Home / Chords / Esus4

Esus4 Chord Guitar

A full six-string suspension with real low-end weight and sustain.

A full six-string suspension built from open E major.
The low E root gives it real weight and sustain.
Its unresolved character suits intros and transitions.
Useful wherever a plain E would settle too early.

Root4th5th

Root

EBass6th string

FretOpen

Finger—

5th

A5th string

Fret2

Finger1 index

Root

D4th string

Fret2

Finger2 middle

4th

G3rd string

Fret2

Finger3 ring

5th

B2nd string

FretOpen

Finger—

Root

e1st string

FretOpen

Finger—

NotesE – B – A

Formula1 – 4 – 5

Voicing022200

TonesE×3·A×1·B×2

Hear It For Yourself

This chord sounds even better than it looks.

Load Esus4 onto an interactive fretboard, hear every note, and build it into a progression.

Play Esus4 in the Studio →

Questions about Esus4

What notes are in a Esus4 chord?

A Esus4 chord contains the notes E, B, A. It is built from the suspended 4th formula 1 - 4 - 5, with E as the root.

How do you play Esus4 from an E major chord?

From open E major, take the finger off the G string (the major third, G♯) and instead fret the G string at the 2nd fret (A, the fourth). Everything else stays put. That single move turns E into Esus4 without lifting the rest of the shape.

Embed this chord

Add the Esus4 diagram to your own site — paste this snippet where you want it to appear.

Esus4 Chord Guitar

This chord sounds even better than it looks.

Questions about Esus4

What notes are in a Esus4 chord?

How do you play Esus4 from an E major chord?

Related chords

Embed this chord