Bsus4 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory
Bsus4 is a suspended fourth chord built from B, E, F#. 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.
Bsus4
B · E · F#
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 Bsus4
Root position
B · E · F# · bass B
Inversion 1
E · F# · B · bass E
Inversion 2
F# · B · E · bass F#
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 Bsus4
- Giii
- Dvi
- Aii
- EV
- BI
In D it does this job: I – V – vi – IV
- D
- A
- Bsus4
- G