Piano chord · Suspended & power
G♭ suspended 4th chord on piano
Right hand: G♭ (1), C♭ (3), D♭ (5)
How to play G♭sus4 on piano: the keys to press, which fingers to use, inversions and how it’s written on the staff.
Hanging tension that usually resolves to a major or minor chord.
- Notes
- G♭C♭D♭
- Formula
- 145
- Built from
- root · perfect 4th · perfect 5th
Piano
Root position · numbers are finger numbers
How to play it
Right handG♭1 · thumbC♭3 · middleD♭5 · pinky
Left handG♭5 · pinkythe root, an octave lower
Finger numbers: 1 thumb · 2 index · 3 middle · 4 ring · 5 pinky. Inversions use the same notes with a different one on the bottom — they help you move smoothly between chords. Tap any key to hear it.
Tips for playing G♭sus4 on piano
On piano, G♭sus4 has two black keys (G♭ and D♭) and one white key.
Notice the C♭ in G♭sus4 (G♭ C♭ D♭): each note of the chord takes its own letter (G–C–D), so the perfect 4th has to be written C♭ rather than B — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
