G seven sus4 chordG7sus4

Built from

• Groot
• C4th
• D5th
• Fflat 7th

A dominant 7 with its 3rd suspended to the 4th: double the waiting.

Hear it in a progression

• ii–V–I

  The backbone of jazz. In C major.

  Capo and transpose

  1. Dm7ii7
  2. G7sus4V7
  3. Cmaj7Imaj7
  4. Cmaj7Imaj7

• Blues opening

  The first four bars of a twelve-bar blues. In G major.

  Capo and transpose

  1. G7sus4I7sus4
  2. C7IV7
  3. G7sus4I7sus4
  4. G7sus4I7sus4

Where it goes next

Thinking in C major, where it is the V7 chord.

• Cmaj7

  Imaj7. The strongest pull in music: tension resolving home.

• Am7

  vi7. The fake-out: you expect home, you get the relative minor.

Sounds close

• Dm7

  Shares 3 of its notes. Both have C, D and F.

• C

  Shares 2 of its notes. Both have G and C.

• Cm

  Shares 2 of its notes. Both have G and C.

• Dm

  Shares 2 of its notes. Both have D and F.

Scales that fit

Notes you can play over this chord, simplest first.

• G minor pentatonic
• G mixolydian

Keys it lives in

• C majoras V7
• A minoras VII7