A Sus4 Chord

How to play Asus4 on guitar

Read the diagrams with the low E string on the left. × means do not play that string, ○ means play it open.

How to play Asus4 on piano

Play A, D, E together. With your right hand, use fingers 1, 3 and 5 (thumb on A). Your left hand can play A an octave lower for a fuller sound.

How Asus4 is used

A sus4 chord takes out the third and puts the fourth in its place. Asus4 has D where A has C♯. With no third, the chord is neither major nor minor, and it sounds like it is waiting to go somewhere.

Most of the time the D drops one step and the chord settles back into A. Try these:

• A - Asus4 - A: a quick change that adds movement while you strum one chord.
• Asus4 - A - D: the sus4 builds a little tension before the five chord resolves to D.

Related chords

• A (A major)
• Am (A minor)
• A7 (A seventh)
• Amaj7 (A major seventh)
• Am7 (A minor seventh)
• All chords in the library

Change this chord into another key with the Chord Transposer, or look up any other chord or scale in the Chord and Scale Finder.