Ebsus2sus4

Ebsus2sus4 is Eb, F, Ab and Bb, a suspended second and fourth. The shape this page opens on is written x63344, lowest string first.

Also written Ebsus2/4 or Eb suspended 2nd and 4th. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 4 common shapes for Ebsus2sus4 on the guitar, and 21 derived voicings in 2 families.

In which keys. Every note of Ebsus2sus4 belongs to C minor (the ♭III), C# major (the ii), Eb major (the I), Eb minor (the i), F minor (the ♭VII), F# major (the vi), Ab major (the V) and Bb minor (the iv).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: x63344, x66866, 11-11-8-10-x-x, 11-11-13-13-11-13.

Drop 2. A close-position chord with the second voice from the top lowered an octave. Sits on four adjacent strings. Ebsus2sus4 has 1111xx, xx3344, xx6866, 6868xx, x8889x, x-x-13-13-11-13, 13-13-13-13-x-x, x1314x.

Drop 3. The third voice from the top lowered an octave. The dropped voice becomes the bass, which is why a string is skipped. Ebsus2sus4 has x1x141, 4x334x, x6x364, x8x896, 6x686x, 11-x-8-10-9-x, x-11-x-10-11-11, 13-x-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.