Guitar chords · Suspended 2nd
Esus2 chord on guitar
Esus2 (E 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: E, F♯ and B, 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 Esus2
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.
Esus2 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one 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.: the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 7. A movable shape 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
A shape · fret 7
Notes and formula
What makes Esus2 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 Esus2 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.
- ERroot
- F♯2essential
- B5optional
- E, the root
- Other chord tones
Esus2 often moves to E or Em, as the 2nd rises to the 3rd.
Keys
Keys with Esus2
Esus2 belongs to ten keys: G major (VIsus2), D major (IIsus2), A major (Vsus2), E major (Isus2), B major (IVsus2), E minor (Isus2), B minor (IVsus2), F♯ minor (VIIsus2), C♯ minor (IIIsus2) and G♯ minor (VIsus2).
- VIsus2G major
- IIsus2D major
- Vsus2A major
- Isus2E major
- IVsus2B major
- Isus2E minor
- IVsus2B minor
- VIIsus2F♯ minor
- IIIsus2C♯ minor
- VIsus2G♯ 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
Esus2 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 Esus2 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Esus2/B
Esus2 with its 5th, B, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on E
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.
- E major
- Em minor
- E7 dominant 7th
- Emaj7 major 7th
- Em7 minor 7th
- Esus4 suspended 4th
- E6 major 6th
- Em6 minor 6th
- Eadd9 add 9
- E9 dominant 9th
- Emaj9 major 9th
- Em9 minor 9th
- E13 dominant 13th
- Emaj13 major 13th
- Em11 minor 11th
- E° diminished
- Em7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- E°7 diminished 7th
- E+ augmented
- E5 power chord
- E7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Em(maj7) minor major 7th
- E6/9 six-nine
- Em(add9) minor add 9
- E7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Esus2, in short
- What notes are in the Esus2 chord?
- Esus2 (E 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: E, F♯ and B, 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 Esus2 on guitar?
- Esus2 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one 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.: the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 7.
- What key is Esus2 in?
- Esus2 belongs to ten keys: G major (VIsus2), D major (IIsus2), A major (Vsus2), E major (Isus2), B major (IVsus2), E minor (Isus2), B minor (IVsus2), F♯ minor (VIIsus2), C♯ minor (IIIsus2) and G♯ minor (VIsus2).