What notes are in a Esus4 chord?

Esus4 (Sus4) is built from E, A, B — the formula R - 4 - 5 from the root.

Esus4 Chord (Sus4)

Sus4 replaces the 3rd with the 4th — root, 4th, perfect 5th — building in a note that wants to fall. The notes of Esus4 are E, A, B.

The classic "suspended" sound: a held breath before the 4th drops a semitone into the 3rd and the chord finally resolves.

Every playable, root-in-the-bass grip standard tuning offers, computed from the chord’s own formula — not a fixed shape library.

Fret 2

Fret 7

Fret 12

Never let it just sit — play sus4 immediately followed by the major triad and you’ve got the entire sus4-to-major cadence in two chords.

R - 4 - 5 — 3 notes.

Every scale below contains all of this chord’s notes — safe territory to improvise in over it.

Also compatible: Minor Pentatonic, Blues, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor.