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Fig. 1 · F7sus4 · easy

ukulele chord

F7sus4

F1B♭4C5E♭♭7

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

on guitaron pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

5
Fig. 2

x566

easy · no 5

10
Fig. 3

aabx

moderate · barre · no 5

8
Fig. 4

aab8

hard · no 5

What is true of it

F7sus4 is F, B♭, C and E♭ — 1, 4, 5 and b7 counted from F.

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

The easiest of the 3 fingerings below is x566: 3 fingers, held at the 5th 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 3 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.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 5 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

F7sus4/B♭

3313

5
second inversion

F7sus4/C

5566

8
third inversion

F7sus4/E♭

8a88

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.

F in other shapes

Fsus2suspended secondFsus4suspended fourthFmajorFmminorFdimdiminished

C7sus4C♯7sus4D♭7sus4D7sus4D♯7sus4E♭7sus4E7sus4F♯7sus4all 374