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Bb7sus4 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–1–3–1–4–1

How to play the Bb7sus4 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–1–3–1–4–1 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) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 3 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · pinky
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the Bb7sus4 chord

Other names: Bb 7th suspended 4th

Music theory name: seventh suspended fourth chord

Common name: Bb 7sus4 chord

Notes and intervals in the Bb7sus4 chord

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

All variations

Open
X–1–3–1–4–1
Open
X–X–3–3–4–4
Fret 6
6–8–6–8–6–6
Fret 8
X–X–8–10–9–11

Songs using Bb7sus4