Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E7sus2E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd

G♯Root

A♯tone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭5 · 7 · 2 · Notes G♯ · A♯ · D♯ · F♯

How to play it

E7sus2 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 x x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 x 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 0 4 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 0 4 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 x x 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 0 x 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 4 x 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 x x 3 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

E7sus2 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 Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 x x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 x 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 0 4 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 0 4 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 x x 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 0 x 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 4 x 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 x x 3 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How E7sus2 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openunresolved

Genres

poprock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · D♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 7 · 2

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