Banjo Asus2 chord (C Tuning)A suspended 2nd on the 5-string banjo: x 2 0 2, and 5 more shapes

Asus2 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: x 2 0 2, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Asus2 (A suspended 2nd) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: x 2 0 2, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: x 2 0 2 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): not played
  2. String 3 (G): 2nd fret, index finger, A
  3. String 2 (B): open, B
  4. String 1 (D): 2nd fret, middle finger, E
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: A B E  ·  Asus2 is A, B, E (1 · 2 · 5)

The 5th string: the short g adds the ♭7 over Asus2, a colour rather than a clash.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Asus2 shapes

  1. 4fr1124gEBEA4 4 5 7
    4fr
  2. 7fr341gAEBA9 9 0 7
    7fr
  3. 9fr123gAEBB9 9 0 9
    9fr
  4. 11fr1324gBABE11 14 12 14
    11fr
  5. 14fr12gABEx 14 0 14
    14fr

Other A chords in C Tuning

AAmA7Am7Amaj7A6Asus4Asus2AdimAaug

Other suspended 2nd chords

Gsus2Asus2Dsus2Csus2Bsus2Esus2Fsus2B♭sus2

Asus2 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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