B ninth, suspended fourth

B9sus4

Also written B11 · B9sus · A/B

NotesB · E · F♯ · A · C♯
Formula1 · 4 · 5 · ♭7 · 9
B1E4A♭7F♯5C♯9
All its notes, from the root

Often written B11, or A/B: an A major triad over the root. The modern dominant — V of E major without the pull of a 3rd. Herbie Hancock's “Maiden Voyage” is built from chords like this one.

How pianists voice B9sus4

The same notes, laid out the way hands actually play them.

A over B Slash chord

B1A♭7E4C♯9

1 · ♭7 · 9 · 4 — an A major triad in the right hand over B in the left. The triad brings ♭7, 9 and 11; the missing 3rd is what makes the chord float.

F♯m7 over B Slash chord

B1A♭7E4F♯5C♯9

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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