Asus4 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Asus4 is a suspended fourth chord built from A, D, E. Below: the keys to press, every inversion with its own diagram, the intervals it is made of, the keys whose scale contains it, and a progression that actually uses it. Press any diagram to hear it.

Asus4

A · D · E

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 5 – 7

The third is replaced by a fourth, so the chord is neither major nor minor until it resolves.

Inversions of Asus4

  • Root position

    A · D · E · bass A

  • Inversion 1

    D · E · A · bass D

  • Inversion 2

    E · A · D · bass E

Same chord, different note at the bottom. Press a diagram to hear it — inversions are how you move between chords without jumping your hand across the keyboard.

Keys that contain Asus4

  • Cvi
  • Gii
  • DV
  • AI
  • Fiii

In C it does this job: I – V – vi – IV

  1. C
  2. G
  3. Asus4
  4. F

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