Banjo Esus2 chord (Open G)E suspended 2nd on the 5-string banjo: 2 4 0 4, and 5 more shapes

Esus2 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open G tuning: 2 4 0 4, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Esus2 (E suspended 2nd) on the 5-string banjo, Open G: 2 4 0 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: 2 4 0 4 (open position)

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

Sounds: E B B 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.

Open G tuning: gDGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The app starts in open G, so it opens on these shapes.

More Esus2 shapes

  1. 341gF♯BBE4 4 0 2
    open
  2. 2fr1243gEBEF♯2 4 5 4
    2fr
  3. 4fr1121gF♯BEF♯4 4 5 4
    4fr
  4. 7fr2314gBEF♯B9 9 7 9
    7fr
  5. 11fr3124gEF♯BE14 11 12 14
    11fr

Other E chords in Open G

EEmE7Em7Emaj7E6Esus4Esus2EdimEaug

Other suspended 2nd chords

Gsus2Asus2Dsus2Csus2Bsus2Esus2Fsus2B♭sus2

Esus2 in other tunings

Double CSawmillOpen DC Tuning

All Open G banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app