Esus2sus4 guitar chord
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About Esus2sus4 — open string voicings
Esus2sus4 is E, F#, A and B. It leaves out the 3rd and includes both the and .
Without a or , Esus2sus4 is neither major nor minor. In jazz, sus chords can stand without resolving.
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The 2nd drops two frets to a repeated root. The root, 4th, and 5th stay put.
Also written Esus2/4 or E suspended 2nd and 4th.
What is an open-string voicing
An open string adds a note without a finger: a tension on top or a pedal below. These belong to their key and cannot be moved up the neck.
How to use Esus2sus4
In which keys. Every note of Esus2sus4 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), A major (the V) and B minor (the iv).
What to play over Esus2sus4
Useful scales
- +G#C#D#
Contains Esus2sus4 and adds major third, sixth and major seventh.
- +G#C#D
Adds major third, sixth and flat seventh. The flat seventh pushes the sound toward a dominant chord.
- +GCD
Contains Esus2sus4 and adds minor third, flat thirteenth and flat seventh.
- +GC#D
Contains Esus2sus4 and adds minor third, sixth and flat seventh.
- +GCD#
Contains Esus2sus4 and adds minor third, flat thirteenth and major seventh.
Chords near Esus2sus4
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The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.