Right hand: F (1), B♭ (2), C (3), E♭ (5)

3313 · 1st fret

There’s no open-string way to play F7sus4 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 1st fret (111311).

On piano, F7sus4 has two black keys (B♭ and E♭) and two white keys.

On ukulele the usual F7sus4 shape is 3313, using four fingers.

Move a single note and F7sus4 becomes a different chord: lower B♭ to A for F7, swap B♭ for A♭ for Fm7 and drop the E♭ for Fsus4.