E♭ suspended fourth

E♭sus4

Also written D♯sus4 · E♭sus · E♭4

NotesE♭ · A♭ · B♭
Formula1 · 4 · 5
E♭1A♭4B♭5
Root position

The 4th replaces the 3rd and wants to fall back to it: E♭sus4 → E♭ is one of the oldest cadences there is. The same three notes are A♭sus2.

How pianists voice E♭sus4

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

Open triad Spread

E♭1B♭5A♭4

1 · 5 · 4 — root and 5th below, the 4th an octave up. The same three notes spread over two octaves: the sound of strings rather than a keyboard.

E♭sus4 inversions

The same 3 notes with a different one in the bass. Each inversion is written as a slash chord.

Root position E♭sus4

E♭1A♭4B♭5

Root at the bottom, stacked in 3rds: 1 · 4 · 5.

1st inversion E♭sus4/A♭

A♭4B♭5E♭1

A♭ (the 4) in the bass: 4 · 5 · 1.

2nd inversion E♭sus4/B♭

B♭5E♭1A♭4

B♭ (the 5) in the bass: 5 · 1 · 4.

Suspended fourth chords in every key

Csus4D♭sus4Dsus4E♭sus4Esus4Fsus4F♯sus4Gsus4A♭sus4Asus4B♭sus4Bsus4

Every E♭ chord

E♭E♭mD♯°E♭augE♭sus2E♭sus4E♭add9E♭m(add9)E♭6E♭m6E♭6/9E♭m6/9E♭7E♭maj7E♭m7D♯ø7D♯°7E♭m(maj7)E♭maj7(♯5)E♭7sus4E♭9E♭maj9E♭m9E♭9sus4E♭m11E♭13E♭maj13E♭m13E♭13sus4E♭7(♭9)E♭7(♯9)E♭7(♯11)E♭7(♯5)E♭7(♭13)E♭7(♭9♭13)E♭7(♯9♭13)E♭7(♭9♯11)E♭9(♯11)E♭13(♯11)E♭13(♭9)E♭7altE♭maj7(♯11)E♭maj9(♯11)

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