Absus4 Chord — Notes & How to Play

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Notes: Ab Db Eb

Mood: Open, unresolved

The Absus4 chord (Ab suspended 4th) is an open, unresolved chord with the 3rd replaced by the 4th. It contains the notes Ab Db Eb.

It's built from the root Ab using these intervals (semitones from the root): 0, 5, 7.

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