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

E+sus2E Augmented Suspended 2nd

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Formula 3 · ♭5 · 1 · Notes G♯ · A♯ · E

How to play it

E+sus2 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭), 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 Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 4 x 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 4 3 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (x 8 5 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

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

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

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (13 10 11 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (13 x 11 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 17th position (x 20 17 18) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

Read it as tab

E+sus2 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 Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 4 x 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 4 3 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (x 8 5 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

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

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

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (13 10 11 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (13 x 11 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 17th position (x 20 17 18) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

Sound

How E+sus2 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

starkopen

Genres

experimentalambient

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 1

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