What notes are in the G# sus24 chord?

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

What intervals make up the G# sus24 chord?

Measured from G#, the G# 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 G# sus24 chord?

On guitar the most common G# sus24 shape is 411124, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · A#3 · C#4 · D#4 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# Sus24 Chord (G#sus24): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

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

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Anatomy

G# sus24 (G#sus24) contains the notes G# · A# · C# · D#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built

Inversions

An inversion of G# sus24 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# sus24 belongs to.

In which keys

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

B majorVIsus24Tonic
G# minorIsus24Tonic
F# majorIIsus24Subdominant
D# minorIVsus24Subdominant
Db majorVsus24Dominant
Bb minorVIIsus24Subdominant
Ab majorIsus24Tonic
F minorIIIsus24Tonic

Scales that contain it

G# sus24 fits inside these scales, each built on G#.

G# MinorG# · A# · B · C# · D# · E · F#
G# DorianG# · A# · B · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# MixolydianG# · A# · B# · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# RitusenG# · A# · C# · D# · E#
G# EgyptianG# · A# · C# · D# · F#
G# PiongioG# · A# · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# Mixolydian b6G# · A# · B# · C# · D# · E · F#
G# Bebop MinorG# · A# · B · B# · C# · D# · E# · F#

Related chords

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

Simpler

G#sus4G# · C# · D#
G#sus2G# · A# · D#
G#5G# · D#

Richer

G#11G# · D# · F# · A# · C#
G#m11G# · B · D# · F# · A# · C#
G#9sus4G# · C# · D# · F# · A#
G#13sus4G# · C# · D# · F# · A# · E#

sus24 on every root

Csus24 C#sus24 Dbsus24 Dsus24 D#sus24 Ebsus24 Esus24 Fsus24 F#sus24 Gbsus24 Gsus24 Absus24 Asus24 A#sus24 Bbsus24 Bsus24

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Understanding the G# sus24 chord

Names and symbols

G#sus24 is the chord symbol for G# sus24; it is also written G#sus4add9.

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

Common questions

What notes are in the G# sus24 chord?: The G# sus24 chord contains the notes G# · A# · C# · D#: the root G# 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 G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the G# sus24 chord?: Measured from G#, the G# 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 G# sus24 chord?: On guitar the most common G# sus24 shape is 411124, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · A#3 · C#4 · D#4 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.