Home Ab chords for guitar Ab7sus4 Guitar Chord

Ab7sus4 Guitar Chord

An open chord combining seventh tension with a suspended fourth. Typical of soul, gospel and modern worship music. Often resolves to the dominant seventh chord.

Guitar

Strings X–X–1–1–2–2

How to play the Ab7sus4 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–1–1–2–2 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Do not play
5th string (A) Do not play
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · middle finger

Notation for Ab7sus4 chord

Other names: Ab 7th suspended 4th

Music theory name: seventh suspended fourth chord

Common name: Ab 7sus4 chord

Intervals and tones in Ab7sus4 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C# Perfect 4th
Eb Perfect 5th
F# Minor 7th

All Variations

Open
X–X–1–1–2–2
Fret 4
4–6–4–6–4–4
Fret 9
X–11–11–11–9–9
Fret 11
11–11–13–11–14–11

Songs using Ab7sus4