How to play Esus4: a suspended 4th built on E, with 2 ways to play it, the notes, the keys it belongs to, and songs that use it.
The first diagram is a common voicing: an open-position shape using 3 open strings, played near the nut. An X above a string means don't play it; an O means play it open.
Frets from the low E string to the high E string: 0 2 2 2 0 0 (x = not played).
| Note | E | A | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interval | R | 4 | 5 |
Esus4 is a suspended 4th with E as its root. The full theoretical spelling is E, A, B. This voicing sounds every chord tone.
Esus4 is a diatonic chord (built from the key's own notes) in 5 major keys and 5 minor keys. The roman numeral is the chord's place in that key; tap a key for all of its chords.
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Esus4 is spelled E, A, B: the root, 4th, 5th. The common guitar voicing sounds every one of them.
Frets from the low E string to the high E string: 0 2 2 2 0 0 (x means the string is not played). Fret the A, D and G strings at the 2nd fret (one finger per string, or one finger laid across all 3). The low E, B and high E strings ring open. Strum all six strings.
Esus4 belongs to 10 keys: E major (the I chord), A major (the V chord), D major (the ii chord), G major (the vi chord), C major (the iii chord), E minor (the i), B minor (the iv), A minor (the v), C# minor (the III) and F# minor (the VII).
