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Asus2sus4 — suspended second and fourth

Notes in Asus2sus4: A – B – D – EFormula: 1 – 2 – 4 – 5

In the formula, the numbers count steps of the major scale starting from the note that names the chord; "b" lowers a half step, "#" raises one — and a slash names the bass note.

Both suspensions at once: the second and the fourth take the place of the third. With no third the chord is neither major nor minor, and with both notes together it sounds wide, full of open strings.

The same chord on all four instruments

Asus2sus4, x 0 0 2 0 0Asus2sus41×ADABE
Guitar
Asus2sus4, x 0 0 2 0 0Asus2sus41×ADABE
Electric guitar
Asus2sus4, 2 2 0 0Asus2sus412EABD
Cavaquinho
Asus2sus4, 4 2 0 0Asus2sus421BDEA
Ukulele

Where to use it: Fingerpicked pop and folk, intros, and any passage where the accompaniment needs to ring open.

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Part of the Suspended family.

Other chords in this family

Asus2Asus4A7sus4A7sus2A9sus4

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