Guitar chord · Suspended & power
A♭ suspended 4th chord on guitar
446644 · Barre · 4th fret
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play A♭sus4 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Hanging tension that usually resolves to a major or minor chord.
- Notes
- A♭D♭E♭
- Formula
- 145
- Built from
- root · perfect 4th · perfect 5th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Barre · 4th fret
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 6 strings at the 4th fret — this is the barre.
- 6th string (low E): 4th fret, held by the barre A♭
- 5th string (A): 4th fret, held by the barre D♭
- 4th string (D): 6th fret, ring finger (3) A♭
- 3rd string (G): 6th fret, pinky finger (4) D♭
- 2nd string (B): 4th fret, held by the barre E♭
- 1st string (high E): 4th fret, held by the barre A♭
Tablature
e|--4---| B|--4---| G|--6---| D|--6---| A|--4---| E|--4---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every A♭sus4 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing A♭sus4 on guitar
There’s no open-string way to play A♭sus4 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 4th fret (446644). While you build strength, you can play just the top four strings of the same shape (xx6644).
