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Ebsus4 chord on guitar

Ebsus4 is a suspended fourth chord: tense and hanging, wanting to fall back to the major chord. It is built from Eb, Ab and Bb (formula 1 4 5). Players often move sus4 to major and back to make one chord sound like a riff. The easiest way to play it in standard tuning is xx1344.

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x x 1 3 4 4
6×
x 6 6 8 9 6
11
11 11 13 13 11 11

Ebsus4 fingerings (low E to high E)

  1. Fret 1: xx1344. Mute the low E and A strings.
  2. Barre at fret 6: x66896. Mute the low E string, barre fret 6 from the A to the high E string.
  3. Barre at fret 11: 11-11-13-13-11-11. Barre fret 11 from the low E to the high E string.

Questions

What notes are in the Ebsus4 chord?
Ebsus4 is made of Eb, Ab and Bb: the root, perfect 4th and perfect 5th above Eb.
What is the easiest way to play Ebsus4?
Play xx1344 (low E to high E): mute the low E and A strings.

Also try: Eb Major · D# Minor · Eb7 · Ebmaj7 · Chord Charts