Esus4 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Esus4 is a suspended fourth chord built from E, A, B. 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.

Esus4

E · A · B

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 Esus4

  • Root position

    E · A · B · bass E

  • Inversion 1

    A · B · E · bass A

  • Inversion 2

    B · E · A · bass B

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 Esus4

  • Ciii
  • Gvi
  • Dii
  • AV
  • EI

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

  1. G
  2. D
  3. Esus4
  4. C

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