What notes are in the A 7#5sus4 chord?

The A 7#5sus4 chord contains the notes A · D · E# · G: the root A with the intervals 1P, 4P, 5A, 7m stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally A, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the A 7#5sus4 chord?

Measured from A, the A 7#5sus4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 4P, 5A, 7m. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the A 7#5sus4 chord?

On guitar the most common A 7#5sus4 shape is x00031, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play A3 · D4 · E#4 · G4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

A 7#5sus4 Chord (A7#5sus4): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	A3 · D4 · E#4 · G4
Open (drop 2)	E#3 · A3 · D4 · G4
Shell	A3 · D4 · G4
Rootless	D3 · E#3 · G3

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Anatomy

A 7#5sus4 (A7#5sus4) contains the notes A · D · E# · G, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords

Inversions

An inversion of A 7#5sus4 puts a chord tone other than A in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales A 7#5sus4 belongs to.

In which keys

A 7#5sus4 is diatonic to 6 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

C majorVI+7#5sus4Tonic
A minorI+7#5sus4Tonic
Bb majorVII+7#5sus4Dominant
G minorII+7#5sus4Subdominant
F majorIII+7#5sus4Tonic
D minorV+7#5sus4Dominant

Scales that contain it

A 7#5sus4 fits inside these scales, each built on A.

A MinorA · B · C · D · E · F · G
A PhrygianA · Bb · C · D · E · F · G
A LocrianA · Bb · C · D · Eb · F · G
A Phrygian DominantA · Bb · C# · D · E · F · G
A Malkos RagaA · C · D · F · G
A Locrian MajorA · B · C# · D · Eb · F · G
A Locrian #2A · B · C · D · Eb · F · G
A Mixolydian b6A · B · C# · D · E · F · G

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with A 7#5sus4: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Richer

Am11AA · C · E# · G · B · D
A7sus4b9b13A · D · E · G · Bb · F

7#5sus4 on every root

C7#5sus4 Db7#5sus4 D7#5sus4 Eb7#5sus4 E7#5sus4 F7#5sus4 Gb7#5sus4 G7#5sus4 Ab7#5sus4 Bb7#5sus4

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Understanding the A 7#5sus4 chord

Names and symbols

A7#5sus4 is the chord symbol for A 7#5sus4.

7♯5, +7 and aug7 usually all mean this chord: a dominant seventh on an augmented triad. Some books use aug7 for the major seventh on the augmented triad instead, so check which seventh a chart intends.

Common questions

What notes are in the A 7#5sus4 chord?: The A 7#5sus4 chord contains the notes A · D · E# · G: the root A with the intervals 1P, 4P, 5A, 7m stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally A, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the A 7#5sus4 chord?: Measured from A, the A 7#5sus4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 4P, 5A, 7m. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the A 7#5sus4 chord?: On guitar the most common A 7#5sus4 shape is x00031, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play A3 · D4 · E#4 · G4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.