Ebsus2

Ebsus2 is Eb, F and Bb, a suspended second. The shape this page opens on is written xx1341, lowest string first.

Note by note. Eb is the root, F is the ninth and Bb is the fifth.

Also written Eb2 or Eb suspended 2nd. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 8 common shapes for Ebsus2 on the guitar, and 47 derived voicings in the triad family.

One note away. Change a single note of Ebsus2 and you have Eb (with one note moved), Ebm (with one note moved), Ebsus4 (with one note moved), Ebsus2sus4 (with one note added), Ebadd9 (with one note added) or Ebmadd9 (with one note added).

In which keys. Every note of Ebsus2 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), G minor (the ♭VI), Ab major (the V), Bb major (the IV) and Bb minor (the iv).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: xx1341, x63346, xx3346, x68866, 11-8-8-10-11-x, x-8-8-8-11-11, 11-x-x-10-11-11, 11-13-13-x-11-13.

Under the hand. None of the shapes for Ebsus2 uses an open string, so every one of them is movable; the lowest sits at the 1st fret. 4 of the 8 need a barre. Together they cover the neck from the 1st fret to the 13th.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Ebsus2 has 111xxx, 1113xx, xx334x, xxx866, xx886x, x6886x, x8886x, xx8866.

What kind of chord this is. Ebsus2 is a suspended chord — root and fifth, with a second or fourth where the third would be — or nothing at all. suspended and power chords on every root, and what they are for.

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