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Eb7sus4 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–1–3–2–4

How to play the Eb7sus4 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the Eb7sus4 chord

Other names: Eb 7th suspended 4th

Music theory name: seventh suspended fourth chord

Common name: Eb 7sus4 chord

Notes and intervals in the Eb7sus4 chord

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

All variations

Open
X–X–1–3–2–4
Fret 4
X–6–6–6–4–4
Fret 6
6–6–8–6–9–6
Fret 11
11–13–11–13–11–11

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Eb7sus4

I Have Nothing
Whitney Houston