E suspended fourth

Esus4

Also written Esus · E4

NotesE · A · B
Formula1 · 4 · 5
E1A4B5
Root position

The 4th replaces the 3rd and wants to fall back to it: Esus4 → E is one of the oldest cadences there is. The same three notes are Asus2.

How pianists voice Esus4

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

Open triad Spread

E1B5A4

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.

Esus4 inversions

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

Root position Esus4

E1A4B5

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

1st inversion Esus4/A

A4B5E1

A (the 4) in the bass: 4 · 5 · 1.

2nd inversion Esus4/B

B5E1A4

B (the 5) in the bass: 5 · 1 · 4.

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