Suspended & power
G♭ dominant 7th suspended 4th chord
A dominant 7th with a suspended 4th — common in funk, soul and gospel.
- Notes
- G♭C♭D♭F♭
- Formula
- 145♭7
- Built from
- root · perfect 4th · perfect 5th · minor 7th
How to play G♭7sus4
About the G♭ dominant 7th suspended 4th chord
Playing it
On guitar, G♭7sus4 has an open-position shape, 242400, using four fingers alongside the open strings.
On piano, G♭7sus4 has two black keys (G♭ and D♭) and two white keys.
On ukulele the usual G♭7sus4 shape is 4424, using four fingers.
Related chords
Move a single note and G♭7sus4 becomes a different chord: lower C♭ to B♭ for G♭7, swap C♭ for B𝄫 for G♭m7 and drop the F♭ for G♭sus4.
Where you’ll hear it
Notice the C♭ in G♭7sus4 (G♭ C♭ D♭ F♭): each note of the chord takes its own letter (G–C–D–F), so the perfect 4th has to be written C♭ rather than B — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
