Guitar chords · Suspended 4th
Esus4 chord on guitar
Esus4 (E A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th) has three notes: E, A and B, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4 and 5.
Shapes
How to play Esus4
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
Esus4 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 7. A movable shape keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
Open
A shape · fret 7
Notes and formula
What makes Esus4 suspended 4th
A sus4 chord replaces the 3rd with the 4th. The 4th wants to fall back to the 3rd, so a sus4 chord usually resolves to the major chord on the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7..
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 4th makes Esus4 a A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- ERroot
- A4essential
- B5optional
- E, the root
- Other chord tones
Esus4 usually resolves to E, as the 4th falls to the 3rd.
Keys
Keys with Esus4
Esus4 belongs to ten keys: C major (IIIsus4), G major (VIsus4), D major (IIsus4), A major (Vsus4), E major (Isus4), A minor (Vsus4), E minor (Isus4), B minor (IVsus4), F♯ minor (VIIsus4) and C♯ minor (IIIsus4).
- IIIsus4C major
- VIsus4G major
- IIsus4D major
- Vsus4A major
- Isus4E major
- Vsus4A minor
- Isus4E minor
- IVsus4B minor
- VIIsus4F♯ minor
- IIIsus4C♯ minor
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
Esus4 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps Esus4 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Esus4/B
Esus4 with its 5th, B, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on E
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- E major
- Em minor
- E7 dominant 7th
- Emaj7 major 7th
- Em7 minor 7th
- Esus2 suspended 2nd
- E6 major 6th
- Em6 minor 6th
- Eadd9 add 9
- E9 dominant 9th
- Emaj9 major 9th
- Em9 minor 9th
- E13 dominant 13th
- Emaj13 major 13th
- Em11 minor 11th
- E° diminished
- Em7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- E°7 diminished 7th
- E+ augmented
- E5 power chord
- E7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Em(maj7) minor major 7th
- E6/9 six-nine
- Em(add9) minor add 9
- E7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Esus4, in short
- What notes are in the Esus4 chord?
- Esus4 (E A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th) has three notes: E, A and B, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4 and 5.
- How do you play Esus4 on guitar?
- Esus4 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 7.
- What key is Esus4 in?
- Esus4 belongs to ten keys: C major (IIIsus4), G major (VIsus4), D major (IIsus4), A major (Vsus4), E major (Isus4), A minor (Vsus4), E minor (Isus4), B minor (IVsus4), F♯ minor (VIIsus4) and C♯ minor (IIIsus4).