G7sus4

G1C4D5F♭7

A dominant seventh with the fourth standing in for the third.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

330011

moderate

Fig. 3

330031

moderate

Fig. 4

330063

moderate

Fig. 5

33303x

moderate

Fig. 6

333533

moderate · barre

What is true of it

G7sus4 is G, C, D and F — 1, 4, 5 and b7 counted from G.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 330011: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are G, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

G7sus4/C

x30011

second inversion

G7sus4/D

xx0011

third inversion

G7sus4/F

130011

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

G in other shapes

Gsus2suspended second Gsus4suspended fourth Gmajor Gmminor Gdimdiminished

C7sus4 C♯7sus4 D♭7sus4 D7sus4 D♯7sus4 E♭7sus4 E7sus4 F7sus4 all 374