Absus2

Absus2 is Ab, Bb and Eb, a suspended second. The shape this page opens on is written 41134x, lowest string first.

Also written Ab2 or Ab suspended 2nd. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 8 common shapes for Absus2 on the guitar, and 47 derived voicings in the triad family.

In which keys. Every note of Absus2 belongs to C minor (the ♭VI), C# major (the V), Eb major (the IV), Eb minor (the iv), F minor (the ♭III), F# major (the ii), Ab major (the I), Ab minor (the i), Bb minor (the ♭VII) and B major (the vi).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 41134x, 4xx344, x11144, 466x46, xx6896, x-11-8-8-9-11, x-x-8-8-9-11, x-11-13-13-11-11.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Absus2 has x111xx, xxx344, 666xxx, 6668xx, xx889x, x-x-x-13-11-11, x-x-13-13-11-x, x-11-13-13-11-x.

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