What notes are in the F sus24 chord?

The F sus24 chord contains the notes F · G · Bb · C: the root F 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 F, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the F sus24 chord?

Measured from F, the F 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 F sus24 chord?

On guitar the most common F sus24 shape is 113313, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play F3 · G3 · Bb3 · C4 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.

F Sus24 Chord (Fsus24): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	F3 · G3 · Bb3 · C4
Open (drop 2)	Bb2 · F3 · G3 · C4

Tap a key or a fret to hear it.

Anatomy

F sus24 (Fsus24) contains the notes F · G · Bb · C, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built

Inversions

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

Where it lives

The keys and the scales F sus24 belongs to.

In which keys

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

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

Scales that contain it

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

F MajorF · G · A · Bb · C · D · E
F MinorF · G · Ab · Bb · C · Db · Eb
F Melodic MinorF · G · Ab · Bb · C · D · E
F Harmonic MinorF · G · Ab · Bb · C · Db · E
F DorianF · G · Ab · Bb · C · D · Eb
F MixolydianF · G · A · Bb · C · D · Eb
F Harmonic MajorF · G · A · Bb · C · Db · E
F RitusenF · G · Bb · C · D

Related chords

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

Simpler

Fsus4F · Bb · C
Fsus2F · G · C
F5F · C

Richer

F11F · C · Eb · G · Bb
Fm11F · Ab · C · Eb · G · Bb
Fmaj9sus4F · Bb · C · E · G
F9sus4F · Bb · C · Eb · G
F13sus4F · Bb · C · Eb · G · D

sus24 on every root

Csus24 C#sus24 Dbsus24 Dsus24 D#sus24 Ebsus24 Esus24 F#sus24 Gbsus24 Gsus24 G#sus24 Absus24 Asus24 A#sus24 Bbsus24 Bsus24

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Understanding the F sus24 chord

Names and symbols

Fsus24 is the chord symbol for F sus24; it is also written Fsus4add9.

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

Common questions

What notes are in the F sus24 chord?: The F sus24 chord contains the notes F · G · Bb · C: the root F 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 F, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the F sus24 chord?: Measured from F, the F 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 F sus24 chord?: On guitar the most common F sus24 shape is 113313, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play F3 · G3 · Bb3 · C4 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.