Ebsus4 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Ebsus4 is a suspended fourth chord built from Eb, Ab, Bb. 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.

Ebsus4

Eb · Ab · Bb

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 Ebsus4

  • Root position

    Eb · Ab · Bb · bass Eb

  • Inversion 1

    Ab · Bb · Eb · bass Ab

  • Inversion 2

    Bb · Eb · Ab · bass Bb

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 Ebsus4

  • Dbii
  • AbV
  • EbI
  • Biii
  • F#vi

In Db it does this job: ii – V – I

  1. Ebsus4
  2. Ab
  3. Db

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