Esus2

E1F♯2B5

The third replaced by the second. Nothing in it decides between major and minor.

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x422

easy

Fig. 3

9677

hard

Fig. 4

9679

hard

Fig. 5

967x

easy

Fig. 6

9bc9

moderate · barre

What is true of it

Esus2 is E, F♯ and B — 1, 2 and 5 counted from E.

These are also the notes of Bsus4/E. 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 x422: 3 fingers, 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.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Esus2/F♯

x677

second inversion

Esus2/B

460x

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.

E in other shapes

Esus4suspended fourth E7sus4dominant seventh suspended fourth Emajor Emminor Edimdiminished

Csus2 C♯sus2 D♭sus2 Dsus2 D♯sus2 E♭sus2 Fsus2 F♯sus2 all 374