Banjo Esus2 chord (Double C)E suspended 2nd on the 5-string banjo: 4 4 4 4, and 2 more shapes

Esus2 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 4 4 4 4, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Esus2 (E suspended 2nd) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 4 4 4 4, 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: 4 4 4 4 (first position)

  1. String 4 (C): 4th fret, index finger (barre), E
  2. String 3 (G): 4th fret, index finger (barre), B
  3. String 2 (C): 4th fret, index finger (barre), E
  4. String 1 (D): 4th fret, index finger (barre), F♯
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: E B E F♯  ·  Esus2 is E, F♯, B (1 · 2 · 5)

The 5th string: the short g rubs against the F♯ in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

With a capo: on the 4th fret it’s 0 0 0 0 (frets counted from the capo), an open Csus2 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 9th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

Double C tuning: gCGCD, 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 Double C once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Esus2 shapes

  1. 6fr1314gF♯EF♯B6 9 6 9
    6fr
  2. 11fr1114gBF♯BE11 11 11 14
    11fr

Other E chords in Double C

EEmE7Em7Emaj7E6Esus4Esus2EdimEaug

Other suspended 2nd chords

Gsus2Asus2Dsus2Csus2Bsus2Esus2Fsus2B♭sus2

Esus2 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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