Esus4

E1A4B5

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

x470

easy

Fig. 3

x452

easy

Fig. 4

9977

hard

Fig. 5

997x

easy

Fig. 6

9bcc

hard

What is true of it

Esus4 is E, A and B — 1, 4 and 5 counted from E.

These are also the notes of Asus2/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 x470: 2 fingers, held at the 4th 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 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

Esus4/A

2402

second inversion

Esus4/B

4400

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

Esus2suspended second E7sus4dominant seventh suspended fourth Emajor Emminor Edimdiminished

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