Absus4 Chord on Guitar: How To Play the Ab Suspended Fourth chord

Ab sus4 position 1 guitar chord diagram

This chord is made up of the Root, Perfect Fourth, and Perfect Fifth

Different notations for the Absus4 chord:

  • Ab Suspended Fourth
  • Absus4

The notes in the Absus4 chord are Ab, Db, and Eb

Notes in the Ab sus4 chord:

AbDbEb

Tones of the Suspended Fourth chord:

1
b2
2
b3
3
4
b5
5
#5
6
b7
7

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Fingerings for the Ab Suspended Fourth guitar chord

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Position 1
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Ab sus4 position 3 guitar chord diagram

Position 2
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Ab sus4 position 4 guitar chord diagram

Position 3
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Ab sus4 position 1 guitar chord diagram

Position 4
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Ab sus4 position 2 guitar chord diagram

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Use Fretboard Maps To Build Chords Along All The Fretboard

Create your Ab sus4 chord shapes

This fretboard map shows you the tones in the chord all along the neck. You can play this chord by choosing some of the chord tones.

1
5
4
1
5
4
1
4
1
5
5
4
1
4
5
4
1
5

These maps show you the tones in a chord all along the fretboard. They are incredibly helpful because allow you to:

  • Create new voicings on the fly, across all the neck
  • Improvise targeting the right notes
  • Unlock the fretboard and expand the CAGED system.

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