Asus4

A1D4E5

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

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

2200

moderate · barre

Fig. 3

220x

moderate · barre

Fig. 4

2405

easy

Fig. 5

2205

moderate · barre

Fig. 6

2455

moderate

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 2200: one finger, one of them barring the 2nd fret, held at the 2nd fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

3 of the 5 need a barre.

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

x200

second inversion

Asus4/E

x455

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