Chord Colors

F sharp seven suspended four chord

Inversions

4fr 7fr 9fr

(root position)

Notes and intervals

1 F sharp Root
2 B Perfect 4th
3 C sharp Perfect 5th
4 E Minor 7th

About the F sharp seven suspended four chord

The F sharp seven suspended four chord is a F sharp dominant seventh suspended fourth built from F sharp, B, C sharp, E. It sits outside the plain diatonic set, so it is borrowed to add color and tension. Tap the keys or frets above to hear each note, or press Play chord to hear them together.

It is also written G flat seven suspended four , which spells the same notes enharmonically.

Other F sharp chords

Simpler triads

F sharp F sharp minor F sharp diminished F sharp augmented

Suspended

F sharp suspended two F sharp suspended four

Sixths and sevenths

F sharp six F sharp minor six F sharp seven F sharp major seven F sharp minor seven F sharp minor seven flat five F sharp diminished seven F sharp minor major seven

Extensions

F sharp nine F sharp add nine F sharp major nine F sharp minor nine F sharp eleven F sharp thirteen F sharp six over nine F sharp minor add nine

Altered

F sharp seven sharp five

Functional relationships

These chords are where this one most naturally comes from and resolves to inside a key.

Tritone substitution C seven suspended four

The tritone substitution is a dominant chord a tritone away that shares the same tension, so it can stand in for this chord and resolve the same way.

What do the colors mean?

Every note has its own fixed color, laid out around the circle of fifths. Once you know the colors, chords and scales turn into patterns you can recognize at a glance.

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