Asus2

A1B2E5

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

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x02200

open

Fig. 3

x02400

easy

Fig. 4

502200

easy

Fig. 5

502400

easy

Fig. 6

x0220x

open

What is true of it

Asus2 is A, B and E — 1, 2 and 5 counted from A.

These are also the notes of Esus4/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 x02200: 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

Asus2/B

x22200

second inversion

Asus2/E

002200

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

Asus4suspended fourth A7sus4dominant seventh suspended fourth Amajor Amminor Adimdiminished

Csus2 C♯sus2 D♭sus2 Dsus2 D♯sus2 E♭sus2 Esus2 Fsus2 all 374