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Asus2sus4 Guitar Chord

A very open, ambient sound with both suspended notes replacing the third. Neither major nor minor. Used in modern pop, post-rock and ambient music.

Guitar

Strings X–0–0–2–0–0

How to play the Asus2sus4 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–0–2–0–0 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Open
4th string (D) Open
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · index finger
2nd string (B) Open
1st string (high E) Open

Other names for the Asus2sus4 chord

Other names: A suspended 2nd and 4th

Music theory name: suspended second and fourth chord

Common name: A sus2sus4 chord

Notes and intervals in the Asus2sus4 chord

Note Interval
A Root
B Major 2nd
D Perfect 4th
E Perfect 5th

All variations

Open
X–0–0–2–0–0
Fret 5
5–5–7–7–5–7
Fret 2
5–5–2–4–X–X

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Asus2sus4

Hýkal
Zrní
To se budem príma mít
Karel Kahovec