Guitar Upscale9sus4 Chord on guitar
A 9sus4 chord adds the ninth to a 7sus4 chord, a smooth, modern dominant sound.
| Written as | C9sus4 |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 4 5 b7 9 |
| Notes in C | C F G Bb D |
| Semitones from the root | 0, 5, 7, 10, 14 |
About the 9sus4 Chord
G9sus4 is G, C, D, F and A. It sounds like F major over a G bass note.
Gospel, soul and fusion players use it in place of a plain V chord.
Play an F major shape over a G bass note for a quick way to get it.
Intervals
- 1: Root, 0 semitones above the root
- 4: Perfect 4th, 5 semitones above the root
- 5: Perfect 5th, 7 semitones above the root
- b7: Minor 7th, 10 semitones above the root
- 9: 9th, 14 semitones above the root
9sus4 Chord charts in all 12 keys
Each chart shows the strings from the thick low E on the left to the thin high e on the right. Numbers in the dots are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little, T thumb. × marks a muted string and ○ an open one. A bar across strings is a barre.
C9sus4: C F G Bb D
G9sus4: G C D F A
D9sus4: D G A C E
A9sus4: A D E G B
E9sus4: E A B D F#
B9sus4: B E F# A C#
F#9sus4: F# B C# E G#
C#9sus4: C# F# G# B D#
G#9sus4: G# C# D# F# A#
Eb9sus4: Eb Ab Bb Db F
Bb9sus4: Bb Eb F Ab C
F9sus4: F Bb C Eb G
Scales to play over C9sus4
Each of these scales, started on C, holds every note of the chord:
- C Natural Minor (Aeolian)
- C Harmonic Minor Bebop
- C Harmonic Minor Bebop with a Raised Fourth
- C Dorian Mode
- C Mixolydian Mode
- C Adonai Malakh
- C Taishikicho
- C Hindu (Mixolydian b6)
- C Egyptian (Suspended Pentatonic)
- C Bebop Minor (Bebop Dorian)
- C Bebop Dominant