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.

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

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.

One note away. Change a single note of Ebsus2sus4 and you have Ebsus2 (with one note taken away), Ebsus4 (with one note taken away), Ebadd9 (with one note moved), Ebmadd9 (with one note moved), Eb7sus4 (with one note moved) or Eb11 (with one note added).

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.

Under the hand. None of the shapes for Ebsus2sus4 uses an open string, so every one of them is movable; the lowest sits at the 3rd fret. 2 of the 4 need a barre. Together they cover the neck from the 3rd fret to the 13th.

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.

What kind of chord this is. Ebsus2sus4 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.