Gsus4 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Gsus4 is a suspended fourth chord built from G, C, D. 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.

Gsus4

G · C · D

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 Gsus4

  • Root position

    G · C · D · bass G

  • Inversion 1

    C · D · G · bass C

  • Inversion 2

    D · G · C · bass D

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 Gsus4

  • CV
  • GI
  • Ebiii
  • Bbvi
  • Fii

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

  1. C
  2. Gsus4
  3. Am
  4. F

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