Suspended

Thirteenth suspended chords

Sus4 dominant with 9, 13: C-F-G-Bb-D-A. Formula: 1-4-5-b7-9-13. Maximum sus color.

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.

  • C13sus
  • Db13sus
  • D13sus
  • Eb13sus
  • E13sus
  • F13sus
  • F#13sus
  • G13sus
  • Ab13sus
  • A13sus
  • Bb13sus
  • B13sus

Voicings

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

Rootless (4-b7-9-13)

F · Bb · D · A

advanced

Robert Glasper signature 13sus voicing

Spread (b7-9-4-13)

Bb · D · F · A

advanced

Full Sus Stack

C · F · Bb · D · A

expert

Octaves shown are the app's default ascending voicing.

Where it turns up

Robert Glasper / Cory Henry gospel-jazz vocabulary. Common in modal and contemporary R&B.

Commonly swapped with

  • C9sus
  • Bb/C
  • Gm11

Progressions that use it

Every one of these is written out with the hands on a keyboard and on a stave.