A# Suspended 4th (A#sus4)

Also written as Bb Suspended 4th (Bb and A# are the same key).

1+4+5
E#A#D#
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Notes in A# Suspended 4th

A# (root)D#E#

Inversions

Same notes as A# Suspended 4th, with a different chord tone as the lowest note. Useful for smoother movement between chords instead of jumping around the keyboard.

Root position

A# in the bass

E#A#D#

1st inversion

D# in the bass

E#D#A#

2nd inversion

E# in the bass

E#A#D#

A# Suspended 4th is built from A#, D# and E#.

The other suspension raises the missing third up to a perfect fourth, which sits a half step above where the third would normally be. That closeness creates real tension, and it's why a sus4 chord so often falls straight back down into the plain major or minor triad on the same root a beat later.

Difficulty: Beginner. Category: Triads. Click any key on the diagram above to hear that single note.