Banjo Esus4 chord (Open D)E suspended 4th on the 5-string banjo: 2 3 2 2, and 4 more shapes

Esus4 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 2 3 2 2, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Esus4 (E suspended 4th) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 2 3 2 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: 2 3 2 2 (first position)

  1. String 4 (D): 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
  2. String 3 (F♯): 3rd fret, middle finger, A
  3. String 2 (A): 2nd fret, index finger (barre), B
  4. String 1 (D): 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, not in the chord

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

The 5th string: the short f♯ adds the 9th over Esus4, a colour rather than a clash.

With a capo: on the 2nd fret it’s 0 1 0 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.

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, 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 Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Esus4 shapes

  1. 5fr2134f♯ABEA7 5 7 7
    5fr
  2. 7fr143f♯AEAB7 10 0 9
    7fr
  3. 9fr132f♯BEAB9 10 0 9
    9fr
  4. 14fr1211f♯EABE14 15 14 14
    14fr

Other E chords in Open D

EEmE7Em7Emaj7E6Esus4Esus2EdimEaug

Other suspended 4th chords

Gsus4Asus4Dsus4Csus4Bsus4Esus4Fsus4B♭sus4

Esus4 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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