Four String Bass · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

EMsus2E Major Suspended 2nd

G♯Root

A♯tone

D♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭5 · 7 · Notes G♯ · A♯ · D♯

How to play it

EMsus2 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 3 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 x 8 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 13 x 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 13 13 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 15th position (x 18 15 15) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

EMsus2 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 3 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 x 8 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 13 x 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 13 13 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 15th position (x 18 15 15) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 2

Sound

How EMsus2 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openairyneutral

Genres

poprockambient

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 7

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