Esus2

Esus2 is E, F# and B, a suspended second. The shape this page opens on is written xx2452, lowest string first.

Also written E2 or E suspended 2nd. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 10 common shapes for Esus2 on the guitar, and 49 derived voicings in 2 families.

In which keys. Every note of Esus2 belongs to C# minor (the ♭III), D major (the ii), E major (the I), E minor (the i), F# minor (the ♭VII), G major (the vi), Ab minor (the ♭VI), A major (the V), B major (the IV) and B minor (the iv).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: xx2452, x74457, xx4457, 079977, x79977, 099900, 12-9-9-11-12-x, x-9-9-9-12-12, 12-x-x-11-12-12, 12-14-14-x-12-14.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Esus2 has 024xxx, 222xxx, 0244xx, 2224xx, xx445x, xxx977, xx997x, x7997x.

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. Esus2 has 0x440x, xx4400.

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