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Fig. 1 · A7sus4 · moderate

ukulele chord

A7sus4

A1D4E5G♭7

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

on guitaron pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

2230

moderate · barre · no 5

2
Fig. 3

2435

moderate

2
Fig. 4

223x

moderate · barre · no 5

2
Fig. 5

2235

moderate · barre · no 5

9
Fig. 6

x9aa

easy · no 5

What is true of it

A7sus4 is A, D, E and G — 1, 4, 5 and b7 counted from A.

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

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 2230: 2 fingers, one of them barring the 2nd fret, held at the 2nd 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.

3 of the 5 need a barre.

It leaves out the 5. 4 strings cannot carry 4 notes, and the 5 is the one this chord can lose without changing what it is.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

A7sus4/D

x230

9
second inversion

A7sus4/E

99aa

third inversion

A7sus4/G

0200

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.

A in other shapes

Asus2suspended secondAsus4suspended fourthAmajorAmminorAdimdiminished

C7sus4C♯7sus4D♭7sus4D7sus4D♯7sus4E♭7sus4E7sus4F7sus4all 374