Suspended

Ninth suspended chords

Sus4 dominant with 9th: C-F-G-Bb-D. Formula: 1-4-5-b7-9. No 3rd, modal floating sound.

In every key

The same shape, moved. The symbols below are spelled the way the app spells them, which is the spelling the chord's own scale asks for rather than whichever accidental is easier to type.

  • C9sus
  • Db9sus
  • D9sus
  • Eb9sus
  • E9sus
  • F9sus
  • F#9sus
  • G9sus
  • Ab9sus
  • A9sus
  • Bb9sus
  • B9sus

Voicings

Written in C, because that is the key the encyclopedia authors them in; every one transposes unchanged.

Rootless (4-b7-9-5)

F · Bb · D · G

intermediate

Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage core voicing

Quartal-influenced

Bb · D · F · G

intermediate

Full Sus Stack

C · F · Bb · D · G

advanced

Octaves shown are the app's default ascending voicing.

McCoy Quartal Stack (9-5-1-4-b7)

D · G · C · F · Bb

advanced

Split the stack: LH D-G, RH C-F-Bb. Keep both hands loose for the wide fourth span.

Where it turns up

Modal jazz / Latin / Brazilian. Herbie Hancock 'Maiden Voyage'. Floating dominant without bite.

Commonly swapped with

  • C7sus
  • C13sus
  • Bb/C
  • Gm7/C