Asus2sus4

Asus2sus4 is A, B, D and E, a suspended second and fourth. The shape this page opens on is written x00200, lowest string first.

Also written Asus2/4 or A suspended 2nd and 4th. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 5 common shapes for Asus2sus4 on the guitar, and 31 derived voicings in 3 families.

In which keys. Every note of Asus2sus4 belongs to C major (the vi), D major (the V), E minor (the iv), F# minor (the ♭III), G major (the ii), A major (the I), A minor (the i) and B minor (the ♭VII).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: x00200, 5524xx, 557757, x-12-9-9-10-10, x-12-12-14-12-12.

Drop 2. A close-position chord with the second voice from the top lowered an octave. Sits on four adjacent strings. Asus2sus4 has xx0200, 0202xx, x2223x, xx7757, 7777xx, x-x-9-9-10-10, x-x-12-14-12-12, 12-14-12-14-x-x.

Drop 3. The third voice from the top lowered an octave. The dropped voice becomes the bass, which is why a string is skipped. Asus2sus4 has x2x230, 0x020x, 5x243x, x5x455, 7x775x, x-7-x-7-10-7, 10-x-9-9-10-x, x-12-x-9-12-10.

Open string. An open string left ringing against a fretted grip. Because it costs no finger, it sounds a note the closed shape has none left for -- a tension on top, or a pedal root underneath. Either a familiar grip with open strings added, or a shape so sparse the open strings carry the chord. These belong to their key rather than to a shape, so D, A, G and E have many and Eb a handful. Asus2sus4 has x00200, x0045x, 5x0400, 00020x, 0004xx, 000700.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.