What notes are in the Gb sus24 chord?

The Gb sus24 chord contains the notes Gb · Ab · Cb · Db: the root Gb 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 Gb, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the Gb sus24 chord?

Measured from Gb, the Gb 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 Gb sus24 chord?

On guitar the most common Gb sus24 shape is 224424, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Gb3 · Ab3 · Cb3 · Db4 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.

Gb Sus24 Chord (Gbsus24): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	Gb3 · Ab3 · Cb3 · Db4
Open (drop 2)	Cb2 · Gb3 · Ab3 · Db4

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Anatomy

Gb sus24 (Gbsus24) contains the notes Gb · Ab · Cb · Db, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built

Inversions

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

Where it lives

The keys and the scales Gb sus24 belongs to.

In which keys

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

A majorVIsus24Tonic
F# minorIsus24Tonic
E majorIIsus24Subdominant
C# minorIVsus24Subdominant
B majorVsus24Dominant
G# minorVIIsus24Subdominant
F# majorIsus24Tonic
D# minorIIIsus24Tonic

Scales that contain it

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

Gb MajorGb · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db · Eb · F
Gb MixolydianGb · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db · Eb · Fb
Gb RitusenGb · Ab · Cb · Db · Eb
Gb EgyptianGb · Ab · Cb · Db · Fb
Gb PiongioGb · Ab · Cb · Db · Eb · Fb
Gb BebopGb · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db · Eb · Fb · F
Gb Bebop MajorGb · Ab · Bb · Cb · Db · D · Eb · F

Related chords

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

Simpler

Gbsus4Gb · Cb · Db
Gbsus2Gb · Ab · Db
Gb5Gb · Db

Richer

Gb11Gb · Db · Fb · Ab · Cb
Gbmaj9sus4Gb · Cb · Db · F · Ab
Gb9sus4Gb · Cb · Db · Fb · Ab
Gb13sus4Gb · Cb · Db · Fb · Ab · Eb

sus24 on every root

Csus24 C#sus24 Dbsus24 Dsus24 D#sus24 Ebsus24 Esus24 Fsus24 F#sus24 Gsus24 G#sus24 Absus24 Asus24 A#sus24 Bbsus24 Bsus24

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Understanding the Gb sus24 chord

Names and symbols

Gbsus24 is the chord symbol for Gb sus24; it is also written Gbsus4add9.

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

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

Common questions

What notes are in the Gb sus24 chord?: The Gb sus24 chord contains the notes Gb · Ab · Cb · Db: the root Gb 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 Gb, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the Gb sus24 chord?: Measured from Gb, the Gb 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 Gb sus24 chord?: On guitar the most common Gb sus24 shape is 224424, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Gb3 · Ab3 · Cb3 · Db4 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.