A♭sus2
Sus2 · A♭ – B♭ – E♭
- A♭R
- B♭2
- E♭5
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Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the A♭sus2 chord
The A♭sus2 chord (sus2) is made up of 3 notes — A♭ is the root, B♭ the major second and E♭ the perfect fifth. The third is replaced by the second, so the chord is left neither major nor minor.
On guitar, A♭sus2 chords sit higher up the neck: 411144, around the 1st fret. All six strings sound. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings in all.
Suspended-second chords leave out the third for an open, airy sound.
Common questions
- What notes are in the A♭sus2 chord?
- The A♭sus2 chord contains the notes A♭, B♭ and E♭.
- How do you play A♭sus2 on guitar?
- A common shape is 411144. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings you can strum or hear.
- What intervals make up the A♭sus2 chord?
- The A♭sus2 chord is built from the root (A♭), a major second (B♭) and a perfect fifth (E♭).
- Is A♭sus2 the same as G♯sus2?
- Yes — A♭ and G♯ are two names for the same pitch (enharmonic equivalents), so A♭sus2 and G♯sus2 are the same chord. MobileChords spells it A♭sus2.
More than a chord chart
The chart above is just the start. Open A♭sus2 in the finder to hear it on guitar and piano and browse every playable voicing side by side. Or switch to Name my chord — tap frets or keys and MobileChords identifies the chord you're playing, inversions and slash chords included.