F 7sus4 (F7sus4)

Download MIDI
1+4+5+b7
F1C3Bb2Eb5
4 4

Notes in F 7sus4

F (root)BbCEb

Inversions

Same notes as F 7sus4, with a different chord tone as the lowest note. Useful for smoother movement between chords instead of jumping around the keyboard.

Root position

F in the bass

F1C3Bb2Eb5

1st inversion

Bb in the bass (F7sus4/Bb)

C2F5Bb1Eb4

2nd inversion

C in the bass (F7sus4/C)

C1F3Eb2Bb5

3rd inversion

Eb in the bass (F7sus4/Eb)

F2C5Eb1Bb3

Open voicings

A close-position chord like F 7sus4 can sound cluttered in the middle of the keyboard. Jazz players open it up by dropping one note down an octave, spreading the same notes wider without changing the chord.

Drop 2

C on the bottom

C3F1Bb2Eb5

Drop 3

Bb on the bottom

F1C3Bb2Eb5

F 7sus4 is built from F, Bb, C and Eb.

A dominant seventh chord with the third swapped out for a perfect fourth, combining the open sound of a sus4 with the pull of a dominant seventh. Gospel and blues piano lean on it heavily, often as a stepping stone right before the full dominant seventh resolves.

Difficulty: Intermediate. Category: Extended chords. Click any highlighted key on the diagram above, or tab to it and press Enter, to hear that single note. Inversions mark the bass note with a contrasting outline.