Guitar chords · Suspended 2nd
Asus2 chord on guitar
Asus2 (A A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 2nd) has three notes: A, B and E, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 2 and 5.
Shapes
How to play Asus2
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
Asus2 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
Open
Notes and formula
What makes Asus2 suspended 2nd
A sus2 chord replaces the 3rd with the 2nd, so it is neither major nor minor. It sounds open and unresolved, and often moves to the major or minor chord on the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7..
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 2nd makes Asus2 a A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 2nd chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- ARroot
- B2essential
- E5optional
- A, the root
- Other chord tones
Asus2 often moves to A or Am, as the 2nd rises to the 3rd.
Keys
Keys with Asus2
Asus2 belongs to ten keys: C major (VIsus2), G major (IIsus2), D major (Vsus2), A major (Isus2), E major (IVsus2), A minor (Isus2), E minor (IVsus2), B minor (VIIsus2), F♯ minor (IIIsus2) and C♯ minor (VIsus2).
- VIsus2C major
- IIsus2G major
- Vsus2D major
- Isus2A major
- IVsus2E major
- Isus2A minor
- IVsus2E minor
- VIIsus2B minor
- IIIsus2F♯ minor
- VIsus2C♯ minor
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
Asus2 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps Asus2 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Asus2/E
Asus2 with its 5th, E, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on A
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- A major
- Am minor
- A7 dominant 7th
- Amaj7 major 7th
- Am7 minor 7th
- Asus4 suspended 4th
- A6 major 6th
- Am6 minor 6th
- Aadd9 add 9
- A9 dominant 9th
- Amaj9 major 9th
- Am9 minor 9th
- A13 dominant 13th
- Amaj13 major 13th
- Am11 minor 11th
- A° diminished
- Am7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- A°7 diminished 7th
- A+ augmented
- A5 power chord
- A7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Am(maj7) minor major 7th
- A6/9 six-nine
- Am(add9) minor add 9
- A7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Asus2, in short
- What notes are in the Asus2 chord?
- Asus2 (A A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 2nd) has three notes: A, B and E, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 2 and 5.
- How do you play Asus2 on guitar?
- Asus2 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em..
- What key is Asus2 in?
- Asus2 belongs to ten keys: C major (VIsus2), G major (IIsus2), D major (Vsus2), A major (Isus2), E major (IVsus2), A minor (Isus2), E minor (IVsus2), B minor (VIIsus2), F♯ minor (IIIsus2) and C♯ minor (VIsus2).