Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E+sus2E Augmented Suspended 2nd

G♯Root
A♯tone
Etone

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

How to play it

E+sus2 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3, 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 — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 x x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 x 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 3 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 3 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 5 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 5 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x x 0 3 x 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x x 0 3 3 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
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 — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 x x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 x 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 3 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 3 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 5 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 2 3 5 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x x 0 3 x 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x x 0 3 3 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3
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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