Banjo Esus4 chord (Double C)E suspended 4th on the 5-string banjo: 4 4 4 7, and 3 more shapes

Esus4 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 4 4 4 7, from the 4th fret, with the short 5th string marked
Esus4 (E suspended 4th) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 4 4 4 7, 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 7 (from the 4th fret)

  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): 7th fret, little finger, A
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: E B E A  ·  Esus4 is E, A, B (1 · 4 · 5)

The 5th string: the short g adds the minor 3rd over Esus4, a colour rather than a clash.

With a capo: on the 2nd fret it’s 2 2 2 0 (frets counted from the capo), an open Dsus4 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 7th 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 Esus4 shapes

  1. 7fr2341gAEBA9 9 11 7
    7fr
  2. 9fr1111gAEAB9 9 9 9
    9fr
  3. 11fr1314gBABE11 14 11 14
    11fr

Other E chords in Double C

EEmE7Em7Emaj7E6Esus4Esus2EdimEaug

Other suspended 4th chords

Gsus4Asus4Dsus4Csus4Bsus4Esus4Fsus4B♭sus4

Esus4 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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