CadenzaA ninth, suspended fourth
A9sus4
Also written A11 · A9sus · G/A
Often written A11, or G/A: a G major triad over the root. The modern dominant — V of D major without the pull of a 3rd. Herbie Hancock's “Maiden Voyage” is built from chords like this one.
How pianists voice A9sus4
The same notes, laid out the way hands actually play them.
G over A Slash chord
1 · ♭7 · 9 · 4 — a G major triad in the right hand over A in the left. The triad brings ♭7, 9 and 11; the missing 3rd is what makes the chord float.
Em7 over A Slash chord
1 · 5 · ♭7 · 9 · 4 — the same chord heard another way: a minor 7th on the 5th, with the root underneath.
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