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Ebsus Guitar Chord

Shorthand for sus4. A tense sound with a natural pull to resolve to the major chord.

Guitar

Strings X–X–1–3–4–4

How to play the Ebsus chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–1–3–4–4 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) Muted
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · pinky
1st string (high E) Fret 4 · pinky

Other names for the Ebsus chord

Other names: Eb suspended, Ebsus4

Music theory name: suspended chord

Common name: Eb sus chord

Notes and intervals in the Ebsus chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
Ab Perfect 4th
Bb Perfect 5th

All variations

Open
X–X–1–3–4–4
Fret 6
X–6–6–8–9–6
Fret 6
X–6–8–8–9–6
Fret 11
11–11–13–13–11–11

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys