What notes are in the G# 13sus4 chord?

The G# 13sus4 chord contains the notes G# · C# · D# · F# · A# · E#: the root G# with the intervals 1P, 4P, 5P, 7m, 9M, 13M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the G# 13sus4 chord?

Measured from G#, the G# 13sus4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 4P, 5P, 7m, 9M, 13M. 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 G# 13sus4 chord?

On guitar the most common G# 13sus4 shape is 414121, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · C#4 · D#4 · F#4 · A#4 · E#5 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.

G# 13sus4 Chord (G#13sus4): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	G#3 · C#4 · D#4 · F#4 · A#4 · E#5
Open (drop 2)	G#3 · A#3 · C#4 · D#4 · F#4 · E#5
Shell	G#3 · C#4 · F#4
Rootless	C#3 · F#3 · A#3 · E#4

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Anatomy

G# 13sus4 (G#13sus4) contains the notes G# · C# · D# · F# · A# · E#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords · extensions

Inversions

An inversion of G# 13sus4 puts a chord tone other than G# in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales G# 13sus4 belongs to.

In which keys

G# 13sus4 is diatonic to 4 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

F# majorII13sus4Subdominant
D# minorIV13sus4Subdominant
Db majorV13sus4Dominant
Bb minorVII13sus4Subdominant

Extensions beyond the seventh count when every note sits in the key.

Scales that contain it

G# 13sus4 fits inside these scales, each built on G#.

G# DorianG# · A# · B · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# MixolydianG# · A# · B# · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# Bebop MinorG# · A# · B · B# · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# Composite BluesG# · A# · B · B# · C# · D · D# · E# · F#

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with G# 13sus4: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

G#11G# · D# · F# · A# · C#
G#9sus4G# · C# · D# · F# · A#
G#7sus4G# · C# · D# · F#
G#sus24G# · A# · C# · D#
G#sus4G# · C# · D#
G#sus2G# · A# · D#
G#5G# · D#

13sus4 on every root

C13sus4 C#13sus4 Db13sus4 D13sus4 D#13sus4 Eb13sus4 E13sus4 F13sus4 F#13sus4 Gb13sus4 G13sus4 Ab13sus4 A13sus4 Bb13sus4 B13sus4

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Understanding the G# 13sus4 chord

Names and symbols

G#13sus4 is the chord symbol for G# 13sus4; it is also written G#13sus.

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

G# 13sus4 and Ab 13sus4 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Ab 13sus4

Common questions

What notes are in the G# 13sus4 chord?: The G# 13sus4 chord contains the notes G# · C# · D# · F# · A# · E#: the root G# with the intervals 1P, 4P, 5P, 7m, 9M, 13M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the G# 13sus4 chord?: Measured from G#, the G# 13sus4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 4P, 5P, 7m, 9M, 13M. 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 G# 13sus4 chord?: On guitar the most common G# 13sus4 shape is 414121, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · C#4 · D#4 · F#4 · A#4 · E#5 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.