What notes are in the Bb sus24 chord?

The Bb sus24 chord contains the notes Bb · C · Eb · F: the root Bb with the intervals 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally Bb, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the Bb sus24 chord?

Measured from Bb, the Bb sus24 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P. 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 Bb sus24 chord?

On guitar the most common Bb sus24 shape is x11311, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Bb3 · C4 · Eb4 · F4 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.

Bb Sus24 Chord (Bbsus24): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	Bb3 · C4 · Eb4 · F4
Open (drop 2)	Eb3 · Bb3 · C4 · F4

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Anatomy

Bb sus24 (Bbsus24) contains the notes Bb · C · Eb · F, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built

Inversions

An inversion of Bb sus24 puts a chord tone other than Bb in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales Bb sus24 belongs to.

In which keys

Bb sus24 is diatonic to 8 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

Db majorVIsus24Tonic
Bb minorIsus24Tonic
Ab majorIIsus24Subdominant
F minorIVsus24Subdominant
Eb majorVsus24Dominant
C minorVIIsus24Subdominant
Bb majorIsus24Tonic
G minorIIIsus24Tonic

Scales that contain it

Bb sus24 fits inside these scales, each built on Bb.

Bb MajorBb · C · D · Eb · F · G · A
Bb MinorBb · C · Db · Eb · F · Gb · Ab
Bb Melodic MinorBb · C · Db · Eb · F · G · A
Bb Harmonic MinorBb · C · Db · Eb · F · Gb · A
Bb DorianBb · C · Db · Eb · F · G · Ab
Bb MixolydianBb · C · D · Eb · F · G · Ab
Bb Harmonic MajorBb · C · D · Eb · F · Gb · A
Bb RitusenBb · C · Eb · F · G

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with Bb sus24: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

Bbsus4Bb · Eb · F
Bbsus2Bb · C · F
Bb5Bb · F

Richer

Bb11Bb · F · Ab · C · Eb
Bbm11Bb · Db · F · Ab · C · Eb
Bbmaj9sus4Bb · Eb · F · A · C
Bb9sus4Bb · Eb · F · Ab · C
Bb13sus4Bb · Eb · F · Ab · C · G

sus24 on every root

Csus24 C#sus24 Dbsus24 Dsus24 D#sus24 Ebsus24 Esus24 Fsus24 F#sus24 Gbsus24 Gsus24 G#sus24 Absus24 Asus24 A#sus24 Bsus24

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Understanding the Bb sus24 chord

Names and symbols

Bbsus24 is the chord symbol for Bb sus24; it is also written Bbsus4add9.

sus on its own means sus4, and 7sus means 7sus4. sus2 is sometimes written add9(no3), which names the same notes from another angle.

Bb sus24 and A# sus24 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. A# sus24

Common questions

What notes are in the Bb sus24 chord?: The Bb sus24 chord contains the notes Bb · C · Eb · F: the root Bb with the intervals 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally Bb, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the Bb sus24 chord?: Measured from Bb, the Bb sus24 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P. 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 Bb sus24 chord?: On guitar the most common Bb sus24 shape is x11311, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Bb3 · C4 · Eb4 · F4 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.