Asus4

A1D4E5

The third replaced by the fourth, which leans on the third it is standing in for.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x00230

open

Fig. 3

500230

easy

Fig. 4

500250

easy

Fig. 5

x00250

easy

Fig. 6

x02230

open

What is true of it

Asus4 is A, D and E — 1, 4 and 5 counted from A.

These are also the notes of Dsus2/A. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x00230: 2 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

2 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are A, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Asus4/D

xx0230

second inversion

Asus4/E

000230

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

A in other shapes

Asus2suspended second A7sus4dominant seventh suspended fourth Amajor Amminor Adimdiminished

Csus4 C♯sus4 D♭sus4 Dsus4 D♯sus4 E♭sus4 Esus4 Fsus4 all 374